NEOM's Futuristic Smart City Runs On 100% Renewable Energy

Why It’s Lit

Because The Line is the most ambitious urban planning project on the planet and will be the first-ever mirrored vertical desert city in the world. The hydrocarbon-free eco-city project that started in 2021 is expected to finish by 2030 and will be 200 meters wide, 500 meters tall, and 106 miles long!

Believe It Or Not

NEOM, a forward-thinking innovative design firm based out of Saudi Arabia, is developing the most futuristic-smart-savvy-environmental-friendly city the world has ever seen.

The Line is just one of a $500-billion project currently under construction and will operate with no cars, no roads, and function on 100 percent renewable energy.

It’s estimated to accommodate 9 million people and is designed in a way where all life essentials are within a five-minute walk. NEOM’s mission is to build sustainable-living-cognitive-smart cities fuelled by data-tracking technologies for the future of civilization and become a tourist destination for Saudi Arabia.

Drop This Fact

Songdo, South Korea launched the world’s first smart city that started launching smart technology campaigns as early as 2014. Data is at the heart of Songdo’s smart city projects, which means smart cities like Songdo revolve around digital surveillance.

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