Louis Cook

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TheJobWalk E.66

GE Aerospace is investing $1 billion into U.S. manufacturing, Miami International Airport is expanding Concourse D for $1 billion, and xAI has filed permits for a $659 million Memphis data center. T1 Energy is pushing ahead with an $850 million Texas solar plant, a $1 billion hospital replacement has been approved in Memphis, Chicago Fire FC is breaking ground on a $750 million stadium, and Nvidia and ABB are partnering on a new robotics simulation platform. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Mar 12, 2026

TheJobWalk Project Tracker

This is our biggest announcement yet! The team at TheJobWalk is incredibly excited to show you our new feature... The Project Tracker

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Mar 10, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.65

OpenAI closes a landmark $110B funding round, Turner is tapped to deliver American Express's new global headquarters, and Google commits $880M to its fifth Midlothian data center. EBS Realty breaks ground on a 1.35M square foot industrial park, while Google also moves forward with a major 403 acre data center campus in Minnesota. MP Materials advances its $1.25B plant in Texas, and NVIDIA makes a telling hire, bringing on a orbital data center architect. Let's dive in.

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Mar 5, 2026

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TheJobWalk Premium E.2

What a month for construction news! Been a lot to stay on top of but I’d say we’ve done a great job... 116 total articles published in February. Almost 50 of those being premium articles. And man do we go into depth in those! So here's a quick run down on the premium articles you may have missed this month.

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Feb 27, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.64

WSP closes its TRC acquisition, AWS commits $12B to Louisiana data centers, Smithfield advances a $1.3B Sioux Falls plant, and UC Davis Health tops out its $3.7B tower. Google plans a 480-acre Minnesota data hub, SUNY moves on a $1.1B hospital modernization, and Autodesk invests $200M in World Labs. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Feb 26, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.63

Meta and NVIDIA announce a long term infrastructure partnership, Transwestern advances 1.3 million square feet of industrial space in Houston, and Swire Coca-Cola commits $475 million to a 620,000 square foot Colorado Springs plant. Chicago Fire unveils its $650 million stadium at The 78, Google confirms the 500 acre Project Mica data center campus in Kansas City, and XTEND moves forward with a Florida construction merger, let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Feb 19, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.62

Siemens Energy commits $1B to expand U.S. manufacturing, Basin Electric taps PCL for Bison Generation Station, Google advances an 800 acre Oklahoma data center and Sutter Health breaks ground on a $380M Modesto cancer center. Meta scales Hyperion toward $27B, Trammell Crow plans a 1,600 acre Georgia data hub, and Bedrock Robotics raises $270M, let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Feb 12, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.61

Oracle lays out a financing plan for 2026, Eli Lilly selects Pennsylvania for a new manufacturing facility, and Nammo moves ahead with a new rocket motor plant in Florida. Crow Holdings plans a 245MW flagship data center campus in Dallas, Skanska completes demolition at Johns Hopkins Eisenhower Library, and QumulusAI clears final approvals for a data center campus in Denton, Texas. Palomar College tops out its new Athletics Fieldhouse in San Marcos, and Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX, let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Feb 5, 2026

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TheJobWalk Premium E.1

2026 is off to a flyer with TJW, constructions in full swing, projects are flying, investments are booming... it’s been one hell of a month! Over 130 articles written, 60 of them being premium, covering project deep dives, insider intel, market intelligence & more.

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Jan 30, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.60

Microsoft expands its Midwest presence with 15 new data centers slated for Mount Pleasant Wisconsin, Genentech more than doubles its U.S. manufacturing investment, a $1.7B public health laboratory breaks ground with the Gilbane-Turner-HOK team, and Barton Malow with Sheridan advances a new Macon arena. The NGA opens its St. Louis headquarters, Applied Digital breaks ground on the 430-MW Delta Forge 1 AI campus, and Boston Dynamics unveils its next-gen Atlas robot, let's dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Jan 29, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.59

Verizon wrapped up its acquisition of Frontier Communications, Google is moving ahead with a $1B data center at the Port of Little Rock, while Solstice Advanced Materials announced a $220M manufacturing expansion in Virginia. Yondr Group hit ready-for-service on a 48 MW hyperscale facility in Loudoun County. Granite Construction and Traylor Bros secured a $157M bridge and roadway project in Tucson, TxDOT kicked off a $146M U.S. 90 expansion in San Antonio, and Procore Technologies closed its Datagrid acquisition to beef up its AI capabilities. Let’s dive in!

Louis Cook, Lewis Snell

Jan 22, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.58

Meta and Oklo partner on a 1.2 GW nuclear power project in Southern Ohio, AVAIO Digital moves forward with a $6B AI-ready data center campus in Pulaski County, Arkansas, and Energy Ranch ropes off 1,500 acres in South Texas for future power and data infrastructure. In Arizona, McCarthy progresses on a $168M smart reservoir expansion in Mesa, while Mortenson kicks off preconstruction for Denver Summit FC’s $225M stadium project. Let’s dive in!

Louis Cook, Lewis Snell

Jan 15, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.57

SoftBank locks in a historic $41B investment in OpenAI, in Arizona, Mill Creek Residential breaks ground on Amavi Queen Creek, while Gilbane launches the 300,000 sqft Lionsgate Studios project. Texas adds momentum with a proposed hyperscale data center in San Marcos, Geisinger moves forward on an $880M hospital expansion in Pennsylvania, and Caterpillar rolls out its new Cat AI Assistant. Let’s dive in!

