It’s no secret that New Mexico has more than its share of ghost towns. These uninhabited places are often all that remains of people’s abandoned dreams. But our state will soon be home to a new kind of ghost town – one that focuses on turning dreams into reality. And it’s unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.

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A company called Pegasus Global Holdings is about to construct a brand new city close to Deming, New Mexico. So how can a new city be a ghost town? Simple: no one will be permitted to live there.

Although the town, named CITE, will be capable of supporting 35,000 people, none of these hypothetical residents will ever see the interiors of the homes here. Nor will they stroll in the parks or fill up at the gas station.

You see, CITE stands for the Center for Innovation, Testing, and Evaluation. In other words, it’s a test city.
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The goal is to allow both the government and private companies to use CITE to try out new technology and products in an environment that resembles reality. It’s unusual because the project will be capable of handling testing across a range of industries. For instance, there will be specific districts for energy and agriculture.

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CITE will truly be a city of the future, relying on green power and using driverless cars. Sensors will be incorporated into everything, allowing data to be sent back to an underground laboratory for analysis. A research center will also be located nearby.
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Critics of the project question the usefulness of a mock environment that lacks actual people. Others see it as an in-between step, bridging the gap between standard lab testing and the real world.
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The cost of this privately funded experiment is expected to reach $1 billion. It could be completed as soon as 2018. Construction is currently scheduled to begin in September 2016, assuming Pegasus finds enough investors.

Pegasus has a Memorandum of Understanding with New Mexico’s Department of Economic Development, which essentially means that the state is on board. CITE will bring 350 permanent jobs and an additional 3500 jobs indirectly.

Learn more details about the project here or by watching this Tech Insider video:

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