Data centers drive lopsided backlog gains

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Construction backlog ticked up to 8.2 months in December, up 0.1 months from November, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors survey conducted Dec. 22 to Jan. 7. The divide between large and small firms […]

Louisville, Kentucky, joins growing number of cities bringing AI to permitting

Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Louisville, Kentucky, announced Wednesday it has partnered with Govstream.ai for a pilot program to streamline the city’s permitting and development process with artificial intelligence. The AI company will analyze city codes, spatial data and permit […]

Trump Announces $100 Billion Stargate A.I. Initiative With OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank

President Trump on Tuesday announced a joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle to create at least $100 billion in computing infrastructure to power artificial intelligence. The venture, called Stargate, adds to tech companies’ significant investments in U.S. data centers, huge buildings full of servers that provide computing power. Stargate could eventually invest as much […]