--- title: "Elon Musk Has One Word As Saudi Arabia Eyes Turning $500B Sci-Fi City Into AI Hub" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/278159665.md" description: "Elon Musk responded to reports that Saudi Arabia may shift its $500 billion megacity project, 'The Line', towards AI data centers, calling it 'Interesting'. This speculation reflects a trend of countries investing in AI infrastructure. Major tech companies like Nvidia, Amazon, and Google are already involved in Saudi Arabia's AI initiatives, with significant investments in data centers and AI hubs. Musk's brief reaction highlights the ambitious nature of transforming a futuristic city into a major AI infrastructure hub." datetime: "2026-03-06T19:35:57.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/278159665.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/278159665.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/278159665.md) --- # Elon Musk Has One Word As Saudi Arabia Eyes Turning $500B Sci-Fi City Into AI Hub Saudi Arabia's futuristic megacity project may be heading in a very different direction. And Elon Musk appears to be paying attention. The **Tesla, Inc.** (NASDAQ:TSLA) and **SpaceX** chief responded with a single word — "Interesting" — to a post on X claiming Saudi Arabia could abandon plans for ‘The Line’, its proposed 170-kilometer linear city, and instead convert the massive project into an AI data-center hub. > Interesting > > — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2026 The post, shared by prediction market platform Polymarket, quickly gained traction online and drew Musk's brief reaction — highlighting just how unusual the idea sounds. ## From Sci-Fi City To AI Infrastructure? ‘The Line’ sits at the center of Saudi Arabia's $500 billion NEOM development, a futuristic project designed to reshape the kingdom's economy beyond oil. But speculation that parts of the development could pivot toward AI infrastructure reflects a broader trend: countries are racing to build massive computing capacity to support artificial intelligence. Saudi Arabia has already begun investing heavily in that ecosystem. ## Big Tech Already Has A Foot In The Door Several major U.S. tech companies are already tied to Saudi Arabia's AI push. **Nvidia Corp** (NASDAQ:NVDA) is supplying 18,000 Blackwell AI chips for a 500-megawatt Saudi data-center project linked to the state-backed AI company **Humain** — one of the largest AI infrastructure deployments announced in the region. Meanwhile, **Amazon.com Inc**'s (NASDAQ:AMZN) cloud division AWS has committed more than $5.3 billion to build a new cloud and data-center region in Saudi Arabia expected to come online in 2026. **Alphabet Inc.** (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is also involved. Google Cloud and Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund previously announced plans for a $10 billion AI hub in the kingdom aimed at accelerating artificial-intelligence development. There have also been AI-chip supply deals involving **Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.** (NASDAQ:AMD), underscoring how the country is positioning itself as a major buyer of AI computing power. For now, Musk's single-word reaction offered little insight into what he thinks the potential pivot might mean. But it underscores the scale of the idea: transforming one of the world's most ambitious urban megaprojects into a massive hub for the infrastructure powering artificial intelligence. _Photo: Frederic Legrand – COMEO from Shutterstock_ ### Related Stocks - [TSL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSL.US.md) - [NVDA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/NVDA.US.md) - [GXAI.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/GXAI.US.md) - [TSLA.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLA.US.md) - [DTCR.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/DTCR.US.md) - [TSLG.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLG.US.md) - [AIYY.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/AIYY.US.md) - [TESL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TESL.US.md) - [TSLL.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLL.US.md) - [TSLT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLT.US.md) - [IDGT.US](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/IDGT.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Watershed Private Wealth LLC Grows Stock Position in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282704281.md) - [Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp Trims Stake in Tesla, Inc. $TSLA](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282962297.md) - [BCS Wealth Management Buys 1,834 Shares of Tesla, Inc. $TSLA](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282955447.md) - [Tesla utilizes its ‘Rave Cave’ for new awesome safety feature](https://longbridge.com/en/news/282724360.md) - [Tesla Surpasses 10,000 Customers in Singapore Following Breakout Year](https://longbridge.com/en/news/283024261.md)