Weekly roundup 2026 · Week 35
AI Buildout Roundup — 2026 · Week 35
190 public construction-phase signals tracked this week across the AI infrastructure buildout.
The week of August 24, 2026 recorded 190 verified construction signals across 16 sectors. Data Center led with 51 signals; the most active companies were google, shell, and firstenergy.
Signals this week
190
Sectors
16
By sector
Data Center · 51Power · 23Oil & Gas · 18Industrial Manufacturing · 16Battery Supply Chain · 13Terminals · 10Semiconductor · 9LNG · 9Alternative Fuels · 8Metals & Mining · 7Downstream (Oil & Gas) · 7Upstream (Oil & Gas) · 5Pharmaceutical & Biotech · 4Food & Beverage · 4Chemical · 4Midstream (Oil & Gas) · 2
Signals
Aug 30
U.S. Construction Spending Forecast to Reach $2.85 Trillion by 2031
Aug 30
STEPHEN MOORE: Data centers are creating the blue-collar jobs America needs
Aug 30
Lowndes County will seek zoning authority after data center backlash
Aug 30
LG Electronics to Build Chiller Plant in Virginia for AI Data Centers
Aug 30
Fluor to wrap $5B Alabama plant construction
Aug 30
OpenAI gets green light for 3.2GW power deal to supply planned data center in Effingham County, Georgia
Aug 30
In-water construction begins on Contrecœur terminal project
Aug 30
Contractor selected to build one of Thailand’s tallest buildings
Aug 30
Army awards $2.2B in contracts for nuclear microreactors
Aug 30
Morocco Awards EPC Contract for Landmark Casablanca Waste-to-Energy Plant
Aug 30
Amtrak and Partners Break Ground on New Train Maintenance Facility in New York City
Aug 29
SK Hynix Begins $4B US Plant To Feed Insatiable AI Chip Demand
Aug 29
America Wants More AI Chips Made At Home. SK Hynix's Has Broken Ground In Indiana.
Aug 29
Anthropic's $45 Billion Nscale Deal Buys 460 Megawatts Of Vera Rubin
Aug 29
Construction begins on Louisiana clean ammonia plant
Aug 29
Construction Begins on $3.7 Billion Louisiana Fertilizer Plant to Aid National Security
Aug 29
California Sues Trump Over Ridiculous Wind Power Cancellations
Aug 29
Electrical (Commercial) — 43715 EFFICIENCY DR — Loudoun County, VA — $85.3M
Aug 29
LA County Hotel-Turned-University Sells For $14.4M: The Los Angeles Deal Sheet
Aug 28
Ohio ratepayer advocate urges FERC to resolve 3-year-old local transmission complaint
Aug 28
TIPRO reports decline in upstream jobs, increase in production taxes
Aug 28
Targa to build three new natural gas processing plants in Delaware Basin
Aug 28
Select Water Solutions contracts for water management in Delaware Basin
Aug 28
Sempra begins permitting for 26-MMtpy Port Arthur LNG North expansion
Aug 28
Behind-the-Meter Wins: SC OKs 457 MW Gas Plant for Data Center
Aug 28
DTE Asks Michigan for 2 Gas Plants — 2,100 MW of New M-U Demand
Aug 28
TECfusions Flips the Switch at New Kensington SWPA AI Data Center
Aug 28
Solstice Advanced Materials and Element Solutions mutually terminate merger agreement
Aug 28
Sovereign Bond Yield Spike Highlights Persistent Fiscal Challenges
Aug 28
Lam Research breaks ground on AI semiconductor lab in Oregon
Aug 28
California Natural Colors Breaks Ground on Facility Expansion
Aug 28
Wells Enterprises Opens Chocolate Production Facility, Employee Center in New York
Aug 28
Moderna raises $2.6B to support cancer work; FDA clears updated COVID vaccines
Aug 28
Energean plans to buy bp’s Egyptian oil and gas assets for $1bn
Aug 28
Wärtsilä to supply 14 MW power plant for Senegal gold project
Aug 28
TotalEnergies, TES launch FEED for US e-methane project
Aug 28
PMS Completes Subsea Pipeline Installation at Egypt’s Kamose Gas Field
Aug 28
T1 Energy secures approval to convert solar manufacturing campus in Mo i Rana, Norway, into 50MW data center
Aug 28
FlatironDragados-Sukut JV begins $1.9B California dam project
Aug 28
SK Hynix CEO says Indiana will be key memory production base by 2030
Aug 28
Dirtwork complete on Firehawk project, construction starts, pipes to be installed
Aug 28
Construction begins on Louisiana clean ammonia plant
Aug 28
South Korea's Doosan wins major EPC contract for Misfah power project
Aug 28
CF, JERA, Mitsui begin construction on Blue Point One
Aug 28
Oklo's Meta Deal Calls For a 1.2-Gigawatt Reactor in Ohio. Here's When It's Slated to Come Online.
Aug 28
Pacific Fusion breaks ground on $1B research, manufacturing facility in New Mexico
Aug 28
U.S. Secretary Of Energy Attends Urenco USA Groundbreaking On Future Expansion Of Country’s Only Commercial Uranium Enrichment Facility
Aug 28
SK hynix breaks ground on $4 billion advanced packaging production facility in Purdue Research Park
Aug 28
SK hynix Indiana fab breaks ground as new hub for US AI innovation
Aug 28
Georgia PSC Approves Secret OpenAI Contract
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