Contractors are shifting toward connected construction workflows—digital processes that link design, fabrication, layout, ...

The AI sector absorbs resources that could fuel growth elsewhere. Economics explains why business activity would not collapse ...

DeMond Chambliss used to run himself ragged with the small contracting business he owned in Columbus, Ohio: hanging drywall, chasing clients for payments and managing half a dozen employees. Since ...

Tech giants keep ramping up their artificial intelligence spending, but the blistering growth of the AI data center construction boom may not last much longer. Overall data center construction ...

The artificial intelligence-fueled data center construction boom is spreading through West Texas, where oil and gas development has held economic sway for decades. Big data centers are planned near ...

Mesa Community College is expanding its programs to address shortages in the construction industry and the opportunities created by the expanding number of data centers in the Valley. The college is ...

An environmental group is leading a call for Congress to place a moratorium on the construction of new data centers used to power artificial intelligence. More than 230 groups have signed on to a ...

SOURCE: FMI CORP., HISTORICAL DATA ARE COMPILED FROM BUILDING PERMITS, CONSTRUCTION PUT-IN-PLACE AND TRADE SOURCES. ESTIMATES FOR 2024 And FORECAST FOR 2025 BY FMI. Data centers continue to drive a ...

As data center demand surges, grid access—not land—is deciding which projects move forward, forcing builders to rethink power infrastructure, costs and schedules before construction begins.