IBM, Saudis to open solar desalination plant
IBM and Saudi Arabia's national research group are opening a solar-powered desalination plant in the city of Al-Khafji.
The pilot plant will supply water to about 100,000 people and pump out about 30,000 cubic meters of potable drinking water per day. It will run exclusively on solar-powered electricity, and showcase two technology breakthroughs that were the result of a multi-year collaborative research agreement signed in 2008 by IBM and the Saudi research group known as the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST).
