Technology partnership: Major project The Circle goes digital
Flughafen Zürich AG and Microsoft Switzerland have entered into a technology partnership to digitize the major project The Circle.
The Circle at Zurich Airport - a technology partnership for the future: Innovative control and operating concepts are to increase the quality in and around the buildings. The Circle can thus be operated more efficiently, which will have a positive impact on costs.
The project, costing around one billion euros, is currently under construction at Zurich Airport. Work is not only being carried out on a purely physical level, but also on a digital level: this May, Flughafen Zürich AG and Microsoft, which will one day move into its new Swiss headquarters in the 3500 square metre building, announced that they are cooperating on the digitalisation of the Circle.
Internet of Things platform
Specifically, according to a statement from Flughafen Zürich AG, the plan is to set up an "Internet of Things" platform via which digital services will be offered to employees and visitors to The Circle. The vision: that the entire Circle is digitally networked.
Microsoft and the airport management envisage a virtual concierge, for example, who will find ideal routes for passengers through the Circle, and who will provide information after landing, for example, about where the cheapest coffee is currently available. - Digitization should make it possible for "signposts" to adapt individually to the user, tenants can even regulate the room temperature, and they can safely connect their computers to the screens installed in the rooms.
This technology offers new opportunities to interact with customers, particularly for tenants in the retail, hospitality and conference sectors, it says. For tenants of office space, the digital solutions will help them make the most of the space and adapt it to the changing needs of the organisation.
Zurich Airport further announces that construction work on the major project is progressing according to plan. Completion is planned for the end of 2019 and the opening for 2020.
