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WhiteFiber signed a $60 million agreement for two Yadkinville industrial sites planned as the NC-2 and NC-3 AI data-center campuses, with power, parcels, approvals, customers, and construction awards still conditional.

Aug 22, 2026

Project Avalon near Buffalo, West Virginia, is an eight-building Google data-center plan with state air and federal waters applications, named civil and permitting firms, and major power, fiber, security, controls, and commissioning packages still undisclosed.

Aug 21, 2026

Amazon Web Services built a $2 billion data center in Gilroy, California with no council vote and no public hearing, under 45-year-old industrial zoning. Thirteen low voltage systems - the longest list Signal has produced - including VESDA and EPMS as separate line items, and an estimated $49M to $59M in LV work.

Aug 20, 2026

Applied Digital confirms Brookwood as Delta Forge 2. Its filing describes a 210 MW building under construction; review the companies, permit changes and prospective low-voltage work.

Aug 20, 2026

Brightview Senior Living is building 170 independent living, assisted living and memory care residences on the Notre Dame of Maryland University campus — the first senior living community to break ground on a college campus in Maryland. Five low voltage systems, an estimated $2.4M-$3.0M, and two occupancy classifications that decide the entire design.

Aug 19, 2026

Amazon is advancing a 380-acre, nine-building AI data-center campus near McAdoo, Pennsylvania, with the first building anticipated in 2028 and major design, electrical, fiber, security, fire, controls, and commissioning awards still undisclosed.

Aug 19, 2026

OpenAI confirmed on August 17 that it has taken roughly 8 IT-gigawatts at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus on a former Cold War uranium enrichment site in Pike County, Ohio. SB Energy builds, owns and operates it. Eleven low voltage systems, a six-year buildout to 2032, and the largest low voltage opportunity we have ever scored.

Aug 18, 2026

OpenAI contracted for approximately 8 IT-GW at SB Energy's PORTS-Pike campus, with first capacity expected in 2028, a six-year buildout, 35,000 projected construction jobs, and major delivery and low-voltage packages still undisclosed.

Aug 18, 2026

Boise, Idaho is now live on LVN Signal. Low voltage contractors in the Treasure Valley now have real-time construction intelligence covering 1,351 active projects worth $4.29B+, led by Micron's multi-billion-dollar semiconductor campus and St. Luke's North Tower.

Aug 17, 2026

Lincoln Public Schools is building a 47,000 sq ft alternative high school for students who have been expelled, suspended, or need behavioral support. Scheele-Kayton Construction holds a $19,569,000 contract. Five low voltage systems, an estimated $1.1M-$1.3M in LV work, and a security design that has almost nothing to do with the school-security conversation you are used to.

Aug 17, 2026

Yondr and Cerberus acquired 40 acres for a planned 72 MW Manassas data-center campus targeting 2029, with the parcel, utility, design team, GC, and specialty low-voltage awards still unresolved.

Aug 17, 2026

Applied Digital is building Delta Forge 1, a $3.6B AI factory campus near Boyce, Louisiana — 300 MW of critical IT load, under construction since January, initial operations mid-2027. Ten low voltage systems, roughly $150M in LV work, and a rare case where two completely different pricing methods land on the same number.

Aug 16, 2026

Monticello Tech's revised Minnesota filing outlines a planned 547-acre, $1 billion-plus data-center campus with Xcel 345 kV studies, a future substation, explicit diverse-fiber requirements, and major construction awards still unresolved.

Aug 16, 2026

The City of Irvine is adding a third 50-meter competition pool, covered bleachers, a splash pad and a NinjaCross obstacle course at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center — while hosting the 2026 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships on the same site this week. Seven low voltage systems, an estimated $2.2M-$2.5M in LV work, and a code article most commercial contractors have never opened.

Aug 15, 2026

Beacon Indus is a planned four-hall Alberta AI campus with 1,200 MW of proposed supply, an August 18 AUC hearing, named design and power partners, and major fibre, security, controls, fire, and commissioning packages still unresolved.

Aug 15, 2026