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AI Buildout Roundup — 2026 · Week 20

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

Signals this week
323
Sectors
12
By sector
Data Center · 177Oil & Gas · 44Power · 41Industrial Manufacturing · 16Metals & Mining · 9Battery Supply Chain · 9Alternative Fuels · 9Semiconductor · 7Pharmaceutical & Biotech · 4Terminals · 3Food & Beverage · 3Pulp, Paper & Wood · 1
Signals
Brazil Tops Shell Payments to Governments in 2025
Announcement· shell· May 17, 2026
TECO bets on Penang manufacturing hub to capture Southeast Asia data center opportunities
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Data center reps respond to questions about $8B York County data center at latest community meeting
Construction Start· qts· May 17, 2026
Hut 8 signs $9.8 billion lease for AI data center campus in Nueces County
Announcement· May 17, 2026
VoltaGrid raises $1bn from Blackstone and Halliburton to expand power system offering for data centers
Expansion· halliburton· May 17, 2026
Developer withdraws plan for 160-acre data center in Prince William County, Virginia
Expansion· May 17, 2026
Plan for $1.7bn data center in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, withdrawn by developer
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Electra awards C$25M contract for cobalt refinery construction
EPC Award· May 17, 2026
Talica Acquires Sieber Industrial to Expand High-Purity and Mission-Critical Services Platform
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Construction for $2.4 million Tchefuncte Breakwater project begins
Announcement· May 17, 2026
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans
Announcement· May 17, 2026
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Novartis Begins Construction on Denton, Texas Radioligand Therapy Facility
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
Nebius breaks ground on AI data center in Independence amid community opposition
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
Vishnu Prakash R Punglia Faces ₹199M Loss After Railway Contract Termination
EPC Award· May 17, 2026
Cassville rejects plan to build a massive data center
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Data center reps respond to questions about $8B York County data center at latest community meeting
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
Amazon signs first geothermal deal with NV Energy to support data center operations in Reno, Nevada
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
VoltaGrid raises $1bn from Blackstone and Halliburton to expand power system offering for data centers
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Plan for $1.7bn data center in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, withdrawn by developer
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
Electra awards C$25M contract for cobalt refinery construction
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
Talica Acquires Sieber Industrial to Expand High-Purity and Mission-Critical Services Platform
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Construction for $2.4 million Tchefuncte Breakwater project begins
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Commonwealth LNG Finalizes $13 Billion Investment Decision for Louisiana Export Facility
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans
Announcement· May 17, 2026
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Novartis Begins Construction on Denton, Texas Radioligand Therapy Facility
Announcement· May 17, 2026
Nebius breaks ground on AI data center in Independence amid community opposition
Construction Start· May 17, 2026
USS Ford Strike Group Earns Presidential Unit Citation After Historic Cruise
Commissioning· May 17, 2026
Construction begins on $82M Gadsden Athletic Center as part of $140M RISE plan
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
East Bay BART station to lose 400 parking spaces as housing construction begins
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
Caturus Reaches FID on $9.75 Billion Commonwealth LNG Project
Expansion· commonwealth lng· May 16, 2026
CATURUS ANNOUNCES FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION FOR 9.5 MTPA COMMONWEALTH LNG EXPORT FACILITY IN CAMERON, LA
Expansion· commonwealth lng· May 16, 2026
Catarus announces FID for Commonwealth LNG
Expansion· commonwealth lng· May 16, 2026
Commonwealth LNG Approves $13 Billion Louisiana Export Project
Announcement· commonwealth lng· May 16, 2026
Big Bend border security: $1.7 billion awarded despite 'no wall' in CBP plans
Announcement· May 16, 2026
Big Bend border security: $1.7 billion awarded despite 'no wall' in CBP plans
Announcement· May 16, 2026
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans
Announcement· May 16, 2026
$1.7 billion contract awarded “for border wall in Big Bend” amid public confusion over construction plans
Announcement· May 16, 2026
Stormont Vail breaks ground on $35 million Emporia campus
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
Technip Energies receives Full Notice To Proceed on major EPC contract with Commonwealth LNG in the United States
EPC Award· commonwealth lng· May 16, 2026
Nebius Breaks Ground on 1.2 GW AI Factory Campus in Missouri
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
Nebius breaks ground on gigawatt-scale AI factory in Missouri
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
Construction begins on $82M Gadsden Athletic Center as part of $140M RISE plan
Announcement· May 16, 2026
Construction begins on Rome's waste-to-energy plant: Gualtieri lays the first stone.
Announcement· May 16, 2026
East Bay BART station to lose 400 parking spaces as housing construction begins
Announcement· May 16, 2026
Construction begins on Evergy natural gas plant in Sumner County
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
Caturus Reaches FID on $9.75 Billion Commonwealth LNG Project
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
US LNG project gets $9.75 billion green light for construction
Construction Start· May 16, 2026
CATURUS ANNOUNCES FINAL INVESTMENT DECISION FOR 9.5 MTPA COMMONWEALTH LNG EXPORT FACILITY IN CAMERON, LA
Construction Start· May 16, 2026