{"publisher":"Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Cite as: Cicada (cicadaconsultancy.online)","docs":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/llms.txt","item":{"id":"neom-announced-fii-2017","event_date":"2017-10-24","published":"2026-10-03","category":"gigaprojects","importance":3,"title":{"en":"Crown Prince unveils NEOM, a $500bn tech-led megacity zone","ar":"ولي العهد يعلن مشروع نيوم بتكلفة 500 مليار دولار منطقةً مستقبلية قائمة على التقنية"},"summary":{"en":"At the first Future Investment Initiative, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced NEOM, a planned business and industrial zone of about 26,500 square kilometers on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The government, the Public Investment Fund (PIF) and international investors were expected to contribute more than $500 billion, with sectors including energy and water, biotechnology, food, advanced manufacturing and entertainment. NEOM later became the host of the Kingdom's cognitive-technology ambitions and, through Oxagon, of a planned AI data center campus.","ar":"أعلن ولي العهد الأمير محمد بن سلمان خلال النسخة الأولى من مبادرة مستقبل الاستثمار عن مشروع «نيوم»، وهو منطقة أعمال وصناعة مخططة بمساحة نحو 26,500 كيلومتر مربع على البحر الأحمر وخليج العقبة. ومن المتوقع أن تسهم الحكومة وصندوق الاستثمارات العامة ومستثمرون دوليون بأكثر من 500 مليار دولار، مع التركيز على قطاعات الطاقة والمياه والتقنية الحيوية والغذاء والتصنيع المتقدم والترفيه. وأصبحت نيوم لاحقاً حاضنة لطموحات المملكة في التقنيات المعرفية، وتضم من خلال أوكساجون حرماً مخططاً لمراكز البيانات مخصصاً للذكاء الاصطناعي."},"entities":["NEOM","PIF","Mohammed bin Salman","FII"],"figures":[{"label":"planned investment","label_ar":"الاستثمار المخطط","value":500,"unit":"USD bn"},{"label":"area","label_ar":"المساحة","value":26500,"unit":"sq km"}],"sources":[{"url":"https://gulfbusiness.com/en/2017/economy/saudi-unveils-500bn-plan-develop-border-region-jordan-egypt","publisher":"Gulf Business","title":"Saudi unveils $500bn plan to develop border region with Jordan, Egypt","published":"2017-10-24"},{"url":"https://english.alarabiya.net/business/economy/2017/10/24/Saudi-Crown-Prince-announces-launch-of-NEOM-destination-for-the-future-.html","publisher":"Al Arabiya English","title":"Saudi Crown Prince launches NEOM, a '$500bn investment in the future'","published":"2017-10-24"}],"verification":"verified","urls":{"en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/neom-announced-fii-2017","ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/neom-announced-fii-2017","markdown_en":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/en/news/neom-announced-fii-2017.md","markdown_ar":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/ar/news/neom-announced-fii-2017.md"},"image":"https://cicadaconsultancy.online/images/articles/neom-announced-fii-2017.jpg"}}