比爾蓋茨旗下企業花八千萬美金建智慧社區

A group associated with a Gates investment company has invested $80 million in a high-tech planned development outside Phoenix.

一個與蓋茨投資公司有聯繫的集團，已經在鳳凰城外一項高科技開發計劃中投資了八千萬美金。

The community in Belmont will be designed around high-speed networks, autonomous vehicles, data centers, new manufacturing technologies and autonomous logistics hubs.

這一位於貝爾蒙特的社區將圍繞高速網絡、自動駕駛汽車、高速數字網絡、數據中心、新型製造技術和自主物流樞紐進行打造。

It's unclear how much former Microsoft CEO Gates, who owns Belmont's parent company Cascade Investment, will be involved in the effort.

擁有貝爾蒙特母公司--卡斯凱特投資公司的前微軟CEO蓋茨，將在該項目中參與多少，目前仍不清晰。

Belmont Partners, the Arizona-based real investment group that's leading the project, said it will be similar in size to nearby Tempe, Arizona, which has a population of 182,000.

負責該項目的貝爾蒙特合夥公司是位於亞利桑那的實體投資集團，該公司稱，這個社區的規模將和附近的坦佩市相近，約有18.2萬人口。

"Envisioning future infrastructure from scratch is far easier and more cost efficient than retrofitting an existing urban fabric," Grady Gammage, a spokesman for the venture said in the statement.

該合資企業的發言人格雷迪·甘米奇在聲明中表示：“從頭開始設想未來的基礎設施，比改造現有的城市結構要容易得多，成本效益更高。”

Belmont's developers are counting on the expected development of Interstate 11, which will serve the area, to boost development. But right now, the company is not rushing to move forward.

貝爾蒙特的開發商正在期待着11號州際公路的開發，該公路將爲該地區服務以促進發展。但是現在，該公司並未急於推進該項目。

"This is a very long term, very patient investment," Gammage told CNN Tech.

甘米奇向CNN科技頻道透露：“這是一個長期、耐心的投資。”