Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Texas A&M University has shelved its plans to advance the proposed $235 million Center for Learning Arts and Innovation slated for 2026. The move comes after less than a year after the A&M System Board of Regents approved the construction.…
The board of PJM Interconnection has approved a proposal by NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC and Exelon Corporation to build a roughly 220-mile, 765-kilovolt transmission line spanning parts of West Virginia and Pennsylvania, advancing one…
ACCIONA Energía has begun construction of a 1 Gigawatt-hour (GWh) battery energy storage system (BESS) at its Malgarida solar Photovoltaic (PV) plant in Chile’s Atacama Desert. The system will be one of Latin America’s largest grid‑scale…
EnergyAustralia, Enerven, and NHOA Energy have reached financial close and officially launched construction of the 245 MWh Hallett battery energy storage system (BESS) project near Canowie in South Australia. This marks the project’s…
Only trailing North Virginia as the world’s largest data center market, Georgia is advancing Project Ruby, a data center campus in Columbus. Officials in Columbus noted the newly announced multi‑billion‑dollar data center project will…
Google has confirmed that it is the developer of Project Mica, a $10 billion data center campus in Kansas City’s Northland. Trystine Payfer, Google’s Regional Head of Data Center Public Affairs, confirmed the project to local media,…
Dobrun & Sadova Solar Portfolio Romania is financially closed and Scatec is starting the construction of his €121 million 190 megawatts (MW) solar project. The Dobrun and Sadova projects have been merged in the portfolio in order to…
Brennan Investment Group has withdrawn its plans to implement a $2 billion data center campus outside Illinois. The data center was previously planned to be developed in Barrington Hills, on land south of Penny Road and west of Pond Gate…
Saudi Aramco has officially opened the valves at the Jafurah unconventional gas field, marking a historic entry into the era of commercial shale production for the Kingdom. While the full ramp-up of the $100 billion development will take…
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has signed a host-municipality agreement with Port Hope to advance a new large-scale nuclear project; a move provincial officials describe as a ‘critical step’ toward building what could become the largest…
Amsterdam-based AI cloud provider Nebius is planning to construct 240MW Béthune Data Centre in France. As reported by Les Echos, the data centre project will see the former Bridgestone tyre plant redeveloped and set to deliver capacity in…
Egypt Mont Galala Towers and Marina Project has been introduced and this is an indication of a radical expansion of tourism in Red Sea coastline. The mixed-use development, which is a $1 billion development, was announced by the…
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been identified as the mystery developer behind a $5 billion data center campus in Walla Walla, Washington. In October 2024, Advance Phase LLC purchased some 500 acres in the Wallula Gap Business Park for…
Saudi Arabia’s SAR has tendered the design and build contract for the $7 billion Riyadh section of the Saudi Landbridge project. Dubbed the Riyadh rail link, it will run from north to south Riyadh. The tender was issued on 29 January with…
Liverpool Ferry Terminal is a marine transport facility project that was developed in Prince Half-Tide Dock, Liverpool, United Kingdom. The facility was made to reinforce the maritime interconnection between the Isle of Man and the…
Glydways has officially broken ground on its first publicly accessible autonomous transit system in South Metro Atlanta, marking the company’s first public deployment of its fully autonomous, on-demand vehicles anywhere in the world. The…
BrightNight has started construction works at the BrightNight Pioneer Clean Energy Centre in Arizona, US. This was marked by a groundbreaking ceremony. The new facility is located in Yuma County. It aims to supply clean and affordable…
Fermi America continues to advance Project Matador in Amarillo, Texas after strengthening ties with Korean EPC contractor Hyundai Engineering & Construction who is delivering four large-scale Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors central to…
The world’s largest King Salman International Airport is set to have various mixed-use projects as part of its development. MEED noted that the King Salman International Airport Development Company (KSIADC) has signed multiple agreements.…
Ameren Missouri has received approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission to develop the Big Hollow Energy Center, Missouri’s first integrated natural gas and battery storage facility, the company said. The project will combine an…
The City of Orlando has officially initiated a massive $400 million capital improvement project at Camping World Stadium, a strategic infrastructure play with a strict, immovable deadline. The immediate catalyst for this massive…
Kazakhstan is advancing plans for one of the largest international AI computing hub developments in Central Asia through the Data Center Valley project in Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region. The flagship development will launch with 300 MW of…
Meta has commenced construction on a new data center facility in Lebanon, Indiana, marking a significant infrastructure investment. The scope on the project entails a 1GW data center capacity that supports both A.I workloads and core…
Meta has officially commenced heavy civil construction on a staggering $10 billion, 1-gigawatt (GW) data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana. Located within the state’s massive LEAP Research and Innovation District, this project represents…
