Saudi Arabia’s 170KM Megacity Just Hit a Wall

Saudi Arabia promised a mirrored city 170 kilometers long and 500 meters tall. Reporting now says further work on The Line is pushed past 2030. Not canceled — deferred. The 2030 target had already shrunk to 2.4 kilometers. Nine million residents became a much smaller number. Meanwhile Oxagon’s data centers and a green-hydrogen plant are the pieces actually getting built. This is the story of The Line — Vision 2030’s most famous idea, the money already spent, the write-downs, and what NEOM looks like when the headline city waits and the industrial side keeps moving. 0:00 The Line Gets Pushed Past 2030 0:34 The Promise 1:25 Not Just Real Estate — Vision 2030 1:58 Inventing the Playbook While Building It 2:41 Here’s What Happened 3:07 Sindalah, a CEO Out, a Pattern 4:27 When the Whole Portfolio Tightens 6:34 The Population Targets Slide 7:33 Can a First Section Work as a City? 8:11 Trojena Slips Too 8:49 What Is Still Getting Built 11:13 Deferred Is Not Canceled 12:43 The Parts That Survive Contact With a Schedule Subscribe for more megaproject and geopolitics documentaries. #NEOM #TheLine #SaudiArabia #Vision2030 #Megaproject #Geopolitics #MBS #Oxagon