AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoDisaster Risk: Flash floods along Nepal’s Budhi Gandaki river damaged four hydropower projects under construction, while five people remain missing. AI Infrastructure: Meta’s nearly 10-million-square-foot Louisiana data center is expected to employ 7,500 workers at peak, bringing new business but adding pressure to local housing. In Texas, data center construction costs are climbing amid higher prices for steel, aluminum and copper. Transport Projects: A 941.6-metre bridge on China’s Xi’an–Chongqing high-speed railway has reached a key construction milestone. Renewable Energy: Work has begun on South Africa’s 49MW Lion Thorn solar park, with PowerChina as EPC contractor and operations expected in 2028. Site Safety: Three workers were seriously injured in a nine-metre fall at a building site in Cyprus; police and labor inspectors are investigating.
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