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AI Buildout Roundup — 2026 · Week 16

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

Signals this week
149
Sectors
12
By sector
Data Center · 32Oil & Gas · 21Battery Supply Chain · 20Alternative Fuels · 19Metals & Mining · 13Power · 12Terminals · 11Industrial Manufacturing · 10Chemical · 3Semiconductor · 3Food & Beverage · 3Pharmaceutical & Biotech · 2
Signals
Survey Finds Documentation Gaps Driving Costs, Delays in Construction
Announcement· Apr 19, 2026
Zoning (Commercial) — 22190 LOUDOUN COUNTY PKWY — Loudoun County, VA — $10.7M
Announcement· Apr 19, 2026
Building (Commercial) — 22190 LOUDOUN COUNTY PKWY — Loudoun County, VA — $4.8M
Expansion· Apr 18, 2026
The US’s largest clean energy project is generating power [update]
Commissioning· pattern energy· Apr 18, 2026
Construction begins at $21 million Port Hedland Seafarers Centre
Construction Start· Apr 18, 2026
PowerSecure to build solar and storage project for Wyoming utility co-op
Announcement· southern company· Apr 18, 2026
ReMA2026: Specification aluminum can yield premium price
Commissioning· Apr 18, 2026
Prologis Plans $2.1B In Development, Led By Data Centers
Announcement· prologis· Apr 18, 2026
Construction Starts Rebound 13% in March
Construction Start· Apr 18, 2026
USCG: First two Arctic Security Cutters will be homeported in Alaska
Construction Start· Apr 17, 2026
Surprise! New York Scores Another Offshore Wind Victory
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP: Innovation Inspired by North Dakota’s Needs
Announcement· aligned· Apr 17, 2026
DATA CENTERS: OPERATING ON ANOTHER LEVEL
Expansion· applied digital· Apr 17, 2026
GE Vernova ordered to finish work on Vineyard Wind project
Announcement· ge vernova· Apr 17, 2026
Cincinnati to turn an old landfill site into a solar power producer
Construction Start· Apr 17, 2026
Calcasieu Pass LNG Secures $1.75B Loan
Announcement· venture global· Apr 17, 2026
After 2 years, ratepayer pain and political fallout from Georgia’s nuclear plant Vogtle
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
Pilbara Ports breaks ground on seafarers centre
Construction Start· Apr 17, 2026
Transocean wins $158m contract for Deepwater Asgard in Mediterranean
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
Sigenergy lists on Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raises HK$4.4 billion
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
GE Vernova hits back as Vineyard Wind case escalates
Announcement· ge vernova· Apr 17, 2026
Inside the financing of Egypt’s largest solar‑plus‑storage project
Power Agreement· edf· Apr 17, 2026
$115M Project To Boost Timber Manufacturing In Rural Texas
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
Super Studios To Build $750M Production Campus In Mansfield
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
Together AI To Establish New HQ In San Francisco Design District
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
Developer Defaults On Mortgage For Planned $3.8B Atlanta Megaproject
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
German MSP Noris Network to break ground on 30MW Frankfurt data center
Construction Start· Apr 17, 2026
GE Vernova hits back as Vineyard Wind court hearing looms
Announcement· ge vernova· Apr 17, 2026
Prologis Plans $2.1B In Development, Led By Data Centers
Announcement· prologis· Apr 17, 2026
Wärtsilä 25 ammonia engine gets a power rating increase
Announcement· wartsila· Apr 17, 2026
Ambassador Greer, Policymakers Visit First Solar
Announcement· first solar· Apr 17, 2026
NAM Makes the Case for Permitting Reform, Energy Abundance, AI at CERAWeek
Power Agreement· Apr 17, 2026
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT: Growing a North Dakotan Workforce
Announcement· aligned· Apr 17, 2026
Suniva announces 4.5-GW solar cell facility in South Carolina
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
GMT lands $264M from ING to deliver its UK biomethane platform
Announcement· Apr 17, 2026
Gevo withdraws from DOE loan guarantee financing application
Announcement· edf· Apr 17, 2026
Evolve Energy, Shell sign Race Bank wind PPA through 2035
Power Agreement· shell· Apr 16, 2026
Evolve Energy, Shell sign Race Bank wind PPA through 2035
Power Agreement· shell· Apr 16, 2026
L3Harris Technologies plans $1.3B solid rocket motor expansion in Virginia
Announcement· Apr 16, 2026
Crowley’s American Energy transports more than two million cubic meters of LNG to Puerto Rico in first year
Power Agreement· Apr 16, 2026
Williams begins construction on NESE to expand Transco system
Expansion· Apr 16, 2026
Entergy breaks ground on two new gas plants in south-east Texas
Construction Start· entergy· Apr 16, 2026
Over 500 Jobs To Be Created At New Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility
Workforce· Apr 16, 2026
GE Appliances Invests $28 Million In Alabama Refrigeration Plant Upgrades
Announcement· Apr 16, 2026
Virginia Poultry Growers Cooperative breaks ground on $114 million expansion
Construction Start· Apr 16, 2026
Hydrogen Production in Castilla y León: Ansasol Secures Environmental Authorization for Two Renewable Plants
Environmental Review· Apr 16, 2026
Fuel Cell Capacity Growth: Bloom Energy’s Expanded Deal with Oracle
Announcement· bloom energy· Apr 16, 2026
Green Hydrogen Bus Debuts on Tourist Route in Brazil’s Federal District
Power Agreement· Apr 16, 2026
Lotte SK Enroute Starts Hydrogen Production via Ulsan Fuel Cell Plant
Announcement· air liquide· Apr 16, 2026
First Quantum and Hitachi commission world’s first battery electric mining truck at Kansanshi mine in Zambia
Commissioning· Apr 16, 2026