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AI Boom Threatens to Suck Resources Away From Road, Bridge Work

The data center construction boom is sucking up resources from other parts of the market. State and local projects may face particular competition for labor.

Increased demand for municipal infrastructure spending is colliding with a flood of resources into the data center construction market. 

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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Road repairs, bridge reconstructions and sewer overhauls are at risk of getting delayed as the data center boom sucks up resources in the construction market.