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01/05/2023

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THE LINE is a civilizational revolution that puts humans first, providing an unprecedented urban living experience while preserving the surrounding nature.

30/04/2023

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30/04/2023

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29/04/2023

SAUDI ARABIA JOB ALERT!

NEOM’s hiring: How to get a job at Saudi Arabia’s $500 billion mega project.

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28/04/2023

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THE LINE is a civilizational revolution that puts humans first, providing an unprecedented urban living experience while preserving the surrounding nature.

17/04/2023

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17/04/2023

NEOM is happening - I’m doing an epic 2 month road trip around to visit the new and emerging destinations. Last week I drove around the whole of the NEOM region (which is the same size as Belgium and larger than Kuwait!) and saw a lot of of the new developments taking place, including the site of NEOM’s linear city, The Line.

Despite scepticism and a perception that it might just be a dream idea, the project is really happening with significant work underway.

Below are some of my insights and pictures from the sites I saw. See also ’s January 2023 progress film which has some good drone footage of work happening across all 4 of NEOM’s mega project sites (SINDALAH, TROJENA, The Line, and OXAGON): https://lnkd.in/e7qPr3cV

-Placemaking: NEOM is an idea that’s being turned into a place. It’s a giant placemaking exercise on a sparsely populated land with striking . The 26,000 sq km area takes up a portion of the province of Tabuk.

-NEOM is Open: It’s an open region that you can drive around in. As you drive around, you can see signs explaining what each construction project is and which companies are involved.

-The South: The southern part of the NEOM region is really where it feels ‘NEOM’ is, at present. It’s where the project has put its main footprint: this is where , and are. At the centre of this southern stretch, between the old towns of Sharma and Gayal, is NEOM Community 1. This is NEOM’s first major residential and office compound for staff, which is full of high-end prefabricated housing units. (This is where the ‘I ❤️ NEOM’ sign is).

-The Line: Huge are well underway to prepare for its (or at least part of it). Work is taking place at different sites along the entire length of the 170km-long project including tunnelling sites (e.g. see here: https://lnkd.in/eip7yy_m) and work to create the Spine: the high speed link running the length of the project. You can see significant stretches of earth that have been dug out and piled into hills. New roads run alongside the site which you can drive along and see a lot of the work underway (e.g. https://lnkd.in/eqe5sQDT).

- : Site teams are beginning to move to the site where the new NEOM International Airport will be built (towards the Eastern end of The Line). The region already has 1 new airport: NEOM Bay International Airport, which opened in 2019.

-Trojena: New roads have been built to make the mountains more accessible including a road into the Trojena valley where work has started.

I’m currently touring around for 2 months. I work as an independent researcher and consultant focused on sustainable development in Saudi and the MENA region, so do drop me a message if you’re looking for support or expertise!

07/04/2023

The line is real part 3?
Down on site today and up in the air following a sand storm giving a great view of our progress.

03/04/2023

The world's largest piling project has been relocated to The Line's marina.

As excavation work for the waterway progresses, Neom is preparing to move the focus of the world's largest piling project to The Line modules at the marina.

The Line's buildings are made up of 135 modules that are 800 metres long and 500 metres tall at sea level.
The Line is 170 kilometres long in all, stretching from the Red Sea coast interior towards Tabuk.

Modules 45, 46, and 47 are located at the marina, which is intended to be twice as large as any other marina in the world and capable of hosting the world's largest cruise ships.

11/03/2023

Visit The Line Experience from NEOM in Riyadh.

09/03/2023

Impressive piling operation on THE LINE

14/02/2023

Quick flight today to check on The LINE Progress and the Worlds biggest building site. Super proud of our teams making this happen.

13/02/2023

NEOM announces AI technology partners at LEAP23

NEOM will partner with Oracle and NVIDIA to deliver cutting edge AI technology to the upcoming Saudi megaproject

NEOM has taken a giant step towards its AI-driven future after announcing a collaboration with tech partners Oracle and NVIDIA on the sidelines of the LEAP23 event in Riyadh.

Through its tech subsidiary TONOMOUS, Saudi Arabia’s NEOM will deliver ground-breaking AI across the development.

TONOMOUS was the first company to be established as a full-fledged subsidiary of NEOM.
NEOM technology partners

The collaboration is designed to accelerate AI-powered innovation for a broad range users, including private sector and government organisations.

TONOMUS will provide customers with direct access to NVIDIA’s advanced AI technology to take advantage of the planned Oracle Cloud Region to be located at NEOM.

Oracle’s cloud technology will be hosted by ZeroPoint DC hyperscale data centre and via TONOMUS’ digital cloud platform.
NEOM tonomous leap23
From left, Jaap Zuiderveld, Vice President EMEA at NVIDIA; Fabio Fontana, CEO of ZeroPoint DC; Nick Redshaw, Senior Vice President – Tech Cloud, Middle East and Africa, Oracle; Joseph Bradley, CEO of TONOMUS

Joseph Bradley, CEO of TONOMUS, said: “The longstanding alliance between Oracle and NVIDIA complements TONOMUS’ ongoing mission to build the infrastructure and ubiquitous connectivity required to enable the world’s first ecosystem of cognitive technologies.

“This monumental collaboration will empower NEOM with geographical advantage and place Saudi Arabia firmly on the map as a regional hub for the provision of AI capabilities, as well as further support Saudi Vision 2030 and the Kingdom’s rapidly developing cloud market.”

