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Global application · India flagship · City-as-a-Service

The Operating System for the World's Future Cities

A global City-as-a-Service platform designed to connect infrastructure, technology, services and people — with India as its flagship urban transformation opportunity.

The premise

CitiWerxs brings the urban ecosystem together.

Cities are becoming the defining systems of the 21st century. Yet many are still planned, built and operated through disconnected technologies, fragmented services and short-term development models.

Developed within the Royal Indian Raj Corporate Group, CitiWerxs is a globally scalable City-as-a-Service platform designed to help developers, governments, infrastructure partners and institutional investors create intelligent, sustainable and professionally managed communities.

From utilities and mobility to resident services, security, sustainability, commerce and operational intelligence, CitiWerxs is designed to connect the essential systems of urban life through one integrated platform.

The next generation of cities will not simply be built. They will be continuously operated, optimized and improved.

“Beyond building cities. Operating them.”

A global platform

Conceived for global application

CitiWerxs has been conceived for global application across emerging and developed markets. Its modular architecture can be adapted to master-planned communities, integrated townships, mixed-use districts, economic zones, university cities, hospitality destinations, industrial corridors and future urban developments.

The platform is intended to support different scales, regulatory environments and infrastructure models while preserving one central principle: urban systems create greater value when they operate as a connected ecosystem.

Isometric digital city model with glowing skyscrapers, network connections and data layers representing a connected urban platform

India at the centre of the opportunity

The defining urban opportunity of our lifetime

By 2030, India will be home to nearly 600 million city dwellers and 91 million middle-class households. That scale of growth demands more than roads and buildings — it demands intelligent, sustainable communities that can operate as connected systems for decades.

CitiWerxs is built for this moment. Starting with the Royal Indian Raj Corporate Group's vision for Eco-Friendly Villages, Integrated Townships and future-ready city communities, the platform turns India's urban expansion into a long-term operating opportunity — not just a construction cycle.

The result is a new category of community: cleaner, more efficient, more responsive, and designed to keep delivering value long after the first residents arrive.

Aerial view of a connected Indian smart city at sunrise, showing integrated metro corridors, solar infrastructure, green corridors and flowing digital data layers linking buildings and services
Illustration — an integrated Indian community operating as a connected system
McKinsey Global Institute

India's urban opportunity, 2010–2030

SOURCE: MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE — INDIA'S URBAN AWAKENING / INDIA'S URBAN OPPORTUNITY, 2010–2030

590M

People expected to live in Indian cities by 2030

91M

Middle-class urban households by 2030, up from 22 million

$1.2T

Capital investment required in urban infrastructure

68

Indian cities projected to have populations above 1 million

The 2050 horizon

~1B

Urban population projected by 2050

1.70B

Total Indian population by 2050

~70%

Share of GDP expected to come from cities by 2050

950+

Cities in the RIRIC Eco Smart City Network vision

Sources (2030 and 2050 figures): UN DESA (2024), McKinsey Global Institute (2023), NAREDCO & Knight Frank Report — Housing Shortage by 2047, Government of India Reports, and RIRIC Internal Research.

One platform

One Platform. An Entire Urban Ecosystem.

  • Digital community operations
  • Energy, water and utility intelligence
  • Mobility and access management
  • Security and emergency coordination
  • Resident and property services
  • Commerce and lifestyle services
  • Sustainability, ESG and performance analytics
  • AI-enabled monitoring and decision support

01

Connected infrastructure

The connective operating layer between physical infrastructure, digital services, community management and real-time intelligence.

02

City-as-a-Service

Extending the value chain beyond construction into the ongoing operating life of the community.

03

Measured performance

Operating data, dashboards and forecasts that turn design intentions into evidenced outcomes.

Frequently asked

Questions we are asked most

What is CitiWerxs?
CitiWerxs is a global City-as-a-Service platform developed within the Royal Indian Raj Corporate Group. It is designed to connect infrastructure, technology, services and people so that communities can be operated as integrated systems rather than disconnected assets.
What does City-as-a-Service mean?
City-as-a-Service treats a community as a living operating ecosystem. Instead of value ending at construction, utilities, mobility, security, resident services, commerce and sustainability reporting are delivered and improved continuously through one platform.
Who is CitiWerxs built for?
Real estate developers and owners, governments and public authorities, infrastructure and technology partners, and institutional investors seeking long-term exposure to professionally operated urban communities.
Why is India the flagship opportunity?
India is undergoing one of the largest urban expansions in history, with sustained demand for new communities and professionally managed urban services, making it the flagship market for CitiWerxs deployment.

The future of urban development is an intelligent, responsive and economically sustainable operating ecosystem.

It is not a collection of isolated buildings and systems. CitiWerxs is being created to power that future.