AI Buildout Roundup — 2026 · Week 31

Battery Storage Is Real Estate's Supercharged New Asset Class

Apple set to lose nearly $500 billion in value after weak forecast

Letters: How will expanding data center impact neighbors?

PowerPlay AI, Sharon AI plan 400MW behind-the-meter gas-powered data center in Abilene, Texas

BESS firm Energy Vault breaks ground on first data center in Snyder, Texas

Construction begins on 1.1 million-square-foot warehouse in Phoenix

Fire Protection (Commercial) — 43765 LIGHT SPEED PLZ — Loudoun County, VA — $72.7M

Electrical (Commercial) — 44525 LOW LATENCY LN — Loudoun County, VA — $102.4M

Wall Street Impatient For Big Tech Returns On Data Center Spending

Michigan Supreme Court rejects permit for Enbridge oil pipeline under Great Lakes - Midland Reporter-Telegram

Project Jupiter data center air quality permit hearing rescheduled to September

Solar Construction Begins for $450 Million Cobalt Processing Plant in Arizona

sPower Breaks Ground on 45-megawatt Sandstone Solar Facility in Florence, AZ

HEALTHCARE & LIFE SCIENCES: Vital Volunteer State Industry Sparks Innovation

RARE EARTH MINERALS: Securing A Resilient Tennessee Future

Linde awarded contract to supply industrial gases to semiconductor-manufacturing complex in Arizona

July 31, 2026 Linde to Invest $1 Billion to Support Major U.S. Semiconductor Facility Expansion Woking, UK, July 31, 2026 – Linde (Nasdaq: LIN) today announced that it has been awarded a new long-term agreement to supply ultra-high-purity industrial gases to one of the world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers. Business News

Camden Property Trust Sells West Coast Portfolio, Clears $1.5B Target

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING: Tennessee Talent Helps Companies Solve For What’s Around the Bend

Westinghouse Electric files for IPO as nuclear demand grows

Agnico Eagle keeps 2026 target despite 370,000-ounce loss

Cameco’s Westinghouse nuclear power venture files for IPO

Chevron reports net income of $12.1bn in Q2 2026

Houston-based oil companies reap massive profits as U.S. and Iran fighting drives energy prices higher

DTM 2Q: OH Data Center Deal, Gathering Expansion, Millennium Upside

TC Energy tops quarterly profit estimates, approves $498 million in gas pipeline expansion projects

Shell, Phillips 66 weigh sale of stakes in $3.5 billion U.S. pipeline Explorer

USDA announces new sterile fly dispersal facility in Arizona

Data Center Jobs Are Reshaping the Future of Construction Careers

SSA Marine and Port of Gulfport commission new hybrid mobile harbor crane

Shell’s Q2 2026 revenue soars by 45% to $94.7bn

UK solar capacity hits 22.8 GW as market prepares for plug-in launch

Resilience and Lilly invest $750M to scale Cincinnati medicine output

DOE, Private Partners Launch $100B Data Center Project in Kentucky

Northern Illinois Public Storage sites to soon be solarized in major community deal

Origis nears 1-GW milestone on sprawling Rockhound Solar complex in Texas

AWS looks to build 800,000 sq ft data center campus at GWU site in Ashburn, Virginia

CyrusOne files to develop three buildings for $1.5bn data center campus in Fairfield, Texas

Shell’s Q2 2026 revenue soars by 45% to $94.7bn

The Commodities Feed: Oil slips as more crude flows out of Persian Gulf

Antora Energy closes US$550 million Series C to scale US thermal battery deployment

Veolia to operate 350MW microgrid for AI data centre in central Ohio

Greenvolt inaugurates 200MW/800MWh capacity market-contracted BESS in Poland

Colombia awards 725 MW of solar on second day of green energy auction

Veolia to operate 350MW gas-powered microgrid for Ohio data center campus

CleanCore Solutions signs on Cerebras under 10-year colocation agreement

Waaree Renewable Technologies secures EPC contract for 800 MW AC solar capacity

Pennsylvania spending $6M for GE Vernova to boost jobs, grid infrastructure

Federal government to turn a Kentucky uranium plant into an AI data center and gas power complex

OpenAI, Oracle data center seeks permit to discharge wastewater into Saline River