Construction news · Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Multifamily starts fell in September amid high construction costs

Construction Dive, Multifamily Dive · Real estate

Google expands partnership with Entergy Arkansas, will fund renewable energy and grid upgrades for West Memphis data center

Arkansas & Tennessee · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

Phoenix Tailings to Construct $375M Rare Earth Plant in Rochester, New York

$375M · Arizona & New York · Mining

Construction Review Online, The Northern Miner · Mining

Grid equipment manufacturer ABB sees US orders rise 82%

Utility Dive · Power & grid

Closing the Loop: Are closed-loop systems the solution to data centers' water woes?

DCD · Data centers

OVHcloud has 110MW of data center capacity up for grabs

110 MW · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

xMems solid-state cooling chips for data centers and Edge devices go into production

DCD · Data centers

AI Data Center Demand Reshapes a Rebounding US Industrial Construction Market

ENR · Data centers

CBRE acquires data center services firm Onnec

DCD · Data centers

Beyond securing power, data centers have an orchestration challenge

Latitude Media · Data centers

7-MW solar system completed for Arkansas water district

7 MW · Arkansas · Power & grid

Solar Power World · Power & grid

CBRE Expands Data Center Footprint With $1B Acquisition Of Onnec Group

$1B · Data centers

Bisnow · Data centers

Stack Files Permits for $100bn ‘Project Crossroads’ Data Center Campus in Berry Hill, Virginia

$100B · Virginia · Data centers

Construction Review Online · Data centers

Austin-Bergstrom Breaks Ground on Major Utility Upgrade to Power Airport Expansion

Texas · Transportation

Construction Review Online · Transportation

126-MW community solar portfolio being developed in Illinois, Maryland

126 MW · Illinois & Maryland · Power & grid

Solar Power World · Power & grid

Dominion Energy files IRP with plans to build 3.5GW of BESS in PJM over next 20 years

3.5 GW · Power & grid

Energy-Storage.news · Power & grid

AMI 2.0 Evolution: How Advanced Metering Companies and Utilities Are Leveraging Next-Gen Solutions for Greater Consumer Visibility

T&D World · Power & grid

DOE Announces $967 Million in Grid Resilience Funding

$967M · Power & grid

T&D World · Power & grid

Utilities Have the Data and Intelligence—Now It Has to Go to Work

T&D World · Power & grid

How Agentic Can Connect the Grid to the Customer

T&D World · Power & grid

Birds and Utilities: Coexistence and Conservation Strategies

T&D World · Power & grid

Another Data Center IPO Fizzles as Investor Appetite Wanes

Data Center Knowledge · Data centers

Georgia electric cooperative plans 50-MW home battery deployment

50 MW · Georgia · Power & grid

Utility Dive · Power & grid

San Francisco shopping mall targeted for potential data center

California · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

Boston's Towardex sets up direct interconnection to DE-CIX's New York Internet Exchange

Massachusetts & New York · Power & grid

DCD · Power & grid

Blackstone closes latest energy transition fund at $8.7bn, backs several data center focused energy firms

$8.7B · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

LS Power COO sees sweeping power sector investing needs: gas, renewables, transmission and more

Utility Dive · Power & grid

DCD Studio: The data center workforce challenge with Andy Davis, Data eXec

DCD · Data centers

DOE turns to defense funds to squeeze more from power grid

Latitude Media · Defense

Is Front-of-the-Meter Power the Next Data Center Play?

Data Center Knowledge · Data centers

Solar + storage project grants new resilience on California reservation

California · Power & grid

Solar Power World · Power & grid

$45bn+ West Virginia Data Center Project Advances as Anthropic–Nscale Deal Talks Continue

$45B · West Virginia · Data centers

Construction Review Online · Data centers

HVACR Distributors Prioritize Relationships Despite AI Adoption

ACHR News · AI & contech

36% of Homeowners Draw the Line at AI Replacing HVAC Expertise

ACHR News · AI & contech

Illinois arboretum commits to sustainability mission with hillside solar project

Illinois · Power & grid

Solar Power World · Power & grid

Chief Telecom breaks ground on 16MW data center in Taiwan

16 MW · International · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

Why The Data Centre Industry Must Rethink Its Talent Pipeline

Data Center POST · Data centers

Magnora Data Center acquires 2MW facility in Oslo, Norway

2 MW · International · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

DataVault plans 3MW data center in Auckland, New Zealand

3 MW · International · Data centers

DCD · Data centers

1GW data center proposed alongside solar farm in Norfolk, UK

1 GW · International · Data centers

DCD · Data centers