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11 giant infrastructure projects that could reshape Europe

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It might not get the attention Dubai and China get for their massive skyscrapers and cities, but there's still plenty of infrastructure coming Europe's way.

They include enormous railway projects that bore miles-long tunnels underground and floating solar farms that are nearly impossible to spot with the naked eye.

Here are some of the biggest infrastructure projects in Europe.

SEE ALSO: 30 giant Chinese infrastructure projects that are reshaping the world

Birmingham's Big City Plan will use approximately $12.2 billion over the next decade to transform the British city center. It'll be 25% bigger, have thousands more homes, and tens of thousands of new jobs — all in an effort to make the city greener, wealthier, and attractive to residents.

Source: Big City Plan



A company called Northvolt plans to build a second Tesla gigafactory in Sweden, which would produce battery packs for the company's electric cars. The $4.2 billion factory will produce hundreds of thousands of lithium ion batteries.

Source: Fortune

 



The 20-year Turkey Urban Renewal Project, a far-reaching plan to demolish some 7 million buildings and rebuild earthquake-resistant structures in their place, began in 2012 with an estimated cost of $400 billion.



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