{"id":103601,"date":"2026-01-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/01\/04\/shifting-the-gigaproject-focus\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T00:00:00","slug":"shifting-the-gigaproject-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/ksa\/2026\/01\/04\/shifting-the-gigaproject-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Shifting the gigaproject focus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s gigaproject strategy is growing beyond engineering gigaprojects like Neom <\/strong><strong>as the 2026-2030 investment roadmap takes shape.<\/strong> In 2025, the focus shifted toward AI, religious tourism, logistics, and mining \u2014 sectors that deliver faster returns \u2014 while Neom and similar developments increasingly function as long-term investments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Background:<\/strong> When Vision 2030 was first unveiled in 2016, it was built on an engineering-first vision. Flagship gigaprojects such as Neom, The Line, and Oxagon were positioned as the backbone of economic transformation \u2014 massive, capital-intensive builds designed to reshape the economy over decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Public Investment Fund (PIF) Governor Yasir Al Rumayyan <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/12eda168-6719-4815-a431-478f2a4e9dc4\/fii9%25e2%2580%2599s-day-two-keeps-the-momentum-going\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">made it clear<\/a><\/strong> <strong> that Neom is no longer the sole center of gravity.<\/strong> The next phase of the strategy is structured around six priority \u201cecosystems\u201d \u2014 tourism and entertainment, urban development, advanced manufacturing and innovation, industry and logistics, renewable energy \u2014 and, finally, Neom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>IN CONTEXT-<\/strong> While officials pushed back on reports in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/c9cd5ef0-b152-4d03-b4bc-150d17bc68d0\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">2024<\/a> that Neom was being downsized, the project has since entered a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/12e0076f-2c22-49ca-872f-b1d2c0a1c8d1\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ccomprehensive review\u201d<\/a> under CEO Aiman Al Mudaifer. Some elements of the USD 500 bn Red Sea project may be delayed or scaled back, even as the broader vision holds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">Fiscal reality is changing priorities<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This recalibration is being driven by fiscal pressure.<\/strong> Lower oil prices, rising borrowing, and a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/2f51d636-9078-4f86-b2d2-e7bbab8e8861\/fy2026-budget-unveiled-ahead-of-a-new-vision-2030-phase\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">widening deficit<\/a> have forced policymakers to reassess the pace of spending. Finance Minister Mohammed Al Jadaan was explicit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/09abb8d4-ce18-4ffb-9194-0b0ab1b0e550\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">in May<\/a>, saying the government needs to \u201ctake stock\u201d to avoid the economy \u201coverheating.\u201d He was clear that unchecked spending risks repeating the boom-and-bust cycles that historically followed periods of aggressive public spending.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This means moving away from an \u201call at once\u201d buildout toward phased, flexible spending<\/strong> that can adjust to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/61388360-53ed-45d8-8cfd-51f1bb2ba1ad\/opec-&-iea-are-at-odds-on-2026-oil-market-forecasts\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">future oil prices<\/a> and investment flows. Al Jadaan reinforced this position <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/9b1b227c-8465-465f-997a-b12b18194568\/riyadh-gears-up-for-star-studded-fii9\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">in October<\/a>, saying Saudi Arabia \u201cwill not have any hesitation of actually changing\u201d any strategy or project that fails to deliver results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The construction recalibration<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Saudi Arabia\u2019s gigaproject spending fell to a <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/defafebf-5cb9-4918-aa98-acd00b069b7e\/gigaproject-spending-slows-as-focus-shifts-to-riyadh,-real-estate-financing--meed\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">five-year low<\/a><\/strong><strong> in 2025.<\/strong> Contract awards dropped sharply, with just USD 8.5 bn awarded through November, compared with USD 29.3 bn in 2024 and a peak of USD 34.6 bn in 2023, according to Meed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This shift is most visible at Neom, where work has been re-scoped into smaller, more<\/strong><strong> manageable phases.<\/strong> Reports indicate that the initial buildout has <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/c273c84b-c4ec-49b1-b1fc-fadec366d3e9\/the-line%25e2%2580%2599s-recalibration-is-under-the-spotlight\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">narrowed<\/a> from 20 modules to just three, while the urgency to award new civil works has cooled. Timelines are stretching as well, with gigaproject delivery increasingly moving beyond 2030 into the 2030\u20132040 window.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>But the gigaprojects pipeline is still robust:<\/strong> Gigaproject contract awards rose <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/c56c180f-03bc-458a-b73b-beb408b53d52\/gigaproject-contract-awards-reach-usd-196-bn--knight-frank\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">20%<\/a> in the first eight months of 2025, driven by prioritization of developments linked to Expo 2030 and the 2034 Fifa World Cup. Several Neom components are still advancing, most notably the green hydrogen project, where <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/0017877a-65d3-440d-b395-9b5fa2fe2849\/neom%25e2%2580%2599s-green-hydrogen-project-is-90%2525-done\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">90%<\/a> of construction has been completed across all sites.