Despite signs that a high-tech, sensor-laden neighbourhood was going to be a reality in Toronto’s east downtown waterfront after successful negotiations between Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto in October, the Google-affiliated development company is pulling the plug on the entire project.
Sidewalk Labs is further cementing its footprint in Toronto as they announced the signing of a letter of intent to collaborate with George Brown College on future projects related to its ongoing smart city project in the city.
Smart cities are a hot topic today; all the more so in Toronto with all of the controversy surrounding the proposed smart city district at the Quayside.
Sidewalk Labs LLC, an Alphabet subsidiary, has partnered with Ontario Teacher's Pension Plan to develop smart infrastructure solutions.
Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP) is a detachment...
Absent of an independent group that would oversee all digital innovations, as well as strict guidelines that would force any proposed project collecting or using urban data to de-identify personally identifiable data at source, Sidewalk Labs publicly released its 1,500-page draft Master Innovation and Development Plan for Toronto’s eastern waterfront.