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Data Center Construction: Projects, Permits, Costs & Contractors
What’s being built, where, what it costs, who won the work, and which trades it needs — 42 reports and project files, updated as campuses break ground.
Major project files
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Construction ProjectsMatrix Data Center Campus, Sulphur Springs: $18.7B, 3 GW, 30 Buildings
MSB Global's Matrix Campus in Sulphur Springs, Texas — $18.7 billion, 30 AI data center buildings, 7,000 construction jobs. Cost, timeline, and who's building it.
Construction ProjectsPrometheus Hyperscale Wyoming: 1.25 GW Evanston Campus Permit Approved
Prometheus Hyperscale won unanimous approval for a 1.25 GW data center campus near Evanston, Wyoming. Construction timeline, 3,800 jobs, and the off-grid power plan.
Construction ProjectsMeta Hyperion Data Center, Louisiana: Cost, Contractors, and the 5 GW Power Build
Meta's Hyperion campus in Richland Parish grew from $10B to $50B+. DPR, Turner and Mortenson split the work while Entergy builds 240 miles of 500 kV line.
Construction ProjectsStargate Abilene: Data Center Construction Cost, Contractors, and Timeline
Crusoe's eight-building Stargate campus in Abilene, TX. DPR as GC, 1.2 GW, and what a scrapped 600 MW expansion did to the local trade base.
The essential guides
Who builds them
The top 20 data center GCs, ranked
What they cost
$1,000–$2,000/sq ft, decomposed
Permits
Every major US filing, tracked
Capex
AWS, Microsoft, Google, Meta budgets
Where
The national buildout map
Timeline
18–36 months, phase by phase
Trades
Which trades the boom needs most
Incentives
Tax breaks, state by state
Power
35 GW of demand meets the grid
Wages
Data center pay by trade
Latest data center construction coverage
CommercialHow a 100 MW Data Center Gets Its Power Gear: The 100-Week Wait Behind Every AI Campus
Data center electrical equipment lead times in 2026 — switchgear, generators, and transformers at 52 to 210 weeks — and how a 100 MW build is sequenced around them.
CommercialHow Subs Actually Get Onto Data Center Jobs (It's Not Who You Think)
How data center construction subcontractors actually get onto hyperscale jobs — prequalification, EMR limits, bonding, and which GCs are hiring subs now.
CommercialUK Data Center Construction 2026: Slough, the Grid Queue, and £9M/MW
UK data center construction in 2026: London and Slough as the L in FLAP-D, grid connection queues, hyperscaler pipeline, and cost per MW versus US builds.
CommercialEurope's Data Center Boom: All Five FLAP-D Markets, Tracked
Europe data center construction across all five FLAP-D markets: MW live and under construction, record-low vacancy, grid limits, and EU efficiency rules.
CommercialData Center Construction Costs: Europe Runs 20-40% Higher Per MW Than the US
Data center construction costs Europe vs US compared: cost per MW, per m² and per SF across FLAP-D markets, plus land, grid, labor and permitting drivers.
InfrastructureWhy Dublin Stopped Building Data Centers: 21% of a Country's Electricity
The Dublin data center moratorium explained: EirGrid's connection freeze, 21% of Irish electricity, CRU policy, and where the construction work went instead.
CommercialGeorgia Data Center Construction: Inside Atlanta's 2026 Boom
Georgia data center construction is roaring — 4,200 MW under development around metro Atlanta in 2026, $35B in projects, and a labor crunch contractors must plan for.
Labor & WagesData Center Fire Protection: Clean-Agent Suppression in 2026
Data center fire protection runs $8 to $25 per square foot for clean-agent suppression. NFPA 75, 76, 855, and 2001 explained, plus who installs it.
Commercial2026 Data Center Construction Forecast — What's Coming Next
2026 data center construction spending forecast: $35B (up from $28.5B). Midwest/Southeast shift, liquid cooling standard by 2027, and $50B+ by 2028.
CommercialAI Training Facilities: The Next Wave of Data Center Construction
AI training facilities cost 30-60% more per MW than traditional data centers. 3-5x power density, mandatory liquid cooling, and $275B+ in planned investment.
CommercialHow Data Center Construction Differs From Commercial Projects
A detailed comparison of data center construction methods versus conventional commercial building, covering redundancy, cooling, electrical systems, and.
CommercialHow Small Contractors Can Break Into Data Center Construction
Step-by-step guide for small contractors to break into data center subcontracting. BICSI certs, $5M+ GL insurance, where to find RFPs, and set-aside.
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