City Model Faces Up To The Political Situation

On 14 April 2014, a notice appeared stating that the company Schneider Electric, together with partner companies such as Cisco, had reached an agreement with Barcelona's Council to establish their first Smart City in Barcelona, with the aim of encouraging, in the words of those responsible for the project, "a stable partnership and to convert the city into a paradigm of efficiency, habitability and sustainability management by maximising financial and operational efficiency in the provision of public services".

More than two years later, on 12 September 2016, the suspension of the project was announced, along with the resulting suspension of the direct investment earmarked to renovate the old factory Ca l´Alier del Poblenou (the area chosen for the location of the central hub), the initial phase of which was estimated to cost thirty-seven million euros.