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Bayer's $2.2B Ohio Pharma Campus Has No GC Yet, Work Starts 2027

Bayer's $2.2 billion New Albany, Ohio, pharmaceutical campus is expected to create about 1,500 construction jobs from mid-2027. Fluor is in early design, and the GC, CM and detailed design firm are still unselected.

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Industry

Granite JV Lands $325M Big Creek Sewer Tunnel in Cleveland

Granite Construction and Super Excavators will build the $324.8 million Big Creek Tunnel for NEORSD, a 20-foot-diameter rock tunnel with shafts, diversion structures and utility work. Construction starts fall 2026.

Oct 2, 2026

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Ohio Paint Maker's Guilty Plea Shows Cost of Skipping Pressure Testing

Yenkin Majestic Paint Corporation pleaded guilty to negligent endangerment after an unpressure-tested kettle manway failure caused a fatal 2021 explosion, ISHN reports, underscoring the enforcement risk facility maintenance subs now face.

Sep 26, 2026

Industry

Ohio Court Rejects Ballot Bid to Restrict AWS's $4B Wilmington Data Center

Ohio's Supreme Court blocked a citizen-led ballot measure that would have imposed operating restrictions and lawsuit rights against Amazon's $4 billion Wilmington data center, but a separate federal order still holds up site-plan approval.

Sep 23, 2026

Industry

Congress Debates Who Pays for Data Center Grid Upgrades

A House bill passed 417-3 would push states toward making large data centers cover the cost of power infrastructure built to serve them, but a stalled Senate effort shows the fight over grid cost allocation is far from settled.

Sep 21, 2026

Industry

Power Boom Forecast Hides a Construction-Readiness Gap

A new MSI Economics forecast projects $150 billion in annual U.S. power-generation construction by 2030, but equipment shortages and interconnection delays mean only a fraction of announced capacity is actually financeable or buildable near-term.

Sep 15, 2026

Industry

Zefiro Wins Multi-Year Great Lakes Well-Plugging Contract Through 2029

Zefiro Energy landed a state-funded well-plugging contract in the Great Lakes region running November 2026 through June 2029, adding to its growing environmental remediation portfolio, Drilling Contractor reports.

Sep 14, 2026

Editorial image: Orphaned well plugging at dusk - Zefiro Wins Multi-Year Great Lakes Well-Plugging Contract Through 2029

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Pennsylvania PUC Opens Review of Data Center Rates, Curtailment Rules

The Pennsylvania PUC voted to examine ratemaking transparency and emergency curtailment rules as data center load growth strains PJM grid capacity, setting up regulatory changes that could reshape utility rate cases and interconnection timelines.

Sep 12, 2026

Editorial image: substation grid feeding data center - Pennsylvania PUC Opens Review of Data Center Rates, Curtailment Rules

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EIA: Solar Generation to Jump 21% in 2026 on Data Center Demand

The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecasts solar generation growth of 21% in 2026 and 18% in 2027, driven by data center and manufacturing electricity demand, with growth concentrated in ERCOT and MISO.

Sep 12, 2026

Editorial image: Aerial solar farm meets data center construction - EIA: Solar Generation to Jump 21% in 2026 on Data Center Demand

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Grenadier Kicks Off Utica Play Entry With Strong Belmont County Wells

EnCap-backed Grenadier Energy Partners III has entered Ohio's Utica play with three high-rate gas wells in Belmont County and is now drilling a five-well pad, per Drilling Contractor.

Sep 11, 2026

Editorial image: Wellhead close-up, Utica pad dawn - Grenadier Kicks Off Utica Play Entry With Strong Belmont County Wells

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PJM Stands to Gain Most From New Transmission Study, $6.7B in Benefits

A new study from S&P Global's CERA Consulting finds 13 high-value transmission projects could deliver $15.3 billion in net benefits through 2050, with PJM capturing the largest share, pointing to a wave of upcoming transmission work.

Sep 3, 2026

Editorial image: Transmission tower construction at dusk - PJM Stands to Gain Most From New Transmission Study, $6.7B in Benefits

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Cleveland-Cliffs' $1B Middletown Works Overhaul Locks In $500M DOE Grant

Cleveland-Cliffs finalized a $500 million DOE grant framework to fund a $1 billion blast furnace and cogeneration upgrade at its Middletown Works steel plant, with construction employing 1,500 workers at peak.

