2025 may have come to an end, but the data center construction boom continued.
The biggest single construction news topic of 2025? The boom in data center construction.
Even as fears of a bubble persisted in the sector to end the year, new data center groundbreakings, plans for additional developments and legislation to streamline permitting kept coming as well. Read on for the latest data center construction news to kick off 2026.
The 900-megawatt campus will span multiple phases with full buildout expected by 2035, according to CleanArc Data Centers. Read the full article ➔
Megaprojects are boosting the building pipeline as overall momentum dipped for a second consecutive month, according to Dodge Construction Network. Read the full article ➔
The EPA is streamlining Clean Air Act permitting to accelerate development. Will local communities pay the price? Read the full article ➔
Crews officially began the first phase of construction on the Oracle, OpenAI and Vantage Data Centers facility and expect to complete the project, dubbed Lighthouse, in 2028. Read the full article ➔
The SPEED Act aims to cut red tape in order to meet soaring energy demand and growing competition in the global AI race, according to the bill’s sponsors. Read the full article ➔
Energy infrastructure provider Hut 8 tapped the Dallas-based contractor for engineering, procurement and construction management. Read the full article ➔
