Neom

In news that will probably be greeted with "well, duh," Saudi Arabia's Neom gigaproject is costing more than expected. It's the scale that's truly shocking, though, with a new report detailing the astronomical sums currently being spent.

Located on the Red Sea, the Port of Neom has transformed since launching in August 2022. Part of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project, it sits within Oxagon, a sustainable, high-tech industrial port city designed for innovation and global trade.

Construction has reportedly begun on the first phase of the Line, Saudi Arabia's insanely ambitious plan to build a 105 mile-long megacity in the desert. We now know how many people will live there initially – and when they're moving in.

Nobody can accuse Saudi Arabia of lacking ambition. Along with all the other projects it has going on, it has agreed a major deal with DataVolt to build what it calls the region's first "truly sustainable" AI data center.

Some more details on Saudi Arabia's transformative Neom gigaproject have been revealed, including its ambitious timeline and how people will actually go about living in its incredible futuristic city, the Line.

As Saudi Arabia continues to reshape its desert landscape with an incredible number of ambitious construction projects, it has employed some high-tech robotic help to increase efficiency and speed things up.

As work continues on Saudi Arabia's futuristic mirrored megacity, the Line, government authorities have given an update on the progress so far and named the architects in charge of making this desert dream a reality.

We've seen a lot of crazy renders and heard big promises but Saudi Arabia has now finally delivered on the first part of its incredible Neom giga-project. Sindalah provides an ultra-exclusive luxury island getaway for a select number of guests.

As the Line megacity continues to grow in the Saudi Arabian desert, some new construction details showcase the scale of the gigantic project, including its reported use of one fifth of the world's available steel.

We've been following the progress of the ambitious Neom project since its announcement in 2017, which includes a 105-mile-long, 660-ft-wide and 1,600-ft-tall megacity called The Line. Now we know how some of its tourists and residents will get around.

Neom, the extraordinarily ambitious 10,200-square-mile (26,500-sq-km) urban area with a US$1.5-trillion budget planned for the northern tip of the Red Sea is apparently still happening, and Saudi Arabia is providing the pictures and video to prove it.

Saudi Arabia is bidding to host the 2034 World Cup soccer tournament. If successful, authorities plan to build a futuristic stadium within its audacious 170-km-long mirrored city in the desert, the Line.