In a major reset, Saudi Arabia is quietly shrinking its desert city of the future. Neom and its signature linear city The Line are being redesigned as a much smaller project built around data centers instead of a 170 kilometer strip of housing.
Launched in 2017 as the showpiece of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 plan, the project promised a car-free city for about nine million residents on the Red Sea coast. Now, with oil revenues under pressure and costs looming for Expo 2030 and the planned 2034 FIFA World Cup,…
