Construction Starts on Saudi Arabia’s 650-Foot-Wide ‘Smart Linear City’ That Will Run on ‘100 Percent Renewable Energy’

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sept. 18, 2019. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Construction has begun on Saudi Arabia’s dystopian 650-foot-wide and 100-mile-long so-called “smart linear city” in the country’s Tabuk Province, video footage shows.

The footage was released by the Saudi Arabia-based Ot Sky aerial photography company on Oct. 20.