Aug 21, 2026

Editorial image: Steel plant blast furnace retrofit aerial - Cleveland-Cliffs' $1B Middletown Works Overhaul Locks In $500M DOE Grant

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Private Equity Moves Into Utilities as AI Power Demand Reshapes the Grid

Oilprice.com reports utilities are selling off non-core assets to private equity for the first time in decades to fund AI-driven grid buildouts, opening a faster pipeline of transmission and gas-fired generation work for field crews.

Aug 23, 2026

Industry

NVIDIA Pours Up to $105B Into Ohio AI Data Center Megaproject

NVIDIA is investing up to $105 billion in land, power and shell capacity for a 10-GW AI data center campus in Piketon, Ohio, developed by SB Energy with Bechtel and Kiewit already on board for construction, ENR reports.

Aug 19, 2026

Industry

FRA Awards $5.3B for Rail Crossings, Track Upgrades in 23 States

The Federal Railroad Administration's $5.3 billion rail package will fund the closure of over 30 grade crossings and upgrades to 1,000 more, opening civil and infrastructure bid work across multiple states.

Aug 19, 2026

Editorial image: Grade crossing bridge construction golden-hour - FRA Awards $5.3B for Rail Crossings, Track Upgrades in 23 States

Industry

DOE Cancels Three Federal Grid Corridor Designations

The Department of Energy has withdrawn plans to designate three National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, cutting a batch of long-haul transmission routes from the federal permitting pipeline.

Aug 18, 2026

Industry

US Rig Count Climbs to 593 as Oklahoma Adds Rig

Baker Hughes data shows the U.S. rig count rose to 593 last week while Oklahoma gained one rig to reach 51, pointing to steady near-term work for drilling and completions crews.

Aug 16, 2026

Editorial image: Aerial multi-rig basin at golden-hour - US Rig Count Climbs to 593 as Oklahoma Adds Rig

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Dominion's Offshore Wind Costs Jump $288M on PJM Upgrades, Tariffs

Dominion Energy now pegs its Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project at $11.7 billion, up nearly $300 million, citing PJM network upgrade charges, tariffs and revised turbine installation schedules, Utility Dive reports.

Aug 3, 2026

Industry

Dayton Taps Shook Construction for $350M PFAS Water Plant Overhaul

Dayton, Ohio has hired Shook Construction as construction manager at risk on a $350 million PFAS removal facility at its Ottawa Water Treatment Plant, while suing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to recover costs, ENR reports.

Aug 3, 2026

Industry

AEP Locks Up 13 GW of Gas Turbines Through 2031, Eyes 10 GW More

American Electric Power has secured 13 GW of gas turbine capacity from GE Vernova and Mitsubishi through 2031, with options for 10 GW more by 2035, deepening an already tight turbine supply chain, Utility Dive reports.

Aug 3, 2026

Industry

Northeast Gas Prices Buck National Trend on Power Demand Strength

Natural Gas Intelligence reports Northeast cash prices rallied Friday on regional power demand, even as broader Lower 48 markets stayed soft on comfortable supply.

Aug 2, 2026

Industry

Kentucky's $100B Data Center Campus Signals Years of Power and Civil Work

A $100 billion Paducah, Kentucky data center campus with 4.6 GW of dedicated gas and battery generation will require years of civil, electrical, and mechanical subcontracting, Rigzone reports.

Jul 31, 2026

Industry

PJM Board Files FERC Proposals to Manage Data Center Power Demand

PJM's Board of Managers has directed two regulatory filings with FERC to fast-track power procurement for data centers and create a curtailment mechanism, aiming to address a projected 6.8 GW capacity shortfall.

Jul 31, 2026

Industry

FirstEnergy Cuts Lakewood Outage Time 98% With New Substation Transformer

FirstEnergy's Illuminating Co. installed the first of two new power transformers at its Lakewood Substation in Ohio, part of a reliability program that has already cut customer outage time 98% year over year.

Jul 31, 2026

Industry

Eolian's 200-MW Battery Project Signals Storage Race Near Ohio Data Centers

Eolian is building a 200-MW, 1-GWh battery storage project next to a New Albany, Ohio data center campus, marking the first grid-scale battery permitted by the Ohio Power Siting Board.

Jul 30, 2026

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