Build and facilities
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Vertiv’s growth meets the delivery wall
Vertiv reported 24% quarterly sales growth but said supply congestion and phased project execution shifted revenue, exposing the uneven conversion of AI demand into completed infrastructure.
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Amazon takes infrastructure spending to $220bn
Amazon expects cash capital expenditure of approximately $220 billion in 2026 as AWS growth accelerates and available cloud capacity remains constrained.
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Eighty-eight data centres, one Microsoft year
Microsoft brought 88 data centres online during its 2026 financial year and added approximately 1GW of capacity in the final quarter.
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MEP automation opens a London front
Swedish engineering technology company Endra has opened a London office to expand its automated mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design platform across Europe.
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European buildout pushes Tonroe past £1bn
Tonroe Group’s revenue reached £1.19 billion in 2025 as TSL expanded its international technical-construction workload and multi-year project pipeline.
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Truman Brewery data centre clears Whitehall
The government has allowed planning appeals covering a 3MW data centre at the former Truman Brewery, despite objections over heritage, urban design, and limited employment.
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Private power reaches gigawatt scale
INNIO has secured an order for more than 200 gas engines providing around 1.1GW of behind-the-meter power across a multi-site US data centre programme.
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Europe’s build pipeline lands on Equans’ books
Equans ended June with a €27.6 billion backlog after record first-half order intake, as data centres added to demand for complex technical-services contracts.
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Cables move to the critical path
Prysmian has raised its 2026 guidance after record quarterly earnings, with data centre construction lifting demand across digital connectivity, power-grid, and industrial cable businesses.
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Parliament turns to the UK’s data centre bottlenecks
A parliamentary group is seeking evidence on the grid, planning, investment, skills, and environmental constraints shaping the next phase of UK data centre development.