Greater Phoenix is taking a major step forward in regional planning and innovation by launching a collaborative digital twin initiative aimed at tackling interconnected challenges like traffic congestion, housing affordability, climate resilience and cross-jurisdictional development. Through a partnership with CyberCity 3D and its underlying platform Nextspace — our powerful, ontology-based digital twin data and visualization environment — the region will bring together data from multiple cities to create a shared, 3D virtual model of greater Phoenix. This unified digital twin will enable local governments, planners and stakeholders to visualize real-world conditions, test scenarios, and explore solutions before committing resources to physical projects, fostering smarter decision-making across boundaries.
Digital twin technology like our Nextspace platform allows diverse datasets — including GIS, infrastructure, asset, and simulation data — to be integrated, visualized and analyzed in one interoperable environment, helping stakeholders coordinate on region-wide strategies with unprecedented insight. By standardizing data across communities and enabling virtual experimentation with policy and planning outcomes, this effort could reshape how the Phoenix metro approaches growth and shared challenges in the years ahead.
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Phoenix plans digital twin to solve regional challenges — Route Fifty
