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Saudi Arabia’s ambitious $500B ‘The Line’ development is getting a reality check — and going under a microscope
Saudi Arabia’s plan to build a mirrored “landscraper” city is now under the microscope. The wealthy Middle Eastern country ...
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Saudi Arabia’s Ambitious Linear City Project: The Vision, Challenges, and Future of NEOM
Saudi Arabia, an energy superpower, is embarking on an ambitious project to build a linear city in the desert as part of its ...
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Construction projects awarded by Gulf states plunge, as Saudi Arabia pulls back spending
Saudi Arabia led the plunge with contract awards falling 72.5 percent, and the UAE followed at 47 percent. The UAE overtook ...
Saudi Arabia reckons with its costly megaprojects as $500 billion ‘The Line' is reviewed
The move by Saudi Arabia to review one of its megaprojects comes amid global scrutiny of its ambitious infrastructure agenda.
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Adeer & PARAGON Alliance signs development agreement with MIDAR for 500,000 sqm project in Mostakbal City – New Cairo
The agreement was signed by Eng. Bassel El Serafy, Global CEO of Adeer International, and Eng. Bedeir Rizk, CEO of PARAGON ...
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Saudi Arabia’s new city, Neom, a mecca for robots
Saudi Arabia, at the Future Investment Initiative conference in Riyadh, announced the construction of a new city called Neom that will probably be populated more by robots than humans. Welcome to ...
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Saudi Arabia’s city of the future depicts new freedoms for women
A publicity video for Neom, a proposed development in Saudi Arabia announced Oct. 24, depicts a lifestyle for women very different from what exists in the kingd (Video: Discover Neom via Storyful) ...
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‘To the Future’: Saudi Arabia Spends Big to Become an A.I ...
Saudi Arabia created a $100 billion fund this year to invest in A.I. and other technology. It is in talks with Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm, and other investors to ...