Construction Spending on Data Centers, Factories, Chip Plants, Powerplants, Office Buildings: Boom One End, Bust the Other

Construction Spending on Data Centers, Factories, Chip Plants, Powerplants, Office Buildings: Boom one End, Bust the Other

AI investment mania and the second wave of semiconductor plants.

March U.S. Construction Spending Rebounds, though NonRes Slips

The U.S. Census Bureau released its monthly construction spending report on May 7, covering data for both March and February. The Bureau’s report shared that March total construction spending was estimated at an adjusted annual rate of $2.186 trillion, 0.6% above February’s revised estimate and up 1.6% year-over-year. It rebounded from February’s 0.2% monthly decline and was well ahead of market expectations of a 0.2% increase. March private con…

Private Residential Construction Spending Increases in March

Private residential construction spending was up 1.7% in March 2026, following two straight months of declines. The increase was broad-based, with gains in single-family, multifamily construction, and home improvement spending. Moreover, total private residential construction spending was 3.6% higher than a year ago. According to the latest construction spending data from the U.S. Census, single-family […]

Nonresidential Construction Spending Down in March – tEDmag

With the exception of the ongoing boom in data center construction, manufacturing-related activity is steadily falling.