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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Today’s Paper

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Data-Center Building Is Up Fivefold

The United States spent $4.4 billion on data-center construction in June 2026 — five times the monthly pace just before ChatGPT shipped.

The United States spent $4.4 billion on data-center construction in June 2026 — five times the monthly pace just before ChatGPT shipped.

US data-center construction spending, $ billions. Census Bureau via Our World in Data. CC BY.

From 2018 to 2022, builders spent between $500 million and $1 billion a month putting up data centers, after inflation. Then the bill for the buildings — not the servers — jumped. Census Bureau figures put June 2026 at $4.4 billion. Our World in Data notes the hardware is a separate, and often larger, check. The warehouse is getting a warehouse.

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