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Intel: Saudi Arabia Energy Ministry all in on $500 billion megacity

An agreement between the futuristic megacity and Saudi Arabia's Energy Ministry underscores the Kingdom's push for renewable energy and economic diversification.
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Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry inked an agreement on Sunday expressing full support for the building and increased coordination of a $500 billion megacity on the Red Sea.

The memorandum of understanding, signed by the megacity project's chief executive officer Nadhmi Al-Nasr and the kingdom’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, underscored the country’s push for renewable energy and economic diversification.

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