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>>tedsan+(OP)
For fun, I calculated how this stacks up against other humanity-scale mega projects.

Mega Project Rankings (USD Inflation Adjusted)

The New Deal: $1T,

Interstate Highway System: $618B,

OpenAI Stargate: $500B,

The Apollo Project: $278B,

International Space Station: $180B,

South-North Water Transfer: $106B,

The Channel Tunnel: $31B,

Manhattan Project: $30B

Insane Stuff.

>>wujerr+DI
Neom: $1.5T

>>fastba+bJ
But that one's imaginary.

>>morale+sN
Is it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYimVfnGNGY

https://skift.com/2024/08/07/saudi-takes-2-million-photos-of...

>>fastba+tU
"Unnamed sources told Bloomberg in April that The Line is scaling back from 170 kilometers long to just 2.4 kilometers, with the rest of the length to be completed after 2030. Neom expects The Line to be finished by 2045 now, 15 years later than initially planned."

It doesn't look great so far :)

>>SeanAn+tX
The plan was never for 170km of The Line to be finished by 2030. The original plan was for 5km. And yes, recent reports are that they've scaled back their ambitions to half that by 2030.

However: 1. That has no bearing on how much they actually spend, which is what was being discussed and 2. Neom is much more than just The Line. As you can see from the YouTube link I posted, Sindalah seems to be on track to open this year, which is part of Neom.

So while Neom overall might be behind schedule (and The Line or other components may never open), it is clearly not an "imaginary" project given that parts of it will open soon.

>>fastba+0T3
Weak argument.

If that were the case then Stargate is already a thing because OpenAI must have a data center somewhere already.

And yes, the plan was for it to be 170km, since it was announced.