A new WSJ report suggests that Saudi Arabia's now eight-year-old Neom project -- a futuristic, carbon-neutral, 105-mile-long ...

Despite the buzz surrounding smart cities in urban-policy circles, studies are lacking on the evidence for what works, what ...

But a draft presentation from last year obtained by the WSJ now pegs the final cost of Neom at $8.8T by 2080, more than 25 ...

The NEOM city initiative was aimed at creating the city of Neom emerged from Saudi Vision 2030. Scroll down for details.

Recent history has several examples of smart city ideas that never left the drawing board and those that became engineering boondoggles – massively disruptive and expensive construction that by the ...

First announced in 2017, the Neom initiative hopes to create a data-intensive, highly automated smart city with a starting investment of $500 billion. The company behind the project is wholly owned by ...

Bosses behind Saudi Arabia's The Line have addressed environmental concerns as part of a major update on the $1 trillion ...

Neom is a planned US$500 billion futuristic megacity in northwestern Saudi Arabia meant to feature a ski resort, twin skyscrapers and a city-building known as “The Line” that will be a ...

NEOM’s Chief Development Officer Denis Hickey has revealed fresh details about THE LINE, a vertical metropolis under construction in Saudi Arabia, during a presentation at Davos. Hickey outlined how ...

Executives shielded Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Neom's mastermind, from the challenges of his fantastical plans. (Johnny Simon/WSJ, Abaca/Sipa/AP, Planet Labs, AFP/Getty Images ...