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Powered by 100 % renewable energy , Saudi Arabia ’ s giga-city state NEOM will house the world ’ s longest skyscraper , largest floating industrial complex , and first cognitive community . Here ’ s how it came to be

the world ’ s first cognitive city

Powered by 100 % renewable energy , Saudi Arabia ’ s giga-city state NEOM will house the world ’ s longest skyscraper , largest floating industrial complex , and first cognitive community . Here ’ s how it came to be
The Line

2017 Jan 2021

As part of Saudi Arabia ’ s Vision 2030 , to reduce its dependence on oil , Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman reveals plans for NEOM – a revolutionary fully-automated car-free giga-city state spread across 26,500 sq-km on the Red Sea coast . The US $ 500bn high-tech development will feature hyperconnected , cognitive cities , ports , enterprise zones , research centres , industrial and logistics areas , network of airports , entertainment venues and tourist destinations . NEOM will be home to the world ’ s first 100 % clean energy system , will preserve 95 % of the natural environment , and will be 33 times the size of New York City .
NEOM announces plans to construct the world ’ s first zero-gravity zero-carbon vertical city . Dubbed The Line , the city marks the first time in 150 years a major urban development has been designed around people , not roads , and the first city to be powered by renewable energy . At just 200m wide , and extending over 170km , the “ vertically layered ” buildings will house 9 million residents by
2045 . Residents will have access to all facilities within a 5-minute walk , and a highspeed train with 20-minute endto-end transit . Residents will live in interconnected societies run by AI designed to coexist with nature .
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Trojena , the mountain resort