The Line smart city is reportedly now being rethought as an AI data center, which the country expects to bring a greater short-term financial return, a move spurred by a financial review of NEOM by the Saudi sovereign fund begun in 2024.
Gensler, Mott MacDonald and DMAA are contributing planning, design and engineering services for the first 2.4 km of the planned 170-km-long urban megaproject in Saudi Arabia.