ficient, hyperconnected urban communities integrated with nature. Service infrastructure will be underground, with networks of automat-ed, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence will manage over 90% of its data, renewable energy will power almost the entire ecosystem and recycling will be circular. It won’t just be a money pit, it will be a source of income designed as a hub for R&D, incubation and new technology, with incentives for entrepreneurs. It will also be a logistical and strategic center along the Red Sea, whose waters carry 13% of global trade. The entire country of Saudi Arabia is a megaproject, with Saudi Vision 2030 providing a roadmap to the establishment of Industry 4.0 clusters, sustainable tourism and open business. It uses the wealth gen-erated by crude oil (and gas) to overcome the country’s dependence on this very oil. Even if it doesn’t achieve all of its goals, the transformation will still be epic. ACCIONA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW SAUDI ARABIA The size of ACCIONA’s desalination plants reflects a leap forward in their capacity made possible by the industrialization of technology. ACCIONA’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NEW SAUDI ARABIA • The company is a global leader in water management, as attested by various international awards including Best Water Company and Best Desalination Company. • It is at the global forefront of reverse osmosis desalination, which emits 6.5 times less greenhouse gases than thermal desalination. • It has a key role in increasing the country’s supply and rationalizing its water consumption, with six desalination plants and three wastewater treatment plants, some of which are already operational and some of which are under construction. • It built one of the largest reverse-osmosis desalination plants on the planet: Al-Khobar II, which can supply water to three million people. Jubail 3b will supply another two million, as will Shuqaiq 3, which was recently completed. • It will finance, construct, and operate for 25 years, the wastewater treatment plants Madinah-3, Buraydah-2 and Tabuk-2, which will supply more than 2.1 million people. It will build over 60 km of water collectors, tanks, and pumping stations for irrigation, among other uses. • It will be responsible, with its partners, for managing, operating, and maintaining the complete water cycle for a 7-year period in the regions of Asir, Al-Bahah and Najran, for over five million inhabitants.