Tag: data
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Vantage plans $2B Virginia data center project
Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Vantage Data Centers will invest $2 billion to build a three-building data center campus in Stafford County, Virginia, according to a Thursday announcement from Virginia Gov. Glenn Younkin. Teams expect construction to finish on the…
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Real-Time Data for Construction Productivity and Health with eGate
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, we explore how real-time sensor data and predictive analytics are reshaping construction productivity, safety, and building quality. My guest is Jarkko Haukijärvi, founder and CEO of eGate Smart Building Innovation, a pioneer in connected jobsite monitoring across Europe and the United States. Jarkko shares how a surge…
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Real-Time Data for Construction Productivity and Health with eGate
In this episode of the AEC Business Podcast, we explore how real-time sensor data and predictive analytics are reshaping construction productivity, safety, and building quality. My guest is Jarkko Haukijärvi, founder and CEO of eGate Smart Building Innovation, a pioneer in connected jobsite monitoring across Europe and the United States. Jarkko shares how a surge…
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With shutdown, contractors ‘in the dark’ on labor data
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The 2025 U.S. government shutdown is officially the longest in the nation’s history. As of Thursday, it’s reached 37 days long. As the federal government duels over requirements to pay emergency SNAP benefits and the travel industry…
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October data signals boom, bust construction markets
Federal data went dark in October as the government shutdown stretched into its second month. The lack of government data has left builders without the usual reads on construction spending, producer prices and overall job numbers. With these reports on pause, construction firms face a data vacuum on materials costs and pace of construction investments,…
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Platform Power: Data, Terms of Use, and the Fate of AEC AI Startups
An ENR article reported that the agentic AI provider Trunk Tools lost its API access to Procore in September. According to ENR, Agave (a data integration platform) informed Trunk Tools and other startups that Procore’s new terms required changes to how they used its data connector. Procore says the change is due to its updating…
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AI, data centers add to economic development, experts say
Listen to the article 6 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Panelists at Nvidia GTC on Wednesday discussed how the growth of data centers and internet-connected technologies is creating various opportunities for the manufacturing and construction industries. Between 2010 and 2018, global data center workloads and virtualized computing…
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Nucor rides ‘tsunami of earnings power,’ citing data center buildouts
Dive Brief: Nucor Corp., the largest steel manufacturer and scrap recycler in North America, saw steel mill shipments surge during the third quarter compared to last year, driven in part by increased data center construction. The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company reported Q3 steel mill earnings of $793 million, down 6% from the previous quarter and…
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ABC: Backlog Steady as Data Centers Drive Optimism
Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator remained unchanged at 8.5 months in September, according to an ABC member survey conducted Sept. 22 to Oct. 6. The reading is down 0.1 months since September 2024. View ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index tables and graph for September. View the full Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction…
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OpenAI, Oracle plan $15B data center site in Wisconsin
Dive Brief: OpenAI, Oracle and Vantage Data Centers plan to develop a nearly one gigawatt data center campus outside Milwaukee as part of the ongoing Stargate partnership, according to an Oct. 22 release. The four-building, $15 billion campus in Port Washington, Wisconsin, will feature several infrastructure upgrades, including $175 million in local water and power…