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The article explores how the data center construction boom is splitting American unions, with construction unions partnering with tech companies for job opportunities while other unions push for a moratorium, highlighting the role of union density in local siting battles.

Paul Graham comments that AI compressing the design phase will drive demand for technologies that compress construction, with regulation as the final frontier.

CostLogic is an AI-powered tool for construction takeoffs, estimates, and invoices, designed to streamline financial processes in the construction industry.

Dili raised $21.7M to use AI for compliance in infrastructure projects, helping manage complex regulations for construction and data centers.

Gritt, a startup using AI-controlled robots to install solar panels, exited stealth with $34 million in funding to accelerate solar plant construction.

Provides a guide for building an AI-based personalized trading system.

Thieves are stealing copper and expensive equipment from AI data center construction sites, with a recent theft of $1.3 million in supplies near Chicago highlighting the growing criminal economy fueled by the AI boom.

Garry Tan shares Packy McCormick's argument that data centers are not just compute but financing vehicles that drive development in power generation, grid, chips, and construction, and that the US should continue building them to advance adjacent industries.

The article discusses how the future of building is changing, likely referring to new technologies or methodologies in construction.

A reporter visits the Rogfast tunnel project in Norway, which will be the world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, describing the engineering challenges and the work environment.

ShotcreteDepth is a bi-modal dataset of stereo RGB and LiDAR data from construction environments, designed to support research in depth perception under challenging conditions. The dataset includes 11,252 samples with 220 annotated, and is accompanied by a lightweight annotation tool.

Rudus is an AI-powered takeoff and estimation platform for concrete subcontractors, automating the measurement and quantification of materials from plan sheets to speed up bidding.

Discusses the housing crisis in Canada and the US, questioning when AI and robotics will provide widespread solutions such as 3D-printed homes and prefabricated construction, despite local regulatory hurdles.

Describes the construction of Chongqing East Station, the world's largest railway hub built on a mountain, featuring innovative methods like a 16,500-tonne roof slid into place. The $7.8 billion megaproject employed 40,000 workers and took 38 months.

In Gaza, a project called Green Rock recycles rubble from destroyed buildings into Lego-like interlocking bricks to address the shortage of construction materials, providing an affordable and locally produced building solution.

Data center construction spending continues to outpace office building spending, with the gap widening in early 2026 as AI infrastructure demand grows.

The first tunnel element of the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel has been successfully immersed, marking a key milestone in this major cross-channel infrastructure project.

Cubik.one is a modular 3D cube system that enables tool-free construction for building physical structures and objects.