Lifecycle Infrastructure for Data Center Builds

Many are clamoring to enter the inner circle of data center construction. Breaking into this realm takes the expertise and dedication of true construction industry leaders who are willing to partner with each other and advocate for their clients and communities. Working in this market comes with warnings around supply chain delays, high costs, laborer shortages, legal issues, safety concerns, community protests, energy usage, zoning regulations and other issues.

Experts believe that what the industry is witnessing right now in data center construction has never happened in any market. Roscoe Green, a partner with Adams & Reese in Tampa, Florida, points out some reasons, including the massive scale, tight schedules, specialized equipment, significant regulatory compliance, and substantial consequences for delays or performance shortfalls due to the high revenue value of operational data centers.

FMI forecasts that spending on data center construction is expected to increase for 23% in 2026 after substantial growth in the past two years. Just as the perfect salad combines a mix of ingredients, the construction industry elements—from contractors, architects, engineers, and suppliers to attorneys, investors, and building owners—need to come together at a more focused level to navigate this market. Read on for additional insights from industry leaders:

As data centers pop up around the country, what lessons are we learning?

Greg Ayres, President and COO, Nox Group: Efficiency. These facilities are no longer new in industrial construction, so construction companies know how they need to be built to maximize energy and redundancies. We're all driven to find efficiencies across the board to get these facilities up and running to provide maximum value to our customers.

Matt Barnes, RCDD, Managing Director, Data Center Strategic Accounts, National Technologies (NTI): Infrastructure fit-out is no longer a linear, down-stream activity. It has to be tightly integrated with shell construction and long-lead procurement from day one. We're also seeing that labor availability, logistics, and vendor capacity can be just as critical as design, especially when multiple projects are ramping in parallel. The most successful programs treat deployment as an industrialized process, not a one-off construction effort.

For more answers from data center construction leaders on this and many other questions around learnings and best practices in this wild build era, read the full article.



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