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SoftBank has pledged to invest up to €75bn in a vast network of AI computing clusters in France. This investment would back what would be Europe’s biggest data centre project. It comes in as Europe races to catch up with the US and China…
The deal that was ready since March finally closes. On June 1, 2026, a joint venture of Skanska, Traylor Bros., Inc., and Walsh Construction officially signed a $1 billion contract with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to…
Australia’s $5.5bn+ The Wave Stage 1 Rail project in Queensland is making headway as it awards Laing O’Rourke consortium a delivery contract. The scope of implementation entails the delivery of a 19-kilometer dual-track line between…
European Energy’s Kvosted Energy Park, located in Viborg Municipality, Denmark, has been confirmed as Northern Europe’s largest combined solar and battery facility, while the Danish developer simultaneously secured €228 million in German…
$1.4bn EdgeConneX data center campus project in Bastrop County, Texas makes headway with TDLR fillings submitted. Two $700 million Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) construction filings were submitted last weekend. The…
Construction works have commenced on the Brisbane Olympic Stadium. The stadium will be used for the 2032 Summer Games. This comes in after the Australian government rejected Aboriginal cultural protection applications for the site. Also,…
Google, AirTrunk and European Energy Australia are moving closer to energizing the Mulwala Solar Farm in New South Wales, a project joining a host of others in exemplifying how hyperscale digital infrastructure is increasingly being linked…
The $20bn Blue Castle nuclear power plant in Utah is making headway as a joint venture is formed to build project. Fulcrum Point Holdings and Blue Castle Holdings have formed a joint venture for the project at Green River in Utah. The…
New York is entering a structural turning point driven by the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure, accelerating data center development, and mounting pressure on its electricity grid. While the state is actively…
TotalEnergies’ wholly owned project company, Centre Manche Energies, has filed for Single Authorization of its 1.5 GW Centre Manche 2 offshore wind farm, to be sited more than 40 kilometres off the coast of Normandy, France in the Bay of…
The Hanover County Board of Supervisors have denied the $900m Mountain Road Tech Park data center in Virginia. The narrowly voted decision was made after the board heard hours of testimony from developers and residents. “A vote to deny…
The proposed $100bn Stratos data center will have to restrategize as leaders are opposing plans for the campus to run on natural gas alone. The 40,000-acre data center planned for Northern Utah has been a topic of conversation across the…
A 200 MW solar project has officially entered the construction phase in Hill County, Texas, as Hyundai Engineering begins work on the Hillsborough Solar Power Plant, marking another addition to the state’s rapidly expanding renewable…
A major new solar energy facility is moving into construction in Navarro County, Texas, adding another large-scale power generation project to the state’s rapidly expanding renewable energy pipeline amid rising electricity demand across…
The railway section of the Shituo Yangtze River Bridge successfully completed closure on Wednesday in China’s Chongqing. This marked closure on all 149 bridges along the Chongqing-Wanzhou High-Speed Railway. Also, a record-breaking will be…
Updated May 28, 2026 – Russia and Kazakhstan have signed agreement to build the first nuclear power plant in the country, Balkhash NNP, at a cost of $16.5 billion. This cost will also be partially covered by a major export loan from…
Kazakhstan is accelerating its nuclear energy expansion strategy with plans for a second large-scale nuclear power plant, marking another major milestone in the country’s long-term transition toward low-carbon baseload power generation.…
National Australia Bank has provided funding for Palmera Tower. The tower is a $1 billion, 52-level luxury residential tower being developed by Melbourne-based Central Equity on the Gold Coast. The funding comes in as the project has been…
Eskom Green has officially launched construction of a 75MW solar photovoltaic power plant at the Lethabo Power Station in the Free State Province of South Africa, marking the first time the state utility has broken ground on a…
Michigan is set for a major expansion of grid-scale energy storage following a $1.6 billion investment aimed at deploying large battery energy storage systems across the state, strengthening grid reliability while reinforcing local…
The Seattle-Tacoma International (SEA) Airport is making headway on its second terminal as fresh details on expansion project unravel. The Port of Seattle released a draft Environmental Impact Statement for the airport’s proposed second…
The California Energy Commission has approved a major battery energy storage project in eastern Alameda County, advancing another large-scale clean energy development through the state’s accelerated permitting process. The project, known…
Samsung Electronics is set to invest approximately US$1.5bn in a new semiconductor testing plant in northern Vietnam, deepening the country’s role in the global semiconductor supply chain as AI-driven demand continues to pressure memory…
The $3bn+ Lake Mariner data center campus outside Bufallo, New York is advancing as Schneider comes on board. Cryptominer and AI data center firm TeraWulf has tapped Schneider Electric for power and cooling infrastructure at its flagship…
