Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
The North Kabd Wastewater Treatment Plant in Kuwait moved from paper approval to binding commitment on Sunday 26 July 2026, when China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd signed the contract for the plant and its related works…
Tesla has inked a 1TWh power purchase agreement (PPA) with ContourGlobal for the Sterling hybrid solar & BESS project in Arizona. The firms have signed a long term agreement that will see Tesla assured of long term energy supply. Under the…
Stargate AI Infrastructure project is reshaping the United States construction landscape through an unprecedented $500 billion investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure. The multi-year development program combines hyperscale…
The construction of a proposed 2.1GW West Alton Energy Center by Ameren Missouri is making headway as firm asserts plans. The firm has confirmed its plans for the combined-cycle natural gas facility in the US. The company is a subsidiary…
Beacon Point Data Center has reached a major financing milestone after securing a long-term lease agreement worth up to $50.2 billion, supporting the development of one of the world’s largest artificial intelligence campuses in Texas. The…
Meta data center project financing has reached a significant milestone after a $12.5 billion debt raise for the construction of a massive artificial intelligence campus in El Paso, Texas. The funding supports one of the largest privately…
Vancouver City Council has given the green light to a massive $2.8-billion development in the heart of downtown. Spearheaded by the Holborn Group, the initiative features three skyscrapers on the former Hudson’s Bay parking garage site at…
The Melbourne Airport expansion has secured the commercial anchor it needed, with the Qantas Group and airport operator Australia Pacific Airports Corporation agreeing key terms on a deal that underwrites a $4.5 billion overhaul of the…
The Rubix Data Centers Flix Catalonia project will see more than €1 billion, roughly US$1.14 billion, spent converting the site of the former Ercros chemical works into a large scale artificial intelligence data center in southern…
The $3bn Kansas City Royals ballpark district has faced a setback as public meeting to discuss project’s rezoning plan shuts down. The Royals and Crown Center were jointly holding a public meeting at Union Station’s Regnier Theatre to…
Morgan Offshore Wind Project has returned to the market after the UK launched an accelerated competitive tender for the 1.5 GW Irish Sea development. The renewed procurement creates another opportunity for developers to secure one of…
Ndayane port project has reached a significant construction milestone after DP World completed the project’s capital dredging works 13 months ahead of schedule in Senegal. The achievement unlocks the next phase of marine construction,…
The first phase of the 6GW solar cell facility has been opened in Indiana as CS PowerTech has expanded its footprint across the U.S. The US-based manufacturing subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has opened the first phase of its photovoltaic…
The construction of Eli Lilly’s $6.5bn manufacturing plant in Generation Park is in limbo as the project still aims for 2030 operations. Local news channels in Houston note that construction on several projects are either underway or set…
Philip Morris International Inc. is drastically expanding its U.S. manufacturing footprint for nicotine pouches, committing $1.2 billion to its Aurora, Colorado plant by 2028. This updated figure effectively doubles the $600 million…
Virginia container terminal expansion has entered its final construction stages at Norfolk International Terminals, marking another milestone in the Port of Virginia’s long-term modernization strategy. The $650 million project will expand…
Dean Moor Solar Farm construction has secured a major milestone after the UK government approved the 700-acre renewable energy project in Cumbria. The development consent order allows construction to begin on the 150MW solar farm near the…
Construction has officially begun on the first phase of the Snyder AI data center campus in Snyder, Texas, marking the transition of the project from planning into active development as demand for AI computing infrastructure continues to…
AECOM, a global infrastructure leader, has been chosen by VINCI Airports group’s ANA Aeroportos de Portugal S.A. to handle the preliminary design for the New Lisbon Airport (Luís de Camões Airport). Designed as a world-class international…
The West Alton Energy Center, a 2,100-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant proposed for a site adjacent to the existing Sioux Energy Center in West Alton, Missouri, entered regulatory review on July 27 with an application filed with…
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to provide approximately $250 billion in financing guarantees to support a massive data center project for OpenAI, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The backstop from vidia would allow the ChatGPT…
The Korea Light Source has officially entered construction after South Korea broke ground on the 1.16 trillion won ($791.5 million) fourth generation synchrotron radiation facility in Ochang, North Chungcheong Province. The Ministry of…
Morocco battery gigafactory project has reached a major financing milestone after the African Development Bank (AfDB) approved a €100 million ($114 million) loan to support construction of Africa’s first integrated lithium iron phosphate…
Pantheon Atlas has reached a major milestone for its proposed Pantheon AI hyperscale data center campus in Croatia after securing approval from the country’s national transmission system operator (HOPS) for the project’s power supply…
