2026智能基础设施入门白皮书

W H I T EP A P E RM A Y2 0 2 6 Contents Preface3 Executive summary4 Introduction5 1.1Understanding intelligent infrastructure61.2How intelligent infrastructure differs from digital infrastructure7 2DNA+ framework92.1Framework overview102.2Intelligent outcomes15 3Company, Cluster, City, Country – 4C outcomes18 3.1Company outcomes: operational excellence193.2Cluster outcomes: collaborative innovation193.3City outcomes: urban competitiveness and resilience213.4Country outcomes: strategic competitiveness223.5Broader societal outcomes24 4Deployment imperatives25 4.1Governing the transition254.2Trust as infrastructure264.3Investment frameworks: de-risking the transition274.4Implementation pathways284.5Talent capabilities29 Conclusion30 Contributors31 Endnotes33 Disclaimer This document is published by theWorld Economic Forum as a contributionto a project, insight area or interaction.The findings, interpretations andconclusions expressed herein are a resultof a collaborative process facilitated andendorsed by the World Economic Forumbut whose results do not necessarilyrepresent the views of the World EconomicForum, nor the entirety of its Members,Partners or other stakeholders.©2026 World Economic Forum. All rightsreserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any formor by any means, including photocopyingand recording, or by any informationstorage and retrieval system. Preface Kiva AllgoodManaging Director andHead, Centre for AdvancedManufacturing and SupplyChains Roberto BoccaHead, Centre for Energyand Materials Akshay JoshiHead, Centre forCybersecurity Jeff MerrittHead, Centre for UrbanTransformation Infrastructure has always been the foundation ofeconomic progress. In the industrial era, nationsthat built physical infrastructure such as roads,railways, water and power grids gained enduringcompetitive advantages. Today, a comparable andperhaps more consequential transition is underwaythrough intelligent infrastructure. The question isno longer simply how well a country builds andconnects physical assets, but how intelligently thoseassets can sense, communicate, learn and act. This report, developed with global leaders acrossindustries, presents the DNA+ framework – apractical architecture that makes the concept ofintelligent infrastructure concrete. Grounded onreal-world experience from four diverse expertcommunities, spanning advanced manufacturing andsupply chains, energy and materials, cybersecurityand urban transformation, the framework maps thesystemic outcomes of intelligent infrastructure acrossfour levels: Company, Cluster, City and Country.It further offers deployment pathways to translatepotential into systemic value. Intelligent infrastructure is not merely a technologyinvestment. It is a determinant of nationalcompetitiveness. The ability to embed systems-levelintelligence and autonomy into the systems thatpower economies will increasingly separate thosethat lead from those that follow. The infrastructure choices made today will shapeeconomic outcomes for decades. Governments,businesses and international partners are invitedto engage with this work – to implement, test andrefine the framework, contribute market feedbackand participate in structured collaboration.Intelligent infrastructure is not a destination butan evolving capability: one whose strategic valuewill compound over time and whose developmentrequires coordination across public and privatesector actors. The Forum stands ready to serveas a neutral platform for collaboration, supportingpolicy-makers and businesses as they shape theintelligent backbone of long-term competitiveness. Intelligent infrastructure is inherently cross-sectoral.Its implications span industrial production, energysystems, urban services, supply chains and nationalsecurity. As such, it requires coordinated actionacross policy, investment and governance. Our aim isto help policy-makers and business leaders with theframeworks and evidence to navigate this transitionas a structural systems-wide transformation ratherthan an isolated technology shift. Executive summary Intelligent infrastructure enables physicalinfrastructure to sense, reason and act in realtime by integrating sensing devices, networkconnectivity, AI and cyber resilience. Just as roads and ports enabled the movement ofgoods in the industrial age, intelligent infrastructureenables the flow of intelligence in the intelligentage. Intelligent infrastructure integrates physicalassets with sensors, connectivity, data platforms,artificial intelligence (AI) and feedback loops intocoordinated systems (“system of systems”) that cansense, reason and act in real time. These featuresmake it fundamentally distinct from traditional digitalinfrastructure, which limits itself to foundationalconnectivity and data exchange. transformation strengthens cluster capabilities;cluster infrastructure and city transformationamplify national competitiveness; and nationalframewor