No one is surprised that Neom — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s $1.5 trillion-with-a-t plan to build a futuristic megacity smack dab in the middle of the desert — has turned out to be a disaster. The Saudi government is now considering drastically downsizing the linear city-skyscraper so it can instead turn Neom into a hub for — we swear we are not kidding — data centers. But royal insiders briefed on the matter insist that, actually, it’s a testament to how flexible the Saudi government is. “Data centers need water cooling and this is right on the coast so it will have seawater cooling,” the source said. More on AI: AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown