EU Smart Cities Mission Expands to 100 Cities with New Digital Twin Investments

The 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission (Cities Mission) has announced a major expansion of its digital infrastructure investments, allocating €320 million for city-level digital twin deployments across all 100 mission cities.

Digital twins — virtual replicas of physical urban systems — will enable mayors and urban planners to model and optimise energy consumption, traffic flow, air quality, and waste management with unprecedented precision.

First Wave Cities

The first wave of 15 digital twin deployments will include Vienna, Amsterdam, Helsinki, Barcelona, and Lyon, with implementation partners including Siemens, Bosch, Cisco, and several EU-funded research institutes.

Each city will receive between €18M and €25M for phase-one implementation, covering sensor networks, data platform infrastructure, and citizen engagement interfaces.