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AI Buildout Roundup — 2026 · Week 18

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

Signals this week
370
Sectors
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By sector
Data Center · 136Power · 71Oil & Gas · 54Industrial Manufacturing · 31Alternative Fuels · 19Battery Supply Chain · 17Semiconductor · 11Terminals · 10Metals & Mining · 10Chemical · 5Pharmaceutical & Biotech · 4Food & Beverage · 2
Signals
Beale Infrastructure Announces Hyperscale Kansas Data Center Campus, Advancing $3 Billion Infrastructure Investment
Construction Start· May 3, 2026
CDC V: Groundbreaking for the future
Construction Start· May 3, 2026
Beale Infrastructure Announces Hyperscale Kansas Data Center Campus, Advancing $3 Billion Infrastructure Investment
Construction Start· May 3, 2026
Construction Begins On LaunchPad Golf Facility
Announcement· May 3, 2026
TotalEnergies and Nextnorth Start Construction on 440 MWp Solar Plant in Isabela, Philippines - News and Statistics
Announcement· May 3, 2026
CDC V: Groundbreaking for the future
Announcement· May 3, 2026
Feds back Georgia Power project with largest energy loan in U.S. history
Construction Start· May 3, 2026
Building (Commercial) — 25145 WOODNOOK DR — Loudoun County, VA — $23.3M
Announcement· shell· May 2, 2026
Electrical (Commercial) — 44525 LOW LATENCY LN — Loudoun County, VA — $102.4M
Announcement· shell· May 2, 2026
Building (Commercial) — 25374 MEADOWDALE DR — Loudoun County, VA — $23.4M
Permit· shell· May 2, 2026
Construction begins on regenerative wellness destination The Shenandoah Nature Resort
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
NextDecade (NASDAQ: NEXT) ramps Rio Grande LNG spend and debt while advancing construction
Announcement· nextdecade· May 2, 2026
Chile Reaches 4.6 Gw Of Energy Storage Under Construction
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
Browns officially break ground on new Huntington Bank Field
Construction Start· aecom· May 2, 2026
GenusPlus Group (ASX:GNP) Is Up 14.7% After Winning Koolunga Battery Storage EPC Contract – Has The Bull Case Changed?
EPC Award· May 2, 2026
TotalEnergies, Nextnorth begin Isabela solar project
Announcement· totalenergies· May 2, 2026
TerraPower breaks ground on nuclear facility
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
Georgia Power breaks ground on electricity plant to serve data centers
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
Construction begins on regenerative wellness destination The Shenandoah Nature Resort
Announcement· May 2, 2026
NextDecade (NASDAQ: NEXT) ramps Rio Grande LNG spend and debt while advancing construction
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
Chile Reaches 4.6 Gw Of Energy Storage Under Construction
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
Browns officially break ground on new Huntington Bank Field
Announcement· May 2, 2026
GenusPlus Group (ASX:GNP) Is Up 14.7% After Winning Koolunga Battery Storage EPC Contract – Has The Bull Case Changed?
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
TotalEnergies, Nextnorth begin Isabela solar project
Construction Start· May 2, 2026
TerraPower breaks ground on nuclear facility
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Georgia Power breaks ground on electricity plant to serve data centers
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Refrigerator Manufacturer to Expand Virginia Assembly Plant
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Duke Energy approved to continue operating Robinson nuclear plant through 2050
Power Agreement· duke energy· May 2, 2026
Democrats investigate as Trump OKs almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to end offshore wind projects
Construction Start· orsted· May 2, 2026
Data centers or sci-fi? Meta taps into space solar, 100-hour energy storage
Expansion· meta· May 2, 2026
This California battery tech company is close to launching the first large-scale advanced electrolyte facility in the US
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Democrats investigate as Trump OKs almost $2 billion in taxpayer money to end offshore wind projects
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Caterpillar to Supply Power Generation Assets to PROPWR
Announcement· caterpillar· May 2, 2026
$1.4B saved: Massachusetts locks in cheaper offshore wind power
Announcement· vineyard wind· May 2, 2026
Rongcheng New Energy Completes 5MW AEM Hydrogen Production System Installation and Startup
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Hong Kong's First In-Building Hydrogen Power System Goes Live
Announcement· May 2, 2026
ORBCOMM secures $460M refinancing to expand IoT platform and growth
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Blackstone's QTS Files Appeal To Save Massive Virginia Data Center Campus
Announcement· qts· May 2, 2026
SoCalGas customers spared paying $266M for hydrogen pipeline project
Announcement· May 2, 2026
Updated: US Democrats probe TotalEnergies-Trump offshore wind buyout over ‘legal failures’
Announcement· totalenergies· May 1, 2026
Installation starts on 140-MW solar project in West Texas
Announcement· May 1, 2026
Project Nexus solar canal demo completes construction in California
Commissioning· May 1, 2026
DTE sees up to 8.4 GW data center opportunity
Construction Start· oracle· May 1, 2026
Southern Co. electricity sales soar on 42% data center growth
Announcement· May 1, 2026
Myanmar commissions two 40 MW solar plants in Mandalay region
Construction Start· May 1, 2026
US utility signs 4 GW solar, storage buildout deal
Power Agreement· nextera· May 1, 2026
Lessons from Maine’s data center moratorium debate for construction
Announcement· May 1, 2026
Hanwha Ocean and Leidos partner to boost naval shipbuilding capacity
Announcement· hanwha· May 1, 2026
Gebrüder Weiss opens €100m logistics and IT hub in Austria
Commissioning· May 1, 2026
Gulf firms Taranis and EEC partner to develop 50MW data centers in Saudi Arabia
Expansion· May 1, 2026