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Data centre construction failing to keep up with demand
The pace of construction of new data centres is not keeping up with demand
Bouygues construction units post strong gains as orders rise
France-based Bouygues said delays in data centre and giga-projects had minimal impact on profit
Data centre boom helps push US contractors’ backlogs further out
A boom in data centre construction work has helped to push contractors’ order backlogs to an average of 8.7 months in June
Three arrested in European data centre bribery probe
UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has conducted dawn raids on five properties and arrested three people
Contractor wins first phase of $3bn liquid-cooling-ready data centre in Malaysia
First phase of a high-density, liquid cooling-ready data centre to be built in Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Microsoft pauses construction on two parts of US$3bn US data centre project
Additional portions of a data centre build in Wisconsin are on ‘pause’, the tech giant said
Google to invest US$75bn in 2025 to expand AI and cloud capacity
Tech giant Google said it intends to invest US$75 billion on AI and cloud build outs
Saudi Arabia’s Neom signs deal to build $5bn data centre in Oxagon
Neom has signed a deal with a developer to build a US$5 billion data centre in Oxagon
Indian firm to build Uzbekistan’s first data centre
Indian conglomerate Larsen & Toubro will build Uzbekistan’s first data centre, in Tashkent.
Microsoft pauses construction of US$3b Wisconsin data centre
Microsoft has paused the construction of a data centre in the US less than one year after it started
McLaren Construction selected to deliver next stage of data centre project in Dubai
The completion of the second phase of DX3 is set for March 2026
Three firms share $10bn Meta data centre project
Data centre campus will be Meta’s largest
Meta planning multi-billion-dollar AI data centre
Facebook’s parent company is planning another multi-billion-dollar artificial intelligence data centre in the US 
Wood for data centres? This tech giant is relying on mass timber to achieve carbon goals
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A major tech firm is using mass timber to construct data centres, which it says reduces its carbon footprint
Google signs deal to build small nuclear reactors to power data centres
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Google signs commercial agreement with Kairos Power for SMRs.
Hensel Phelps wins Meta’s Alabama data-centre build
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Hensel Phelps awarded newest Facebook project in US southeast
Friday round-up: Clever Swiss bridge | OEMs’ software race | Data centre boom
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Welcome to another edition of Construction Briefing’s Friday round-up where you bring some of the biggest stories you might have missed from the past week
Microsoft plans $3bn AI hub investment in Wisconsin, US
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Tech giant announces new major data centre build
Skanska selected for US$238m data centre build in Georgia, US
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Skanska signs contract for another US data centre project
Uzbekistan announces Saudi-funded data centre builds
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Uzbekistan announces the building of a new data centre
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