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>2025 was not without new launches:<\/strong> PIF subsidiary Rua Al Haram Al Makki announced the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/9f502b64-ca02-4030-9e8f-e37a1c97e823\/%253cmark%253eking-salman-gate%253c%2Fmark%253e-to-transform-makkah%25e2%2580%2599s-grand-mosque-district\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">King Salman Gate<\/a> project in Makkah, along with plans for the USD 2 bn National Athletics Stadium at Qiddiya. In Riyadh, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/e81afdc9-d187-45ea-9374-d9728c862057\/binyah-secures-early-works-agreement-as%253cmark%253e-expo-2030%253c%2Fmark%253e-prep-ramps-up\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Expo 2030 site<\/a> also saw its first cranes arrive, marking the start of early works ahead of full operations in October 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>PIF disclosures further point to a deeper pipeline ahead.<\/strong> Several wholly owned subsidiaries hold unannounced gigaprojects, suggesting that additional developments may surface later in the cycle. More than USD 50 bn in packages are currently out to tender or under evaluation, with a further USD 47 bn in the prequalification stage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">The new champions<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>PIF <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/19267fdf-4222-4125-b55c-c5ec702a7403\/pif-intends-to-raise-more-global-champions\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">plans<\/a><\/strong><strong> to sharpen its 2026-2030 investment strategy around building a smaller group <\/strong><strong>of portfolio companies into global champions<\/strong> in sectors including manufacturing, AI, and aviation. These sectors generate immediate GDP growth and employment once operational, unlike large-scale real estate and urban megaprojects that deliver returns over much longer timelines.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/74d1d179-88c9-478a-a134-30c861fb06b1\/%253cmark%253ehumain%253c%2Fmark%253e,-stc-to-develop-1-gw-ai-backbone\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Humain is the new Aramco<\/a><\/strong><strong>:<\/strong> Humain is the clear frontrunner in the new strategy, built on Saudi ultra-low-cost solar power to run AI data centers at a fraction of global costs. The goal is to position the country as a preferred hub for global model training and deployment. Humain aims to become the world\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/7ec9670e-653c-4cf0-84d8-a884f66d79a3\/pif-backed-humain-to-launch-usd-10-bn-ai-vc-fund-this-summer\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">third-largest<\/a> computing capacity provider, behind the US and China, with plans to deploy 18k AI chips by 2026 and scale up to 400k by 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u2026 and it is moving fast: <\/strong>Just last week, Humain received its first shipment of Nvidia\u2019s latest AI GPU chips, which will be deployed before next year, CEO Tareq Amin <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/tareq-amin_theendoflimits-humainai-activity-7411435736253513729-Crqj?utm_source=social_share_send&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&rcm=ACoAAB09qewBWFEyCqvsW4vEDPS5RKTifP3C-rA\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">said on LinkedIn<\/a>. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/74d1d179-88c9-478a-a134-30c861fb06b1\/%253cmark%253ehumain%253c%2Fmark%253e,-stc-to-develop-1-gw-ai-backbone\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Last month<\/a>, the company partnered with STC\u2019s Center3 to develop and operate up to 1 GW of AI-focused data centers. At the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/a2055f56-202b-430c-8850-08dcc38b5f28\/us-saudi-investment-forum-pushes-forward-usd-267-bn-in-new-agreements\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">November US-Saudi Investment Forum<\/a>, Humain also partnered with Cisco, AMD, and xAI to build a network of data centers in the Kingdom and across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI- We sat down with Amin <\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/c395ff0f-7723-4c13-8133-4a80ce956955\/%253cmark%253ehumain%253c%2Fmark%253e-ceo-tareq-amin-on-saudi%25e2%2580%2599s-ai-transformation\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">in September<\/a><\/strong><strong> to discuss the company\u2019s ambitions for AI<\/strong><strong> infrastructure in the Kingdom<\/strong> and their new Arabic-first generative AI product Humain Chat. He voiced Humain\u2019s strategy to build 1.9 GW of new data center capacity by 2030 and scale that up to 6.6 GW by 2034.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>On the industrial side, Alat has emerged as PIF\u2019s flagship manufacturing platform.<\/strong> The company is tasked with driving non-oil GDP growth by 2030, highlighted by its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/ksa\/en\/news\/story\/49ce1bf4-80f9-4f89-a7dd-50f60296f0eb\/alat-closes-usd-2-bn-investment-in%253cmark%253e-lenovo%253c%2Fmark%253e\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 2 bn<\/a> strategic partnership with Lenovo to establish a regional electronics manufacturing hub in Riyadh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">(<strong>** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links<\/strong> to our background and outside sources.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neom remains strategic, but no longer dominates capital allocation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2800],"tags":[27,10,509,100],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-103601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gigaprojects","tag-economy","tag-enterpriseam-ksa","tag-gigaprojects","tag-neom","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"df19a734-9f57-457a-99d4-8c499831fb42","order":"5","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2025\/3\/254.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Saudi shifts from engineering gigaprojects to faster-growth sectors","related_issue":[103596],"teaser":"Neom remains strategic, but no longer dominates capital allocation"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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