A new unconfirmed report claims that Saudi Arabia is planning to drastically reduce the size and scale of its Neom Megaproject, dubbed 'The Line,' a futuristic vision of a linear city that would have held 9 million people if realised. According to FT, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is now planning something "far smaller," possibly an AI data center hub.
The Line was previously touted as a "cognitive city" that would stretch 170 kilometers from the Red Sea across Saudi Arabia's desert landscape. Measuring 500 meters in height but just 200 meters in width, it would have purportedly featured no cars or roads and 100 percent renewable energy production. According to its own website, The Line could have housed 9 million people in a space just 34 square kilometers in size (13.1 square miles) while leaving 95% of its land preserved for nature. That vision now appears to have been flagged as overambitious.
