Saudi pivots Neom's The Line from megastructure to data-centers hub
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Saudi Arabia's Neom is reportedly downsizing its 100-mile The Line megacity and pivoting to a data-centers hub to diversify from oil amid a cash-strapped Public Investment Fund; architects are exploring a modest redesign rather than scrapping the project entirely, with coastal Gulf of Aqaba cooling cited as an advantage, while ongoing concerns over cost and worker abuses persist.
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