Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Vianode, a Norwegian advanced battery materials company, is investing $3.2 billion to build a synthetic graphite factory in St. Thomas, Ontario. The facility, called Via TWO, represents Vianode’s first large-scale production plant in North…
The TX-1 Nuclear Fuel Facility Project is an advanced small modular reactor (SMR) fuel production development being constructed in Tennessee, United States. Construction has commenced on the plant, which is expected to become the first…
Construction work has resumed in Meta’s Prometheus data center in New Albany, Ohio after a firearm incident at the site. The site was evacuated earlier this week over an incident involving a firearm. A worker on the site who had been fired…
Homer City Redevelopment (HCR) has finally secured air quality approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP). This “Air Permit” clears the way for full construction of a massive 4.4 GW natural gas…
On Thursday, November 20, 2025, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially announced that it would invest $3 billion into developing a data center campus in Vicksburg, Mississippi, making the city the newest cornerstone in the state’s emerging…
Amazon has announced a $3 billion investment to build a large data center campus in Warren County, Mississippi. This project supports the company’s expanding cloud and AI infrastructure needs. Moreover, the move strengthens Amazon’s…
Updated February 25, 2026 – Arevon Energy has secured a $183 million financing package, including a tax-equity bridge loan, a construction-to-term loan and a letter of credit to support ongoing construction of its 124 MWdc Big Muddy Solar…
Cypress Creek Renewables has closed financing for the Hanson solar facility project, a 505 MWdc (396 MWac) PV farm in Coleman County, Texas. Hanson solar project has an offtake agreement with Meta and is financed with a mix of equity and…
The East West Rail is a transformative £6.7 billion rail infrastructure project being developed in Southern England, designed to re-establish a direct connection between Oxford and Cambridge. Spearheaded by the East West Railway Company,…
February 18, 2026: A 900-acre expansion to Project Marvel, a data center project in Bessemer, Alabama, has received a recommendation of approval from the local planning commission. However, Bessemer’s City Council still needs to approve…
Ocean Winds, an Engie and EDPR joint venture is advancing plans to develop a major 1.5 GW floating offshore wind project in the Celtic Sea, marking one of the most significant steps yet in the UK and Ireland’s emerging deep-water wind…
Constellation Energy is pushing forward the restart of the Three Mile Island Unit 1, renaming it as the Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) after the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) closed a US$ 1 billion loan. The 835 MW reactor is will…
Updated February 9, 2026 – Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc. (TEPCO) has successfully restarted the No. 6 reactor at world’s biggest, Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture, after shutting it down briefly…
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 2026-2035 Capital Plan is a massive $45 billion infrastructure investment program being delivered across the New York and New Jersey metropolitan region. Officially approved by the Board of…
Vulcan Elements Inc. rare earth magnet manufacturing project is a planned industrial development in Benson, North Carolina. The project involves the construction of a magnet manufacturing facility with a total investment of approximately…
South Korea Ministry of Climate and Energy (MOTIE) has launched a fixed-price competitive bidding tender for onshore wind totaling 230 MW as part of push to deepen its renewables footprint amid rising energy security and decarbonization…
Arkansas has added its first utility-scale wind farm to the grid after Cordelio Power confirmed that its 135-megawatt Crossover Wind project in Cross County has begun commercial operations. Located in eastern Arkansas, the facility…
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has awarded AUD 7.86 million to Li-S Energy Ltd for a new proposed lithium-sulfur battery manufacturing facility. The new lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery cell facility will have a manufacturing…
Oxagon, the reimagined industrial city located within NEOM in northwest Saudi Arabia, signed a land lease agreement with Abdullah Hashim Industrial Gases & Equipment Co. (AHG) to establish a SAR 600 million ($160 million) industrial gases…
A new wind power facility in Hidalgo County has officially begun generating electricity, marking a major expansion of renewable energy in South Texas. The Monte Cristo I Windpower Project, with a capacity of 238.5 megawatts, is expected to…
Castelion, a defense-technology company, announced plans today, November 17, 2025 to construct a new hypersonic manufacturing campus in Sandoval County. It represents one of the largest advanced-propulsion investments in New Mexico in…
Samsung semiconductor data center program continues to advance across South Korea following its announcement in late 2025, with several components now moving from strategic planning into implementation. The $310 billion investment program…
Africa’s oil refinery industry is undergoing a remarkable transformation, particularly in the downstream sector. Several countries across the continent are investing heavily in building new refineries to reduce dependence on imported…
The semiconductor industry is undergoing a massive transformation, and the United States is at the center of this shift. Fueled by the CHIPS Act and the urgent need to secure domestic chip production, several leading global and U.S.…
