The urban development project has often seemed pie-in-the-sky. A new "energy efficient" data center project promises more of the same. Reading time 2 minutes They say data is the new oil. If that’s ...

The horizontal skyscraper sci-fi dream is now just a colossal crater in the desert. Saudi Arabia has halted construction on The Line, the over-hyped megacity that was supposed to slice through the ...

NEOM’s 2026-2030 budget includes $16 billion in anticipated payments to contractors to terminate long-term agreements, ...

Saudi Arabia’s NEOM has delayed further work on The Line — the planned 170-kilometer long dual skyscrapers once projected to cost more than $1 trillion — until at least after 2030 as the kingdom’s ...

The Line, a 170-kilometre long and 2-kilometre wide megacity envisaged in the Saudi Arabian desert at the heart of the Neom ...

Saudi Arabia's economy minister rejected recent reports that the kingdom's $1.5 trillion NEOM megaproject, a futuristic desert development on the Red Sea coast, is scaling back some of its plans. "All ...

RIYADH/DUBAI, April 22 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is to officially appoint Aiman al-Mudaifer as the chief executive of NEOM, the $500 billion mega-project at the heart of the kingdom's drive to ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s Olympic Committee and the Olympic Council of Asia have agreed to indefinitely postpone the 2029 Asian Winter Games, which were to have been held in a ...

The construction work currently underway in Saudi Arabia for the Neom giga-project is unprecedented, with buildings like the Line transforming the desert landscape at a remarkable pace. Now an expert ...

In news that will probably be greeted with "well, duh," Saudi Arabia's incredibly ambitious plan to transform its country with the Neom gigaproject is costing more than expected. It's the scale that's ...