Saudi Arabia, NEOM and Desert City Project

Neom, Saudi Arabia’s Dystopian Desert City Project, Announces $5 Billion AI Data Center
The urban development project has often seemed pie-in-the-sky. A new "energy efficient" data center project promises more of the same.
Saudi Arabia issues £40bn update on incredible new city cutting through the desert
Neom, the £1.2 trillion ambitious mega city in Saudi Arabia, has already cost £40 billion, according to the project's deputy CEO.
Expat mums rave about life in Saudi Arabia’s futuristic NEOM city
Expat "mumfluencers" are taking to TikTok to sing the praises of life in Saudi Arabia and to extol the virtues of its new NEOM megacity, filming their idyllic lives spent picnicking by turquoise waters and shopping in gleaming malls.
Saudi’s Neom Partners With Neuralink Rival Testing Brain Implant
Paradromics Inc., a brain implant rival to Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp., is partnering with Saudi Arabia’s Neom to develop brain-computer interface therapies in the Middle East and North Africa.
Saudi Arabia to invest $5 bn in AI data center
A Saudi company will invest $5 billion to build an artificial intelligence data center in the futuristic city of NEOM, state media reported.
Saudi Arabia to invest $5 bn in AI data centre
The project will be located in Oxagon, an industrial city within NEOM, which the kingdom aims to transform into the world's largest floating industrial complex.
Saudi Arabia's Neom signed a $5 billion deal to build a huge AI data center
The 1.5-gigawatt factory is expected to be in use by 2028. It comes as Saudi Arabia and the UAE compete to spearhead AI efforts in the Middle East.
NEOM and DataVolt Forge Partnership to Propel Saudi Arabia’s Data-Driven Future
NEOM and DataVolt have entered into a landmark agreement, marking a significant step toward realizing Saudi Arabia’s vision for a sustainable, data-driven economy. This collaboration aims to establish advanced data centers within NEOM,
TikTok mum influencers praise repressive Saudi Arabia and its Neom megacity as ‘the best’
Expats rave about Saudi Arabia's Neom megacity in what some are calling a 'smart' PR strategy 'to help transform the ...
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This week we reported that Neom has already cost "more than $50 billion"
This week on Dezeen, we reported that Saudi Arabia had spent $50 billion "building the basic infrastructure" of the Neom mega ...
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Saudi Arabia Hires Startup to Develop Brain-Computer Control Implants
A brain-computer interface startup called Paradromics is partnering with Saudi Arabia's megalomaniac Neom city-building ...
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As its megacities continue to grow, Saudi Arabia bets big on AI
Nobody can reasonably accuse Saudi Arabia of lacking ambition. Along with all the other projects it has going on at the ...
Saudi Arabia To Invest $5B In AI Data Centre
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi company will invest $5 billion to build an artificial intelligence data centre in the ...
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DataVolt plans 1.5GW data center campus in Neom’s Oxagon
At the LEAP 2025 event this week DataVolt and Neom signed a $5bn agreement to develop a 1.5GW data center campus in Neom’s ...
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BCI maker Paradromics picks up strategic investment from Saudi Arabia
Paradromics announced today that it received a strategic investment from NEOM, a region taking shape in Saudi Arabia.
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Future hosts Saudi Arabia 'watch and learn' on Asian Winter Games debut
Saudi Arabia made their debut at the Asian Winter Games in China this week and will controversially host the next edition in ...