Energy Vault has commenced construction on its AI infrastructure campus in Snyder, Texas, for Crusoe Cloud. Phase I will deliver an initial 8 MW of powered shell capacity, with potential expansion to 25 MW in a second phase.

Crusoe and Lancium have announced plans for a 1.0-gigawatt AI data center campus in Childress, Texas. The 270-acre campus will begin construction in Q3 2026 and is designed to support advanced AI computational requirements.

Skanska has signed a $255 million contract to build a 22,700-square-meter data center in Georgia, USA. The project includes five data halls and is scheduled for completion in Q1 2028.

Galaxy Digital has completed Phase I of its Helios data center campus in West Texas, delivering 133 megawatts of critical IT load to CoreWeave under a 15-year lease agreement. Phase I was delivered on schedule, with rent commencement beginning in Q2 2026.

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Latest reports indicate US data center construction spending reached a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $51 billion, with recent monthly starts totaling $22.3 billion, the second highest on record.

Digital Realty acquired 1,440 acres of land in the Kansas City market to support large-scale hyperscale development, with an associated Energy Service Agreement for 600 MW of power.

U.S. data center construction spending reached $49.5 billion through April 2026, nearly quadrupling the year-ago pace, as AI-driven demand pushes construction costs to $475 million per facility and strains an aging power grid.

Record $280 billion hyperscaler investment commitments for 2026-2027 are straining power infrastructure and construction resources, with transformer lead times now stretching to 36 months across key markets.

Average global data center construction costs are forecast to reach $11.3 million per megawatt in 2026, a 6% increase year-over-year, driven by labor shortages, supply chain constraints, and the increasing power density of AI-optimized facilities.

OpenAI plans to build a $30 billion data center complex in Effingham County, Georgia, delivering 3.2 gigawatts of computing power. The project, named 'Project Camellia,' will span 1,400 acres and is expected to be completed in phases between 2028 and 2032.

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ConstructConnect reports that US data center construction spending reached $22.3 billion in June 2026, the second-highest month on record, contributing to a year-to-date total of $81.5 billion.

FirstEnergy reported a 30% increase in data center demand during Q2 2026 to 24.8 GW, with active contracts to serve 6.4 GW of capacity by 2035.

A private-sector partnership led by Brookfield, NextEra Energy, and others to redevelop the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant into a 1.8 GW AI and high-performance computing campus, supported by 2 GW of new natural gas-fired generation and 2.6 GW of battery storage.

Meta has announced an expansion of its Hyperion AI supercluster in Richland Parish, Louisiana, increasing capacity from 2 GW to 5 GW, with total investment surpassing $50 billion.

Crusoe and Lancium have announced plans for a 1.0 GW AI data center campus in Childress, Texas, with construction set to begin in Q3 2026.

Galaxy Digital has acquired approximately 500 acres in McGregor, Texas, for the construction and operation of an AI and high-performance computing data center campus. The initial phase is expected to reach 74 megawatts (MW), with potential to grow into a multi-hundred-megawatt campus through 2030.

Energy Vault has commenced construction on its AI infrastructure campus in Snyder, Texas, for Crusoe Cloud. The initial phase will deliver 8 megawatts (MW) of powered shell capacity, with potential expansion to 25 MW in a second phase. The project is targeted for commercial operation in Q1 2027.

OpenAI plans to build a $30 billion AI data center campus, named 'Project Camellia,' in Effingham County, Georgia. The facility will deliver 3.2 gigawatts (GW) of computing power and is expected to be completed in phases between 2028 and 2032.

Meta has announced an expansion of its Richland Parish data center in Louisiana, increasing its capacity to 5 gigawatts (GW) and raising the total investment to over $50 billion. The project is expected to support a peak construction workforce of approximately 7,500 people and create more than 1,000 permanent operational jobs.

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