NEOM is Saudi Arabia's flagship greenfield megaproject, and The Line is its centrepiece: a 170km linear city for 1.5 million people, pitched as an AI-run 'cognitive city'. Within three years it was cut to a 2.4km first phase for under 300,000 residents, and by 2026 work was reported halted until after 2030. The atlas files it under 'suspended' — the maximal version of a promise made before the engineering and financing were proven.

The atlas documents 2 projects in NEOM: 1 scaled back, 1 still running without a verdict. Every entry carries an evidence grade — the strongest here is official (1 entry) — and links its sources.

All 2 projects in NEOM

✔ Every published entry is checked against the public sources it cites before publication.

Outcome: 1 ongoing · 1 scaled back — Evidence: 1 official · 1 media

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• 🇨🇳 Shenzhen: Yantian International Container Terminals — Smart Port Automation Yantian's remote-controlled quay cranes since 2020 are the model NEOM's own remote-controlled cranes followed in 2025.
• 🇩🇯 Djibouti City: Doraleh Container Terminal Smart Tracking System Same regional playbook: a Red Sea/Gulf terminal wiring remote crane control and container tracking onto an older port.

Official strategy and sources

📎 Cite this city

1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Smart-city projects in NEOM, Saudi Arabia.” The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/cities/neom/ (last verified 2026-08-02). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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