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23%. That’s how much spending on data center construction is projected to increase in 2026 compared to 2025, according to the Foundation for Industrial and Mechanical Engineering. Some in the construction industry are optimistic after a down year. A big driver of this spending could be the billions being invested by tech companies in huge data centers to meet demand for AI. Total construction spending likely exceeded $10.8 billion in Q4, and 2026 will see that number accelerate, FMI says. As a reminder, those data centers house the servers that store and transmit the data needed to run large AI models and handle tasks like making recommendations on streaming services and training autonomous cars.
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Key Entities
- • Data centers - Facilities projected to drive construction spending.
- • Construction industry - Sector described as optimistic after a down year.
- • Tech companies - Investors in large data center builds for AI demand.
- • AI demand - Driver of projected construction growth.
- • FMI - Source cited for construction spending expectations.
- • Servers - Hardware housed in data centers to run large AI models.
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