Trend · rank 145 of 250

Connected infrastructure operation

Sensors and networked controls are spreading through buildings, utilities and industry, improving operational visibility and remote control while increasing dependence on maintained software, interoperable systems and secure connectivity.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resilienceconnectivitycyberdata governance

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Internet of Things; takes in Smart cities & buildings. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
145of 250
Sensitivity
12.5rank 65
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
28.2rank 157
Eigenvector
1.5
Betweenness
2.0
Links
11trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
18.5

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
104
Over a year
+16%Rising
Over three years
−9%
Peak
12626 Jul 2026
Sources
Bothagreement -0.15
Coverage
22languages · 67 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (22 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English51%90−6%
Russian8%66−28%
German6%103−0%
Spanish5%101+0%
French5%89−14%
Chinese4%73−13%
Italian3%84+7%
Japanese2%75−17%
Korean2%72−18%
Persian2%76−15%
Portuguese2%76−28%
Arabic2%76−23%
Polish2%84−1%
Vietnamese2%105+3%
Ukrainian1%87−11%
Turkish1%107−21%
Indonesian1%63−41%
Dutch1%113+9%
Hebrew0%80−18%
Swedish0%65−33%
Malay0%123+45%
Hindi0%107−1%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

South Korea

Singapore

China

United Arab Emirates

Qatar

Romania

Ghana

India

Malaysia

Australia

Philippines

United States

100

87

83

73

70

67

63

57

53

50

50

50

The 12 highest of 67 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English108−1%+13%+7%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish121−2%+51%+28%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country104+59%+31%−25%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Malay99+7%+4%−9%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi133+22%+43%+66%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew134+15%+54%+32%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries119−3%+16%+28%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese132+20%+47%+43%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian113−4%+62%−25%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle321+60%+1205%+288%
AustraliaGoogle105+10%+9%+3%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese114+26%+21%+16%
CanadaGoogle120+26%+26%+28%
ChinaGoogle104+59%+31%−25%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French154−9%+100%+102%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German104−2%+1%+12%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi119+19%+26%+39%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian96+26%−11%−11%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian123+17%+70%+22%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese91−35%+11%−3%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean91+25%+10%−26%
MexicoGoogle108−1%+27%+3%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian66−39%−28%−36%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle234+12%+650%+155%
South AfricaGoogle132+29%+39%+58%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish129+42%+11%+34%
United KingdomGoogle113−9%+24%+13%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English109−6%+14%+9%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
4 · HighHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
3 · ModerateA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
2 · LowCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
3 · ModerateTelecom network resilienceEnergy, networks & climate resilience35
3 · ModerateInfrastructure ageing & maintenance backlogEnergy, networks & climate resilience39
3 · ModerateElectrification of heat & industryEnergy, networks & climate resilience70
3 · ModerateCritical infrastructure protectionConflict & security80
3 · ModerateDistributed powerEnergy, networks & climate resilience81
3 · ModerateSubsea cable & pipeline dependenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience114
3 · ModerateFirm & black-start capacityEnergy, networks & climate resilience119
3 · ModerateGrid expansion & demand flexibilityEnergy, networks & climate resilience131
3 · ModerateNext-generation mobile networksEnergy, networks & climate resilience147
3 · ModerateSatellite connectivity expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience167
3 · ModerateSatellite positioning & timing dependenceEnergy, networks & climate resilience190