Saudi Arabia transforms its failed $50B linear city project into AI data centers, pivoting from urban fantasy to practical tech infrastructure by 2028.

The major Saudi Arabian megacity construction Neom is currently using 20 percent of the world's steel, according to a spokesperson for the project. Neom is a 10,200 sq mi area in northwest Saudi ...

The CEO of Neom, Nadhmi al-Nasr, has stepped down from the role after six years. Saudi Arabia's ambitious megacity scaled back targets earlier this year. Neom said the move would "ensure operational ...

In early April, reports emerged that The Line project, a planned glass-walled city meant to stretch for 105 miles across the Saudi desert by 2030, would be a length of just 1.5 miles by that time — a ...

Saudi Arabia's Neom ordered eight electric shuttles from Sweden-based Candela. The Candela P-12 shuttles are high-speed electric foil ships that sit above the water. Candela says the shuttle design ...

As Saudi Arabia continues to reshape its desert landscape with an incredible number of ambitious construction projects, it has employed some high-tech robotic help to increase efficiency and speed ...

Saudi Arabia's ambitious NEOM 'The Line' megacity, a car-free, zero-carbon vision, faces revised timelines and budget recalibrations. While initial construction of a 2.4km segment is underway with ...

Nadhmi al-Nasr, the long-time chief executive of the $500 billion NEOM mega-project at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s drive to diversify away from oil, has departed, NEOM said on Tuesday without giving a ...

Saudi Arabia has scaled back its ambitions for the Neom megacity project, reducing the population target from 1.5 million to 300,000 by 2030. The 170km straight-line city, known as The Line, is now ...

Faisal Alibrahim, Saudi's economy minister, told CNBC the country was "reprioritizing a little bit towards sectors that need it the most." It comes after Riyadh launched an ambitious strategy, "Vision ...

An exiled colonel told BBC News that Saudi Arabia authorized lethal force to clear land for Neom. The Huwaitat tribe primarily occupied the land. One villager was reportedly killed by authorities. Col ...