KUALA LUMPUR: Kuala Lumpur is likely to become a smart city by next year as Alibaba Cloud’s “Malaysia City Brain” pilot project is completed. Kuala Lumpur is the first city to adopt the technology outside of China on a trial basis. Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, has implemented this technology in about 10 cities in China to alleviate traffic congestion. Should the Kuala Lumpur City Council give its final approval for the implementation, Tan said real time traffic prediction solutions would be done in stages as there are around 600 traffic junctions in Kuala Lumpur. Alibaba Cloud is the platform provider, whereas Malaysian Digital Economy Corp is leading the data analytics and project management while the Kuala Lumpur City Council provides access to camera live feeds, traffic light and events information.

Source: The Star April 25, 2019 02:55 UTC