Megaprojects
TCL CSOT Advances Guangzhou OLED Line to Equipment Installation
TCL CSOT began moving core production equipment into its t8 inkjet-printed OLED factory in Guangzhou on October 31, 2026, marking the start of installation and commissioning for a project representing approximately RMB 29.5 billion in total investment, the display maker…
EPG Tops Out About $120 Million Malaysian Data Center Module Plant
EPG Modular Data Center announced on November 6, 2026 that it had topped out an approximately US$120 million Free Industrial Zone factory in Senai Airport City, Johor, Malaysia. The facility will manufacture modular data center shelters and critical power equipment…
Google Announces $17 Billion Wyoming Data Center Investment
Google announced on November 5, 2026 that it will build its first data center in Wyoming, representing a long-term $17 billion investment in the state alongside new power-supply, carbon-capture and community commitments. The project involves Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy,…
Jacobs Wins Design Role on New Zealand’s Warkworth to Te Hana Highway
Jacobs announced on November 5, 2026 that ACCIONA had selected it to provide multidisciplinary design and project delivery services for the Warkworth to Te Hana Ara Tūhono section of New Zealand’s Northland Corridor. The New Zealand government estimates the total…
Rio Tinto Clears US$144 Million Resolution Copper Development Program
Rio Tinto announced on November 5, 2026 that it had approved a US$144 million investment by Resolution Copper to advance the Arizona project’s next development phase, with Rio Tinto’s share set at US$79 million. The program will fund feasibility studies…
Fluor to Deliver Sierra Gorda Fourth Grinding Line After Full Go-Ahead
Fluor announced on November 4, 2026 that it received full notice to proceed from Sierra Gorda Sociedad Contractual Minera (SGSCM) under an engineering, procurement and construction management contract for the Fourth Grinding Line Expansion Project in Chile. The contract value…
Bird Construction Expands Canadian Work Program With $1.1 Billion in Awards
Bird Construction announced on November 4, 2026, that it had secured CAD $1.1 billion in new project awards and multiyear agreements spanning industrial maintenance, healthcare, public infrastructure and energy work across Canada. The maintenance component includes several renewals and expanded…
Bahrain EDB Reports $22.3 Billion in Gateway Gulf Announcements
The Bahrain Economic Development Board reported on November 4, 2026 that the fourth Gateway Gulf forum concluded with 22.3 billion U.S. dollars in announcements, partnerships and deals. The aggregate covers more than 110 announcements made during the November 1–2 forum,…
Lambda Announces $33.1 Billion Alabama Data Center Campus
Lambda announced on November 4, 2026 that it plans to build the proposed Red Clay Technology Center Campus in Lowndes County, Alabama, an estimated $33.1 billion investment. Lambda will serve as the end user for the campus, while Cloverleaf Infrastructure…
TeraWulf Lands Google Backing for $19 Billion Anthropic Lease
TeraWulf announced on November 4, 2026 that it had executed credit support agreements with Google for anticipated debt financing supporting approximately $19 billion of contracted lease commitments with Anthropic at the Justified Data Campus in Hawesville, Kentucky. The company also…
Freeport Approves $4.5 Billion Bagdad Copper Mine Expansion
Freeport-McMoRan announced on November 4, 2026 that its Board of Directors approved a $4.5 billion expansion and modernization program for its wholly owned Bagdad copper and molybdenum operation in northwest Arizona, with initial production targeted for mid-2030. Freeport expects the…
SFPUC Picks Jacobs-PCL Team for $1B Nutrient Reduction Build
Jacobs was selected by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) as the progressive design-build contractor for the Southeast Treatment Plant Nutrient Reduction Project, a $1 billion investment estimated by SFPUC, Jacobs announced on October 28, 2026. Delivered through a…
T. Parker Host Commits $50 Million to Avondale Global Gateway Expansion
T. Parker Host announced a $50 million capital investment in Avondale Global Gateway on October 28, 2026, directing the funds toward new rail, warehouse, dock, road and equipment capacity at its multimodal industrial campus on the Mississippi River in Jefferson…
Rio Tinto Pledges US$1.9B for Queensland’s Kangwinan Bauxite Mine
Rio Tinto said on 23 October 2026 that it will invest US$1.9 billion to develop the Kangwinan bauxite project on Western Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, a brownfield project that will add 20 million tonnes of annual bauxite production capacity…
Meta Unveils Petal Transoceanic Cable With Petabit Capacity
Meta on September 21, 2026, announced Petal, a transoceanic subsea cable system designed to deliver 1 petabit per second of capacity between the United States and France, with the cable expected to enter service in 2029. In its announcement, the…
