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AI Buildout Roundup — 2026 · Week 14

79 public construction-phase signals tracked this week across the AI infrastructure buildout.

The week of March 30, 2026 recorded 79 verified construction signals across 7 sectors. Data Center led with 25 signals; the most active companies were linde, totalenergies, and entergy.

Signals this week
79
Sectors
7
By sector
Signals
Apr 4
Renewables groups believe Minnesota VPP program ‘misses the mark’
Expansion· xcel energysolarpowerworldonline.com
Apr 4
Corps Awards $1.8B in Southern California Dam Safety Contracts to Barnard Construction
Announcementenr.com
Apr 3
Ohio solar project built with modules manufactured in state
Announcementsolarpowerworldonline.com
Apr 3
FERC urged to reject TeraWulf’s power plant purchase due to undisclosed Google ownership stake
Announcement· terawulfutilitydive.com
Apr 3
INOX Air Products commissions high-purity liquid oxygen plant in Tamil Nadu
Commissioning· air productschemengonline.com
Apr 3
Linde to construct new ASU in North Carolina
Announcement· lindechemengonline.com
Apr 3
Samsung Biologics establishes first U.S. manufacturing base with acquisition of GSK site
Announcementchemengonline.com
Apr 3
thyssenkrupp Uhde awarded contract for low-emission coke oven battery in South Korea
Announcement· thyssenkruppchemengonline.com
Apr 3
Unidata begins development on 20MW data center in Rome, Italy
Announcementdatacenterdynamics.com
Apr 3
Xcel Energy proposal protects customers from higher bills as data center demand grows
Announcement· xcel energynewsroom.xcelenergy.com
Apr 3
10MW data center proposed at former cannabis facility outside Tulsa, Oklahoma
Announcementdatacenterdynamics.com
Apr 3
$500m data center approved for construction outside Indianapolis
Announcementdatacenterdynamics.com
Apr 3
LandBridge & PowerBridge partner for 2GW data center campus in West Texas
Announcementdatacenterdynamics.com
Apr 3
Former Exodus data center in Sydney, Australia, to be replaced with 70MW facility
Announcement· digital realtydatacenterdynamics.com
Apr 2
Investment Group Acquires Stake in TotalEnergies’ German Energy Storage Portfolio
Announcement· totalenergiespowermag.com
Apr 2
Reno planning commission approves permit for 200MW Trego Grid BESS project
Announcementenergy-storage.news
Apr 2
Linde Engineering selected for NH3 Clean Energy ammonia project
Announcement· lindechemengonline.com
Apr 2
TotalEnergies and Masdar to merge Asian renewables businesses
Announcement· totalenergieswindpowermonthly.com
Apr 2
Romanian investment platform looks to open up BESS project financing to retail investors
Announcementenergy-storage.news
Apr 2
ROUNDUP: Aypa’s US$500 million credit facility upsizing, Georgia Power begins construction on 260MW BESS, Eolus sells 506MWh BESS to DESRI
Announcementenergy-storage.news
Apr 1
Central Mesa Reuse Pipeline
Announcementmesaaz.gov
Apr 1
Pattern Energy Closes $11 Billion Financing of Largest Clean Energy Infrastructure Project in U.S. History
Announcement· pattern energypatternenergy.com
Apr 1
July 30, 2025 Linde Commissions World-Scale Helium Storage Cavern Woking, UK, July 30, 2025 – Linde (Nasdaq: LIN) today announced it has commissioned one of the world’s largest helium storage caverns, further strengthening long-term reliability in this critical global market. Business News
Commissioning· lindelinde.com
Apr 1
Skanska wins three contracts worth $313m in Sweden and US
Announcement· skanskaglobalconstructionreview.com
Apr 1
EPA awards nearly $2 billion for Florida’s water infrastructure
Announcementamericaninfrastructuremag.com
Apr 1
DOT releases $1 billion for Wisconsin bridge project
Announcementamericaninfrastructuremag.com
Apr 1
Southern Company receives historic Department of Energy $26.5 billion loan guarantees to increase grid reliability
Announcement· southern companysoutherncompany.mediaroom.com
Apr 1
Georgia Power begins construction of newest battery storage system in Wadley, Ga.
Announcementsoutherncompany.mediaroom.com
Apr 1
Construction starts at TotalEnergies’ 1GW Kazakh wind farm with Chinese turbines
Announcement· totalenergies· Zhambyl Region, Kazakhstanwindpowermonthly.com
Apr 1
DOE Approves Sixth Loan Disbursement to Restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant
Announcementenergy.gov
Apr 1
Energy Department Announces Loan for Indiana Coal-Powered Fertilizer Facility
Announcement· West Terre Haute, Indianaenergy.gov
Apr 1
Energy Department Announces Largest Loan in Department History, Delivering Over $7 Billion in Electricity Cost Savings for Georgia and Alabama Customers
Announcementenergy.gov
Apr 1
Regulators approve Duke Energy’s proposal for new natural gas generation to support South Carolina’s growing energy needs
Announcement· duke energy· Anderson County, South Carolinanews.duke-energy.com
Apr 1
Entergy New Orleans invests in innovative substation security
Announcement· entergyentergy.com
Apr 1
Entergy Mississippi is powering up the grid to save customers $2 billion
Announcement· entergy· Mississippientergy.com
Apr 1
Entergy Louisiana announces a new agreement with Meta that will deliver an additional $2B in customer savings
Announcement· entergy· Rayville, Louisianaentergy.com
Apr 1
esVolta secures US$140 million financing for 300MWh Texas battery storage project
Announcement· esvolta· Texasenergy-storage.news
Apr 1
Form Energy signs 12GWh agreement to supply multi-day iron-air batteries to new US AI data centres
Announcement· form energyenergy-storage.news
Apr 1
Logistics real estate brand Prologis taps SolarCycle for PV end-of-life plans
Announcement· prologissolarpowerworldonline.com
Apr 1
Michigan approves 1,332MW of BESS with 332MW supporting Oracle data centre
Announcement· oracleenergy-storage.news
Apr 1
Georgia Power breaks ground on 1-GWh BESS project
Construction Start· Wadley, Georgiasolarpowerworldonline.com
Apr 1
5-MW Hannacroix Solar project in NY gets state support
Announcement· Greene County, New Yorksolarpowerworldonline.com
Apr 1
EnerVenue closes US$300 million Series B for 30,000-cycle nickel-hydrogen battery manufacturing
Announcement· enervenueenergy-storage.news
Apr 1
Offshore Wind
Announcement· Goochland County, Virginiavedp.org
Apr 1
Data Centers
Announcement· Goochland County, Virginiavedp.org
Apr 1
Turner to Begin Work on $224 Million Northern Chautauqua Hospital
Announcement· turner constructionturnerconstruction.com
Apr 1
Walsh-Turner Joint Venture Completes New $1.5 Billion Ohio State University Hospital
Announcementturnerconstruction.com
Apr 1
ArcLight in deal to buy 2.2 GW from InfraBridge, mainly gas
Announcementutilitydive.com
Apr 1
Construction Team Chosen for $320M Hospital on Chicago's Far Southeast Side
Announcementenr.com
Apr 1
Core Strategy Groundbreaking strategy is driving unprecedented growth.
Construction Startiedc.in.gov