“National Housing Authority and Korea's Naver sign contract to operate smart city solutions for Baladi's digital twin”

In the presence of the Minister of Municipalities and Housing and the Deputy Minister, the contract includes spatial data integration, 3D maps and simulation for planning and flood management.

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National Housing Company (NHC) National Housing Company (NHC) has signed a contract to operate the Smart Cities solutions for the digital twin in Baladi platform with the Korean cloud platform NAVER Cloud Corporation to facilitate digital transformation, in the presence of H.E. Mr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Hogail, Minister of Municipalities and Housing, and H.E. Ehab Al-Hashani, Deputy Minister and Chairman of the Board of NHC.

National Housing Company National Housing Company has signed a contract with NAVER Cloud Corporation. This step comes within the framework of National Housing Company's endeavor to apply and operate innovative solutions and practices, with leading technical systems to reach global best practices and achieve the strategic visions of the municipal and housing sectors, by adopting the best innovative technologies to achieve a sustainable future that contributes to driving comprehensive development and improving the quality of life for citizens, developing smart infrastructure and innovating advanced technical solutions, in addition to enhancing digital capabilities in developing and operating a number of government digital platforms.

The contract includes the operation of a number of government digital platforms. The operating contract with the Korean Niver System, one of the leading companies with a wide range of artificial intelligence solutions and advanced cloud services, includes integration with the data set and spatial layers in GIS to lay the initial foundations for the advanced digital solutions that National Housing - through Baladi platform - is developing and operating in the Kingdom's main cities, including 3D maps of cities, and creating simulation models as a virtual representation of urban planning, flood management, control centers, and monitoring and control.

National Housing is working on the development and operation of the Baladi platform. It is noteworthy that National Housing is the pioneer and enabler of the real estate development sector, and the largest major developer of suburbs and residential communities characterized by quality of life, as it seeks to build sustainable strategic partnerships, attract quality investment opportunities that will achieve higher and faster development in the real estate sector, and provide digital solutions that contribute to transforming the housing sector and the municipal sector into a leading model capable of achieving the aspirations of citizens, in addition to supporting the economic transformation in the Kingdom and achieving the goals of the Vision 2030 programs.