Construction, infrastructure, engineering and property development news from Kenya, Africa and international markets.
Arevon Energy has closed a $120 million tax equity commitment from Wells Fargo Bank for its 124-megawatt direct-current (MWdc) Big Muddy Solar Project in Jackson County, Illinois, adding a new financing milestone as construction advances…
Kenya’s President William Ruto has broken ground for a new Devki clinker and cement plant in Ngaaie, Mwingi North, Kitui County. Cost of the Facility The clinker and cement plant will cost Ksh.70 billion. Furthermore, it is slated to be…
Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), Lead Sponsor and Developer of the Zambia Lobito Railway Project, has selected the preferred bidders for the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contracts for the 830-kilometre greenfield…
Golden Plains Wind Farm Stage Two, a 577-megawatt (MW) expansion near Geelong, Victoria, could change hands in a reported A$2 billion-plus (approximately US$1.4 billion) transaction. UK-based Octopus Investments has reportedly agreed to…
Solid Power is moving closer to a business built around supplying the material inside next-generation batteries rather than manufacturing batteries for mass-market vehicles itself. On October 26, the company began commissioning MOBIUS, a…
The next source of U.S. helium supply may come from a processing plant taking shape near the Canadian border in Montana. Avanti Helium’s Sweetgrass project moved closer to equipment installation on October 26, with civil construction…
The $1bn Felicia and Ben Horowitz Pediatric Hospital is officially advancing as developers break ground in Las Vegas. The sprawling pediatric healthcare lifeline in Nevada is officially taking shape. Specifically, Intermountain Health…
Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses Ltd. and its US subsidiary Unimacts have finished installing a power transformer manufactured by Zetwerk in North Carolina. This transformer installation marks a milestone in the company’s expansion into…
Australia’s AirTrunk has secured an A$4.25 billion (US$2.98 billion) green loan for the SYD3 hyperscale data centre expansion project in Western Sydney. Announced on October 27, 2026, the financing will support digital infrastructure…
German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies is investing US$1.23 billion (€1.1 billion) to expand its chip manufacturing plant in Villach, Austria. Infineon aims to strengthen European chip production as demand for…
The $15bn Port Washington data center project is rapidly transforming quiet Wisconsin farmland into a high-stakes infrastructure battleground. Recently, Vantage Data Centers has teamed up with Oracle and OpenAI to build the massive…
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has begun construction on its $1.6 billion CLEvolution upgrade, with a new terminal headhouse, 6,000 space parking garage and transit station planned to open in 2032. The work is largely airline…
The Hueco Ranch Data Center project is advancing rapidly, though rural Texas residents are voicing fierce opposition. Specifically, ServerDome Global hosted a tense community meeting Monday directly at the proposed Hudspeth County site.…
The SYD3 data centre expansion has secured a $2.98 billion green loan to accelerate construction of a hyperscale digital infrastructure campus in Western Sydney, Australia. The financing will support additional computing capacity for cloud…
The $5.5bn Agadir high-speed rail extension is officially advancing as Morocco aggressively expands its domestic transit network. A massive overland railway lifeline in North Africa is officially taking shape. Specifically, the government…
Dubai is aggressively stepping up its ambitions to become a global artificial intelligence hub with development of AI infrastructure. Also, the city has set plans that will foresee more than doubling of the number of companies operating…
The NSW Government has announced an A$6.8 billion investment to upgrade sections of the South Coast Rail Upgrade Plan. The project includes electrifying the rail line from Kiama to Bomaderry and duplicating tracks between Wollongong and…
Construction has officially begun on the 470 MW Parron Maam Marang Wind Farm in Western Australia, marking the start of the state’s largest wind farm project to date and the biggest wind project to enter construction in Australia in more…
The Collie renewable steel mill project in Western Australia will mark a major shift in Australia’s construction materials industry, combining scrap-steel recycling with electricity sourced entirely from renewable energy. Generation Steel…
The $5.8B Hyundai-POSCO steel mill plant promises to dramatically reshape the economic landscape of Donaldsonville, Louisiana. An eye-watering auto steel production facility is coming into real existence in Ascension Parish. In particular,…
The $20bn Intel Ohio One Chip Plant in Licking County, New Albany recently achieved a massive architectural milestone. In particular, the construction team completed the installation of the first of the very large number of structural…
Mubbadrah AI data center plans center on a $3 billion hyperscale computing campus in Oman, designed to support growing artificial intelligence infrastructure demand. The proposed project will deliver up to 400 megawatts (MW) of computing…
The U.S. Air Force is looking to move quickly to construct the Boeing F-47’s operational test base at Nellis AFB, Nevada. The facility targets a phased production approach that will foresee the site up and running by spring 2031. This…
Oracle Corp. is moving from site preparation to construction of its $4.5 billion global headquarters on Nashville’s East Bank, after clearing land along the Cumberland River and beginning work on a new pedestrian bridge. The company is…
