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Data center vacancies hit historic lows despite record construction

Network World

Primary markets such as Northern Virginia, Atlanta, and San Francisco, had a record 6,350 megawatts (MW) under construction at the end of 2024, more than double the 3,077.8 And even with those record construction rates, the overall vacancy rate in primary markets fell to a record-low 1.9% MW capacity being built at the end of 2023.

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Escorts Kubota enlists AI to reinvent railway, construction, and agriculture

CIO Business Intelligence

CIO Anil Kakkar is heading up an ambitious transformation agenda at Escorts Kubota, in which the Indian multinational conglomerate seeks to reinvent its three traditional business lines: agricultural products and implements, construction equipment, and railway equipment and parts.

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Data center costs surge up to 18% as enterprises face two-year capacity drought

Network World

While the rate of increase may moderate, prices are unlikely to return to pre-AI-boom levels due to demand for computing power, escalating costs of land, construction, and specialized cooling.” CBRE’s analysis shows primary markets had a record 6,350 MW under construction at year-end 2024, more than double 2023 levels.

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Tariff war throws building of data centers into disarray

Network World

Servers and hardware, including semiconductors, memory, network components, cabling, construction materials are going to see prices rise overnight once the tariffs go into effect, Bickley said. Just about every major cost center for the buildout of a data center will be severely impacted by the new tariffs.

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Future Focus: Constructing Unshakeable Stability in Your Manufacturing Supply Chain

Speaker: Jay Black, Senior Account Executive

We’ve all heard the buzzwords to describe new supply chain trends: resiliency, sustainability, AI, machine learning. But what do these really mean today? Over the past few years, manufacturing has had to adapt to and overcome a wide variety of supply chain trends and disruptions to stay as stable as possible.

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Seattle startup Klutch raises $8M to bring AI coworkers to construction sites

GeekWire

These aren’t actual human workers — they’re AI agents built by Seattle startup Klutch designed to automate key workflows across residential and commercial construction. The company’s thesis: construction teams have huge amounts of data that isn’t being used, despite widespread adoption of project management software.

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AI’s energy appetite drives interest in nuclear power

Network World

However, both Gartner and Deloitte also highlighted challenges in the move to more nuclear power, including time and cost overruns in construction, regulatory issues, and the need to recruit a fresh workforce (60% of current workers in the industry are aged 30-54, and 17% are over 55).

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