Punch List: San Francisco bridge gets $107.5M makeover, Jacobs lands military contract

Plus, Balfour Beatty invests $13.4 million in a tech venture capital fund and Skanska signs a $94 million contract to build a Virginia data center.

United Infrastructure to develop data centre grid connection standards

Following a roundtable event in Cardiff, the company has been asked by stakeholders to formulate a series of standardised electricity connection archetypes designed to accelerate grid connectivity for the UK’s rapidly growing data centre sector. The post United Infrastructure to develop data centre grid connection standards appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

Meta to build C$13bn data centre in Canada

A joint venture of Clark Builders and PCL Construction has broken ground on a C$13bn, 1GW data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, the company’s first in Canada. Meta also pledged… The post Meta to build C$13bn data centre in Canada appeared first on Global Construction Review.

Cooling data center surge caused slip in June construction planning

Planning for the artificial intelligence buildout eased month over month in June, according to Dodge Construction Network.

Geological data on Cheshire aquifer to aid development of low carbon subsurface technologies

The British Geological Survey (BGS) has published the final set of borehole data packs and a comprehensive drilling report from the construction of a UK Geoenergy Observatory in Cheshire. The post Geological data on Cheshire aquifer to aid development of low carbon subsurface technologies appeared first on New Civil Engineer.

The Economist - What's the future of crypto? 18052023

The financial revolution once promised by cryptocurrencies has been knocked off course by regulators and allegations of fraud. So what does the future hold for crypto?

The Economist - How to stop AI going rogue 19042023

Artificial intelligence is improving so fast that no one knows what it might be capable of. It brings huge opportunities, but also huge risks. Arjun Ramani, The Economist's global business and economics correspondent, explains what could go wrong

WSJ - Podcast - AI, Explained: Why It’s Different This Time 03042023

There is so much being said about artificial intelligence these days. In order to understand this latest wave of AI, it is important to know how it works and why this moment is different from developments in the past. WSJ science reporter Eric Niiler joins host Zoe Thomas for the first instalment of Tech News Briefing’s special series Artificially Minded

Bloomberg - The Race to Build a Perfect Computer Chip, 10112022

Digital activity uses a huge amount of electricity with semiconductors near the limit of their efficiency. Now scientists are racing to perfect new chips that use much less power and handle much more data

RICS - Measuring the financial impact of climate change, 29052020

In this webinar, sponsored by PwC in Germany, the financial implications of climate change and strategies for the decarbonisation of real estate portfolios are considered. Panellists explained how they have developed tools for modelling various climate change scenarios and their potential commercial consequences

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