Neom’s redesignation as a data center hub would add to the growing number of such projects approved for construction in Saudi ...

“There won’t be a single supermarket,” Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman told Bloomberg in 2017. “Zero. Nobody will go and buy things for their home. Everything will come to your house using ...

Saudi Arabia is considering a major revision of its $500bn Neom project, with reports indicating that The Line, which is the planned 170km linear city, may be converted into a data centre hub to ...

Saudi Arabia's PIF has asked consultants to conduct a review of the feasibility of The Line, with Neom maintaining that the megacity is "a strategic priority". According to media company Bloomberg, ...

Satellite view of construction progress at the Western portion of Neom, the Line, Saudi Arabia, 2023. [Photo: Gallo Images/Orbital Horizon/Copernicus Sentinel Data 2023] The scaling back follows years ...

Something strange is starting to take shape in the desert north of Tabuk, where the wind carries dust across the sand in slow spirals. The early framework of ...

NEOM Between Reduced Ambitions And Progress. When it comes to state-funded megaprojects, skepticism is in order, as more ...

Saudi Arabia froze Red Sea resort expansion to fund Project Transcendence, a $100B AI initiative. The capital shift mirrors a ...

Saudi Arabia has asked consulting firms to conduct a strategic review of its ambitious plans for building a futuristic city known as The Line, according to several people familiar with the matter, as ...

The slump in Middle East work is hitting UK firms and, increasingly, their staff, who are now feeling the pain as practices make tough commercial decisions ...

Nearly a decade ago, the Saudi crown prince promised to build a gleaming utopia on the coast of the Red Sea that would redefine how human beings lived and worked. But experts say the scaling back of ...