Monthly Construction Spending on Data Centers Now More Than Twice as High as General Offices

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Monthly US construction spending on data centers has reached $96.46B, more than double the $45.96B spent on general offices (2.09x), according to the latest Federal Construction Spending Report. The author notes data center spending figures are consistently revised upward and that construction activity typically peaks in summer.

Late last year, many of you may recall that the total monthly construction spending on data centers was higher than that of regular offices for the first time. In the Federal Construction Spending Report released today, it has been revealed that data center spending is now at $96.462B, vs office's $45.964B, which is 2.09 times higher. A fun fact: I have been following this every month since data centers first passed offices, and almost every time, they revise the data center spending of the previous month to be a little higher (not unexpected, construction projects ALWAYS run overbudget). It is also important to note that, in my experience, construction activity usually peaks in the summer. The first graph is for the past 5 years and the second is for the past 15 years. Data is provided by the US Census. Graphs were developed by GPT 5.6 (I forgot to change the model). Just in case you wanted one more exponential!
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