Hahaha, amazing! From one disastrous stupid idea to an even more disastrous stupid idea.
This is why monarchy sucks.
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The desert is such a great location for data centres
And that was the only folly the people of Springfield ever embarked upon, except for the popsicle stick skyscraper, and the 50-foot magnifying glass, and that escalator to nowhere.
Expected, what were they thinking?😂
Someone made a bundle from this racket. Sounded stupid when I first heard about it, still surprised it took them this long to put a halt to it.
Someone produced a puff piece about the line and how it’s transformed Saudi Arabia. It’s biased (so keep that in mind) but it’s also well produced and answers some questions retroactively on why the Line was so important to SA even if it failed to become reality. It’s worth a watch: