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One for the built world crowd -
Tag one person on X who consistently teaches you something.
Not the biggest account.
Someone who deserves a bigger audience.
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The US now has nearly 100 hyperscale data centres.
Another 120 are under construction.
460 more are planned.
At that scale, AI stops looking like a software story and starts looking like a land, power and infrastructure story.
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Structural stone might be making a comeback.
Lower processing, lower carbon, reusable, and already being tested in modern buildings.
Sometimes the most interesting construction innovation is not new technology.
It is remembering what already worked.
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Built world people!!!
What is one problem everyone talks about but nobody seems particularly close to fixing?
One answer only.
This is the one I’d work hardest in the replies.
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Britain is launching a state-owned GB Grid to speed up connections and cut energy costs.
That is a pretty big signal.
Grid capacity is no longer just an energy issue.
It is becoming industrial policy. Reuters
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UK housebuilder shares jumped more than 10% after the new “Your First Home” scheme was announced.
That tells you how starved the sector is for demand support.
The harder housing problem is still supply. Financial Times
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Who should we be following in the built world on X?
Not the biggest account.
Someone who consistently knows their subject and deserves a bigger audience.
Tag them.
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Data centre REITs are up around 33% this year.
More than double the wider REIT market.
Property investors are making their AI bet through infrastructure.
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AI infrastructure has a credibility problem.
Huge data centre pipelines are being announced.
A much smaller share has power, planning, finance and a realistic delivery path.
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UK civil engineering tender prices rose again in Q3.
Infrastructure already has a delivery problem.
Higher costs only widen the gap between announcing projects and actually building them.
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Built World people:
Name one problem the industry talks about constantly but still hasn’t solved.
One answer only.
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ConTech funding is up 38% year on year.
The money is moving towards tools that can prove ROI.
Less “digital transformation”.
More “show me what got faster or cheaper.”
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UK Construction Week starts tomorrow.
14,000+ people. 250+ exhibitors.
A useful test of which built-world problems are attracting real budget, not just attention.
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Digital Realty has scaled back a Kansas data centre after its customer fell through.
A useful reality check for the AI infrastructure boom.
Announced capacity gets headlines. Committed customers make projects real.
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Hubble Network has raised $200m to connect ordinary Bluetooth devices directly to satellites.
For the built world, that opens up equipment, sensors and asset tracking in places mobile coverage simply doesn’t reach.
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There’s a growing gap between winning UK construction work and actually getting on site.
What’s causing the biggest drag in your market?
Planning
Gateway 2
Finance
Grid connections
Procurement
Reply with what you’re seeing first-hand.
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Nexus Infrastructure has a £75m order book but still expects a £1m loss.
Projects are taking longer to start.
It’s a good example of the gap between winning work and turning that pipeline into revenue.
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A £30m Salford student scheme has cleared Gateway 2, unlocking 364 beds.
Regulatory approval becoming a headline in itself says a lot about UK construction.
Getting funded is one thing. Getting on site is another.
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The UK is putting £90m into heat networks, with waste heat from data centres potentially heating homes.
AI infrastructure consumes huge amounts of energy.
Could its waste become part of the energy system too?
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