AI Hype has been everywhere you look for the past 12 – 18 months, even as it relates to that bastion of technical conservatism, construction. Gartner, Inc., the American technological research and consulting firm, tracks new technologies through its Hype Cycle. The Hype Cycle illustrates the stages of maturity and eventual widespread adoption of a new technology. In the context of the construction industry, where do generative and other AI technologies fall on the Gartner Hype Cycle? Find out here.
In the News
Thanks to AI, energy-intensive data centers have become a growth area for commercial landlords after investors have been roughed up by stumbling prices of other assets such as post-pandemic empty office properties. It’s no surprise then to find data centers in the news.
Blackstone Confirms $13 Billion Investment in the U.K. for AI Data Center
U.S. private equity firm Blackstone confirmed a 10 billion pound ($13.3 billion) investment for an artificial intelligence data center in northeast England. Construction of the AI data center next year will create 4,000 jobs, including 1,200 roles dedicated to the construction of the site. Reuters
The Data-Centre Market Is Heating Up – Can We Keep Up with Demand?
When we think about the cloud, generative artificial intelligence or 5G, we think of abstract things in a digital world. We don’t think of the huge physical infrastructure required to support them. - Construction News
Data Centers at The Heart of The AI And Digital Economy Surge
Construction is witnessing another data center boom. This time, the demand is not only driven by a rapidly expanding internet but by a digital society that never sleeps—compounded by artificial intelligence, which is creating an unprecedented need for computing power. - Forbes
£10bn Investment in AI Data Centre Confirmed
The site in Cambois, near Blyth, Northumberland, will become one of Europe's biggest AI data centers. The land was bought by private equity giant Blackstone earlier this year, after the collapse of Britishvolt which had planned to build an electric car battery factory on the site. - AOL
Behind OpenAI’s Audacious Plan to Make A.I. Flow Like Electricity
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, is talking to the United Arab Emirates, Asian chipmakers and U.S. officials to expand the computing power needed to build artificial intelligence. OpenAI’s blueprint for the world’s technology future would create countless data centers providing a global reservoir of computing power dedicated to building the next generation of A.I. - NYTimes
Beyond Data Centers
AI Helps Detect and Monitor Infrastructure Defects
With recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), civil engineers can inspect large-scale infrastructure more efficiently and cost-effectively, while also monitoring the progression of damage severity over time. ScienceDirect: From classification to segmentation with explainable AI: A study on crack detection and growth monitoring. ScienceDirect (Elsevier)
Trevor Lamphier Is a 2024 40 Under 40 Honoree
Trevor Lamphier believes the hottest topic in architecture and construction is AI, and over 70% of AEC companies plan to increase their investment in AI in the near future. - Tampa Bay Business Journal
Indian Tech Visionary Tackles Global Worker Safety Crisis with AI And IoT
In a development that could save thousands of lives annually, tech innovator Balusamy Nachiappan has unveiled a revolutionary approach to construction site safety using artificial intelligence and Internet of Things (IoT) technology. This comes at a time when the global construction industry, particularly in developing nations, grapples with an alarming rate of workplace accidents. - Outlook
ABC Releases AI Construction Technology Report
Associated Builders and Contractors released its fourth annual construction technology report, which focuses on the impacts of artificial intelligence in the construction industry. The report includes a case study and thought leadership from ABC’s Tech Alliance to showcase how ABC is strengthening members’ understanding of AI. ABC