Executive Order Mandates 'Digital Twins' for All New Infrastructure Projects by 2030, Sparking a Construction Revolution
By 2034, any new bridge, skyscraper, or smart city development must first exist as a perfect, AI-powered virtual clone. An aggressive new executive order signed today requires all major infrastructure projects to deploy 'digital twins'—real-time 3D simulations that can predict structural failures, optimize energy use, and even simulate natural disasters before a single shovel hits the ground. Critics warn of a massive data privacy risk, as these living blueprints become a permanent government record, while proponents claim it will slash construction costs by 30% and eliminate catastrophic collapses. The first major test? A self-healing highway project in California that promises to repair its own potholes using embedded sensors.