Saudi Arabia, AI and NEOM

Saudi Arabia's Neom has 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, 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.
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’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's Neom signed a $5 billion deal to build a huge AI data center
Saudi Arabia's Neom has signed a $5 billion deal to build an AI data center. Neom, which was launched in 2017, is a key part of Vision 2030 to diversify Saudi Arabia's economy. Saudi Arabia and ...
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,
Saudi Arabia’s Neom Signs $5 Billion Deal for AI Data Center
Saudi Arabia’s Neom, the megacity being developed on the Red Sea coast, secured a $5 billion investment from a local firm to establish an AI data center.
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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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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 ...
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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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'Saudi is the best!': Why are TikTok mumfluencers lauding desert megacity?
Expat "mumfluencers" are taking to TikTok to sing the praises of life in Saudi Arabia and to extol the virtues of its new ...
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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 ...
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Construction of Neom Project Costs Over USD 50 Billion
Over USD 50 billion have been spent so far on the Neom region in northwestern Saudi Arabia, according to the project's deputy ...
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‘The best place!’: ‘Mumfluencers’ push Saudi narrative that glosses over kingdom’s dark reality
Expat “mumfluencers” are taking to TikTok to sing the praises of life in Saudi Arabia and to extol the virtues of its new ...
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"More than $50 billion has been spent so far" on Neom
Construction of the Neom region in northwest Saudi Arabia has so far cost more than $50 billion, according to the project's ...