Richard Smith, Executive Vice President, Cloud and Technology, EMEA of Oracle, said: “The futuristic city of NEOM is the ideal ground for deploying the latest AI-powered applications and customer experiences, which will help usher in a new era of smart cities.

“TONOMOUS will benefit from Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI) unmatched capability of supporting modern cloud native applications in a secure environment.

“This, coupled with our existing partnership with NVIDIA, will speed AI adoption for enterprises.”

Jaap Zuiderveld, Vice President of EMEA at NVIDIA, said: “AI and accelerated computing in the cloud enable cities around the world to improve sustainability and livability, enhance the safety and efficiency of urban mobility, and deliver more inclusive citizen experiences.

“NVIDIA software and systems on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provide an ideal platform for developers like TONOMUS to build AI-forward, modern cities.”

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— Oracle () February 6, 2023

Users of TONOMUS’ seamless, cloud management platform, which combines cloud sales and management with a user-friendly digital interface, will draw a range of valuable benefits from the company’s collaboration with Oracle and NVIDIA.

In addition to curating access to the world’s top cloud service providers, the platform allows users to search for and compare a wide range of options, capabilities and costs in real time, and then purchase and manage solutions.

It also facilitates cost monitoring, resource optimisation and visibility, centralises customer management of multiple cloud assets and costs, and is an asset to finance and accounting departments in accessing information on historic and projected costs based on consumption.

The availability of the globally adopted NVIDIA AI platform will grant businesses that make NEOM their home the benefits of essential processing engines for each step of the AI workflow, from data processing and AI model training to simulation and large-scale deployment.

The venture will be propelled by technology such as the NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPU and the upcoming, NVIDIA H100 – the most advanced accelerator ever produced and an order-of-magnitude leap for accelerated computing.

Its combined innovations can speed up large language models by an incredible 30 times over the previous generation to deliver industry-leading conversational AI.

Early adopters of the technology will also be able to enjoy various opportunities, allowing large corporations across a range of industries – from healthcare and manufacturing to telecommunications and financial services – to reduce their IT infrastructure costs, automate operations and obtain insights faster than ever before.
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09/02/2023

The Line
A multimedia exhibit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, reveals more details about NEOM’s linear city

https://youtu.be/RHDttuL6lPE

08/02/2023

Parsons confirmed delivery partner for 170km The Line at NEOM, Saudi Arabia

US consultancy reveals details of services it will provide for 170km linear city – The Line at NEOM – in Saudi Arabia

US consultancy Parsons has revealed additional details about the scope of its work for the 170-kilometre The Line at NEOM in Saudi Arabia.

The Line at NEOM is designed to have no cars, roads or carbon emissions and operate on 100 percent clean energy.

It will be a 200 metres (m) wide and 500m-tall urban development designed to address urban real estate challenges such as outdated infrastructure, pollution, traffic and human congestion.

Parsons’ framework agreement for consultancy services on The Line includes project and construction management services for the design, procurement, construction, testing and commissioning of the project.

The consulting firm will also manage the project’s critical interfaces with adjacent NEOM projects and logistics.

Construction on The Line at NEOM began in the first quarter of 2021. Its delivery team is expected to reach 6,000 staff at peak between 2025 and 2026.

“The Line is a civilisational revolution inspired by the dream of sustainable urban living in harmony with nature,” said Pierre Santoni, president for the Middle East and Africa at Parsons.

“Closely aligned to Parsons’ own mission of delivering a safer, cleaner, and more connected world, we are proud that as The Line’s delivery partner, our work will not just reshape the region, but will reimagine the future of sustainable urban living around the world.”

In December, Saudi BAUER Foundation Contractors Ltd, a company of the BAUER Group, has been awarded a new contract for two further construction phases for the foundation of NEOM THE LINE, satellite images of which were revealed earlier this month.

As part of the contract, Bauer will also be responsible for the construction of approximately 70m deep large-diameter bored piles up to 2.5 m in diameter.

This is the second contract award for Bauer for NEOM THE LINE. In August 2022, the company secured a contract for the first specialist foundation engineering project.
Beyond The Line at NEOM

Other projects planned for the NEOM gigaproject are also progressing. YOTEL, a global hospitality brand, announced its first hotel signing in Saudi Arabia in January.

Scheduled to open in 2025, the YOTEL property will also be the first hotel to open in Oxagon, which will be the home of advanced and clean industries in NEOM.

Oxagon will be one of several cities and destinations within the NEOM development, all set to be powered by renewable energy sources, amplifying Saudi Arabia’s plan to sustainably diversify its economy, as part of its Vision 2030 strategy.

Also in January, General Hotel Management Ltd (GHM) announced its strategic agreement with NEOM Hotel Development, the developer of a future-centric hospitality ecosystem in the northwest corner of Saudi Arabia, to manage The Chedi Trojena.

GHM is the second hotel partner for Trojena – a unique perennial mountain destination and host venue of the 2029 Asian Winter Games.

Integrated within the Slope Residences atop the mountain peaks, The Chedi Trojena will be part of an iconic residential village in one of TROJENA’s six distinctive clusters: Gateway, Discover, Valley, Explore, Relax and Fun.

Construction on Trojena commenced in December 2022 and is slated to welcome its first guests in 2026. It is one of the several components planned for development at NEOM, alongside Sindalah Island, Oxagon and The Line at NEOM.

08/02/2023

The Mirror Line.

Magical minds behind The Line

Architects of The Line