News Macron announces plans to invest €109bn in AI infrastructure Emmanuel Macron said his government will try to attract €109bn of private investment in AI, the Financial Times reports. Speaking ahead of France’s AI Action Summit that opens in Paris…
News Amazon and Bouygues to try embedding AI in construction process France’s Bouygues has teamed up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to its construction operations. The aim is to bring cloud computing to Equans, Bouygues’ electrical…
News Microsoft delays further phases of AI data centre construction Microsoft has paused construction work for its planned second phase of a data centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing in Racine County, Wisconsin. The company said in an…
News Madrid to get massive solar farm for AI datacentres Swiss energy company Edisun has announced plans to build a 941MW solar park northwest of Madrid to provide power for AI datacentres. The Fuencarral project is intended to meet the…
News Google orders multiple small reactors to power AI data centres Google will buy nuclear energy from small modular reactors (SMRs) built and run by California’s Kairos Power as the internet giant races to secure enough clean electricity to power artificial…
News Oracle to use three SMRs to meet ‘crazy’ electricity needs of AI datacentres Oracle is planning to use three small modular reactors (SMRs) to power a 1GW datacentre, according to founder Larry Ellison. He told investors and analysts in an earnings call this…
News International team selected for Dubai’s Al Maktoum International Airport A team led by Austrian architect Coop Himmelb(l)au and Perkins & Will subsidiary Dar Al-Handasah has won a competition to design and masterplan the next phase of Al Maktoum International…
News Eiffage to team up with Google to accelerate the integration of AI French engineer Eiffage has partnered with Google Cloud to exploit the possibilities of AI in managing the carbon footprint of its IT systems and will teach employees about its benefits…
News Norwegian firm proposes nuclear-powered AI centres Norway’s new nuclear-power company, Norsk Kjernekraft, says it wants to build small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) to provide off-grid power to data centres and other energy-intensive industrial users. It said…
News Microsoft to build $3.3bn AI centre in Wisconsin Microsoft plans to invest $3.3bn in a data centre for artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing in Racine County, Wisconsin. The site in Mount Pleasant will employ 2,300 during construction…
News Comprehensive music museum coming to New Orleans Architecture firm EskewDumezRipple has produced a concept design for the planned Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience Museum in New Orleans. The 120,000-sq-ft The Louisiana Music and Heritage Experience will be…
Perspectives AI’s not going away, so embrace it When you hear the term “artificial intelligence” (AI), what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Perhaps it’s the rise of ChatGPT, or the thought of robots taking over from…
News Amazon and Hyundai plan autonomous ‘site of the future’ Amazon has joined forces with South Korea’s Hyundai to work on the development of autonomous construction sites. The team will use Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a connectivity platform for…
News Trust a bot to run your project? Check out October’s 21CC podcast The October edition of the 21CC podcast, brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), is now available. It examines the growing influence of artificial intelligence on construction…
News CIOB artificial intelligence conference: register today The CIOB has launched a new online conference evaluating the role of artificial intelligence in construction. Discussions will focus on how AI will work in construction and the wider built…
Perspectives Why construction needn’t fear AI On balance, AI seems likely to do what technology has always done: reshape work and remove the need for some occupations while creating many more and raising productivity. Never has…
Innovation AI designs statue with styles of Michelangelo and Rodin Swedish engineering group Sandvik has unveiled a statue designed by artificial intelligence (AI) to incorporate styles of five famous sculptors no longer living, including Michelangelo. The stainless steel Impossible Statue,…
Trends Ferrovial gives staff AI “virtual assistant” for day-to-day tasks Ferrovial says it has become the first infrastructure company in the world to give staff a generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool to use in their day-to-day work. Employees will be…