Louis Cook, Lewis Snell

Jan 8, 2026

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TheJobWalk E.56

Bernie Sanders sounds the alarm with a new report warning AI and automation, Eli Lilly advances a $6B manufacturing investment in Alabama, while Kentucky makes a strategic $42M lithium ion battery project. In Washington state, Garco Construction secures a $200M semiconductor expansion, and Kaiser Permanente moves forward on a 7 story hospital tower. Rounding it out, PermitFlow raises $54M in Series B funding. Let’s dive in!

Louis Cook, Lewis Snell

Dec 18, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.55

QTS unveils a mega $12B data center campus in Wisconsin, whilst the semiconductor market surges to $216.3B in Q3. Barr & Barr breaks ground on a $507M healthcare project, while MGM Grand wraps a $300M renovation of its 4,000 rooms. Saronic sails ahead with a $300M shipyard upgrade, and Bobyard secures $35M in Series A funding. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Dec 11, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.54

AstraZeneca kicks things off with a $2B manufacturing expansion, while Novartis builds a $771M biotech powerhouse in North Carolina. CleanArc fuels hyperscale momentum with a $3B data center campus, and Meta selects their GC to build its $1B data center in Wisconsin. Palantir rolls out Chain Reaction to strengthen U.S. AI capabilities, and construction materials prices continue to climb. Exciting week team, let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Dec 4, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.53

Amazon Web Services powers up Indiana with a $15B investment, while AVAIO Digital Partners rolls out a $6B data center in Mississippi. In Nashville, Turner and AECOM Hunt top out the new $2.1B stadium, and Amazon doubles down with a $50B commitment to the U.S government. Meanwhile, the construction robots market is projected to surge to $660B, Happy Thanksgiving Crew, from the team at TJW, we hope you have a blessed day! Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Nov 27, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.52

Google announces a massive $40B investment in Texas, while Toyota commits $10B to U.S manufacturing expansion. Rockwell Automation plans a new 1M sqft site in Wisconsin, and Alabama enters the hyperscale race with the $14.5B “Project Marvel” data center proposal. Novartis doubles down in North Carolina with a $771M expansion, HUMAIN & Musk team up to grow xAI, and the Top 100 Data Center Owners have been revealed worldwide.

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Nov 20, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.51

Meta celebrates a major milestone with its 30th global data center, while Toyota powers up North Carolina with a $13.9B EV plant. Energy Storage Solutions plans a 900MW data center campus in NC, and Gilead Sciences breaks ground on a 180k sqft pharma facility in California. Meanwhile, Vantage Data Centers launches a $2B expansion in Fredericksburg, and OpenSpace completes the acquisition of Disperse. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Nov 13, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.50

AWS and OpenAI join forces in a $38B AI infrastructure partnership, while DataBank’s Red Oak campus gains momentum in DFW. Meta keeps building their $800M Texas data center, CNH Industrial commits $5B to US manufacturing, and Amazon officially opens its $11B “Project Rainier” data center. Meanwhile, the Carolina Panthers select builders for their $800M stadium renovation. Big tech, big builds, and even bigger ambition. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Nov 6, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.49

JPMorgan Chase officially opens its $3B global headquarters in New York, ENR reveals this year’s top specialty contractors. HCA Healthcare and Good Samaritan Hospital break ground on a $1.3B expansion, Ahold Delhaize USA plans a $860M development. Out west, Vantage continues building its $3B data campus near Reno, NVIDIA and Oracle team up with the US DOE on two AI supercomputers, and Yondr Group secures a 163-acre site for more data centers. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Oct 30, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.48

Switch secures $659M through its ABS offering to fuel data center growth, while CoreWeave & Poolside ramps up with a $16B data center development, Paris Baguette rises with a $200M facility in Texas. Stargate lands in Wisconsin with $15B investment, Rowan breaks ground on its $900M “Cinco” Center, and Qiddiya’s megaproject total climbs past $40B. Meanwhile, Buildots acquires Genda in the next phase of development. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Oct 23, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.47

Aligned Data Centers makes waves with a massive $40B acquisition, while CMC moves to acquire Foley Products. Meta breaks ground on a $1.5B data center in Texas, and Jacobs secures a $3.3B extension under the BuildLACCD. Cheyenne welcomes a $1.2B data center campus, and across the pond, London’s skyline gets a boost with the £450M 115-123 Houndsditch tower. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Oct 16, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.46

Illinois kicks off a massive $50.6B six-year infrastructure overhaul, while Related Digital breaks ground on its Cheyenne data center. Google drops $4B in Arkansas to boost cloud and AI growth, Boise launches a $700M airport upgrade, and Meta expands its Montgomery campus with a $3B addition. Meanwhile, CoreWeave acquires Monolith AI to strengthen its industrial cloud capabilities. We’re also pleased to launch TheJobWalkJobs, the hub of construction careers. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Oct 9, 2025

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TheJobWalk E.45

Flexential names a new CEO as Walmart commits $300M to a major NC facility. Nevada tips off with a $435M men’s basketball arena, while Monkey Island preps for a $25B LNG boom. Fermi America unveils its 5,800-acre HyperGrid campus near Amarillo, and Samsung teams with OpenAI on next-gen AI infrastructure. Plus, Alexandria rolls out the red carpet with a $2B bet on fun as Monumental Sports & Entertainment brings big-league energy to town. Let’s dive in!

Lewis Snell, Louis Cook

Oct 2, 2025