{"id":31516,"date":"2025-07-25T19:07:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trump-executive-order-pushes-for-quicker-data-center-construction\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T19:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T02:07:38","slug":"trump-executive-order-pushes-for-quicker-data-center-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/trump-executive-order-pushes-for-quicker-data-center-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump executive order pushes for quicker data center construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/img\/play.svg?500116090725\" alt=\"-\"><br \/>\n        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">3 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1753451026\/news\/text_to_speech\/trump-executive-order-quicker-data-center-construction_cns6fq.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Dive Brief:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>A new White House directive aims to accelerate federal permitting and unlock financial incentives for large-scale data center builds, along with related energy and manufacturing projects, according to a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/07\/accelerating-federal-permitting-of-data-center-infrastructure\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>July 23 executive order<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> signed by President Donald Trump.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The order expands access to federal lands and lifts key environmental review hurdles, while opening the door to grants, tax credits and loan guarantees for qualifying projects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>The executive order sharply reduces permitting friction for megaprojects valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Those kinds of builds have largely buoyed overall <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/construction-spending-may-2025-drops\/752302\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>construction momentum this year<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Dive Insight:<\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The move comes as <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/9-largest-commercial-construction-starts-june-2025\/753917\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>data center builds surge nationwide<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, even as contractors contend with issues around power and total project costs.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>To ease the strain, the Trump administration aims to accelerate approvals for large-scale facilities such as data centers and related energy and manufacturing projects. The order directs agencies to expand categorical exclusions under the <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/infrastructure-transportation-reauthorization-duffy-trump\/753542\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>National Environmental Policy Act<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> and develop permitting efficiencies under laws such as the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Projects qualify if they cost at least $500 million, use more than 100 megawatts of electricity or get tagged as high-priority by federal agencies.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>It also directs the EPA to identify brownfield and Superfund sites for reuse, and instructs federal agencies to authorize development on federal lands that could support qualifying projects.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>That push for speed coincides with a wave of new data center investment. For example, CoreWeave recently tapped Turner and Wohlsen Construction to deliver a <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/turner-wohlsen-pennsylvania-data-center-coreweave\/753877\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$6 billion data center facility<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Tech giant Google also recently <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/google-blackstone-aws-ai-data-centers\/753177\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>pledged more than $25 billion<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> to expand its artificial intelligence infrastructure.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>About one in seven Associated Builders and Contractors members now hold an active data center contract, according to the trade association.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Contractors say <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/contractors-data-center-demand-growing-bubble-fears\/750985\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>demand around data center construction<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> remains high, especially for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/backlog-june-data-center-construction-boom\/753126\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>projects in early-stage planning<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Yet, momentum often stalls when developers face <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/data-center-boom-fuels-nuclear-construction-projects\/733278\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>delays securing power<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Adding to that strain are long equipment lead times. Components such as transformers and switchgear can take more than a year to arrive, while overall <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/construction-costs-june-2025-tariff\/753255\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>input costs now sit 2.5% higher<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> than a year ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>That\u2019s forcing contractors such as Kansas City, Missouri-based JE Dunn Construction to lock in procurement decisions far earlier than in the past.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cWe track medium-voltage cable, generators, transformers, fiber [and] follow lead times of structural steel, precast and anything else that may affect our clients receiving the product in a timely manner,\u201d said Chris Teddy, national director of mission critical at JE Dunn. \u201cGetting ahead of supply chain constraints and cost volatility can make all the difference.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/trump-executive-order-fast-data-center-construction\/754056\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. 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