KUALA LUMPUR: Property developer I-Bhd has tied up with Huawei Enterprise Malaysia to implement artificial intelligence (AI) enhancements at the former’s i-City development in Shah Alam.
With the implementation of the AI enhancements, I-Bhd executive director and chief technology officer Ricky Lim said property owners will get to enjoy more efficient buildings, while residents and visitors will be able to experience more convenient lifestyles.
He also said businesses will be able to enjoy broadband efficiency and services with very low redundancies.
“We ensured that all the homes were fitted with fibre optics. We also were the first urban centre with an integrated, certified Tier-3 ready data centre.”
He said this gave the development an edge as one of the developments with the highest broadband connectivity in Malaysia.
“With the basic infrastructure in place, we later scaled the connectivity further by introducing other smart elements such as smart homes and the i-City SuperApp,” he said in a statement yesterday.
With the government rolling out 5G this year, Lim said there will certainly be a surge in usage of Internet-enabled devices.
“Residents will want to use smartphones to manage Internet-enabled devices at home and enjoy surrounding amenities such as hotels, the mall, i-City Theme Park and later, our very own autonomous feeder buses.
“Businesses on the other hand will want to utilise AI for decision making, security and work efficiency.”
To cater to the “explosion of data traffic,” Lim said now would be the right time to set up two new hyperscale data centres with each occupying 100,000 sq ft space within i-City.
In the same statement, I-Bhd chairman Tan Sri Lim Kim Hong said the AI enhancements will create better value for people living, working and visiting the city.
“Imagine visiting a vibrant city with busy on-going economic activities minus the traffic congestion. Imagine being able to commute seamlessly with autonomous buses that arrive on time.
“Imagine a city that is able to work together with enforcement units for crime prevention before crime happens. Imagine moving into an office that has all the AI infrastructure in place for the company’s growth and resource planning purposes; that is the kind of ultrapolis i-City aims to be in the future”.
Meanwhile, Huawei Enterprise Malaysia managing director David Li said the collaboration will see Huawei working on developing the technology and infrastructure needed to support the bandwidth required in bringing together data from millions of smart Internet-enabled devices.
“Devices such as smartphones, CCTVs and sensors, among others, make sense of this data with advanced analytics technology. They then implement AI and machine learning for decisioning feedback within seconds for i-City to run seamlessly.”