We like to keep up with news and events in NEOM, Saudi Arabia and the surrounding area. Here are some of the news sites we read regularly.
The director of the National Information Center at the Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA), Dr. Esam bin Abdullah Al-Wagait, confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has launched initiatives in the field of smart cities inspired by innovation in order to be a worldwide reference, underscoring that smart cities are among one of the basics of sustainable urban living for humanity.
The NEOM effect is widening.
A billionaire plans to spend a fortune building the city of the future in the US desert. Entrepreneur, businessman and investor Marc Lore has his sights set on a new project that will rival floating cities like Oceanix Busan in South Korea and elongated cities like THE LINE in Saudi Arabia.
NEOM Green Hydrogen Company (NGHC), a joint venture created by ACWA Power, Air Products and NEOM, has reached a milestone in the construction and development of the NEOM green hydrogen plant, by receiving its first delivery of wind turbines at the Port of NEOM in Northwest Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia has announced a plan for another megacity that promises an iconic waterfront similar to the one in London. The city called Marafy will be built north of Jeddah and have a mixed-use land development, according to a report in Al-Arabiya. It will have the capacity to accommodate 130,000 people with a seven-mile-long (11 kilometres) man-made canal at its centre, the outlet further said in its report. Marafy is being constructed by ROSHN Group, which is backed by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF).
The FIBA 3x3 NEOM Challenger 2023 kicked off Friday as part of the second annual NEOM Beach Games, said SPA on Saturday. Sixteen local and international teams are participating in the three-day competition, organized by the Saudi Basketball Federation.
The torch for the 2nd edition of the 2023 Saudi Games has arrived in NEOM as part of the promotional campaign for Saudi Arabia’s largest sports event, which will be held in Riyadh from November 26 to December 10.
Amid massive celebratory atmosphere of the NEOM Beach Games, NEOM sport sector chief Jan Paterson was handed the torch which was then passed on to former footballer Saud Al-Khaibari and female cyclist Mashael Alhazmi.
NEOM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with cell-cultured seafood developer BlueNalu. The partnership seeks to advance the commercialization, marketing, and distribution of BlueNalu’s cell-cultured seafood offerings, aligning with their shared objectives of enhancing food security and promoting access to nutritious food options for global communities.
OXAGON, the cutting-edge manufacturing and innovation city nestled within NOM, has reached a significant milestone with the commencement of construction on its Research and Innovation (R&I) campus. The architecturally designed campus, conceived by Grimshaw Architects and engineered by the international consultancy firm Buro Happold, is poised to play a pivotal role in advancing the future of innovation.
NEOM, has launched the NEOM Investment Fund (NIF), designed to support the mega-city development. The fund will focus on investments in tech startups and next-generation industries via mergers, acquisitions and venture capital.
TROJENA, NEOM’s unique, futuristic ski destination, is currently making significant construction progress across all clusters and major assets to deliver the development to the 2026 construction completion target. Construction is continuing at pace, and NEOM is well on the way to creating The Lake – a magnificent 2.8-km-long man-made freshwater lake at the heart of TROJENA – and the vertical village The Vault.
Saudi Arabia has laid out its ambition to build a hotel of such magnitude, allure and luxury, that travelers from the world over will come to see it. In Dubai, the emirate has the two Atlantis resorts, between them almost 2,000 rooms. In the US, historic hotels such as The Plaza sit in New York and mega-resorts fill the Las Vegas strip. But in Saudi a set of three boutique hotels will be the “global bucket list” destination of choice.
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