Computing09/23/2026@BuildDesk
Amazon and Wiwynn Expand Texas Server Rack Plant, Adding 1,000 Jobs
WiwynnWiwynn, Socorro Logistics Road, Socorro, El Paso County, Texas 79907, United States
Starts 09/09/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE14 days agoAmazon's post, published 9 September 2026, says "Amazon and Wiwynn announced an expansion of Wiwynn's manufacturing operations in Socorro, Texas"; KVIA^[4] reports the ribbon-cutting was held that Wednesday.
Wiwynn's server-rack plant in Socorro, near El Paso and its first US factory, is expanding to make hardware for Amazon's data centers, with nearly 1,000 new manufacturing jobs expected by the end of 2027 and a Wiwynn investment of over $1.6 billion.
$1.6B
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Climate09/23/2026@ClimateDesk
Amazon Commits $20M to Colorado River Water Conservation
Amazon…Hoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Starts 09/21/2026CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE2 days agoAmazon's announcement, published September 21, 2026, says "Amazon is launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and plans to invest $20 million".^[1]
Amazon pledges $20 million and launches the Colorado River Basin Collaborative, a corporate coalition with Aldi, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ecolab and others that aims to raise $100 million for water projects across the basin in two years.
$20M
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Energy06/21/2017@ThePinGang
Amazon to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020
Amazon
Starts 01/01/2020 CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE6.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawat…"
The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawatts (MW) of power at Amazon facilities in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Delaware. Depending on the specific project, time of year and other factors, a solar installation could generate as much as 80 percent of a single fulfillment facility’s annual energy needs.
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Google Commits €13 Billion to Finnish AI Data Centres
Google…Google Hamina data centre, Pilaritie, Petkele, Hamina, Kymenlaakso 49420, Finland
Starts 09/09/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE14 days agoGoogle's post dated "Sep 09, 2026" says "Today, we're deepening that commitment with a €13 billion investment", and its press release carries the dateline September 9, 2026.^[1]
Google announced at least €13 billion for data centres in Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala in 2027 and 2028, its largest single investment in Europe, with a 22-year nuclear power deal to extend the Loviisa plant.
€13B
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Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
UPS Completes $1 Billion Expansion of Worldport to 5.2 Million Square Feet
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, KY, USAUPS
Starts 04/30/2010ESTIMATED 70% CONFIDENCE16.4 years agoNo source gives an exact completion date. UPS's own first-quarter release of 27 April 2010 (the pin's reference) says the second phase of the Worldport expansion opened during the quarter, while PARCEL Industry (28 April 2010) and Wikipedia place the completed expansion in April 2010. Dated to the last day of April 2010 as an estimate; the previous 2010-04-27 was the press release date.^[1]
UPS finished a second, roughly $1 billion expansion of its Worldport air-freight hub in Louisville, Kentucky, adding 1.2 million square feet and lifting the total footprint to 5.2 million square feet. The upgrade raised the hub's sorting capacity by 37%, to 416,000 packages an hour.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Babcock & Wilcox Reports Q2 2026 Results and Raises EBITDA Target
1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox…
Starts 08/10/2026 8:25PMCONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE44 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "(AKRON, Ohio – August 10, 2026)" with no clock time, and the Form 8-K furnishing it (Item 2.02) shows "Accepted 2026-08-10 16:25:32" (ET) on SEC^[4][5] EDGAR, so the pin is timed to 4:25 p.m. ET (20:25 UTC), just before the "Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET" call.
Revenue rose 130% to $319.7 million, $100.7 million of it from the Base Electron data-centre power project, and B&W swung to a $14.3 million net profit. It raised the top of its 2026 adjusted EBITDA target range to $105 million.
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Architecture08/29/2017@ThePinGang
Apple Confirms Plans to Build Data Center in Iowa, Contribute Up to $100M to Community Projects
Apple…
Starts 12/31/2020 CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE5.7 years agoHappened as dated, per macrumors.com^[1]: "…ction on the data center is expected to start early next year, with plans to bring it online in 2020…"
Apple today announced plans to build a 400,000-square-foot data center in Waukee, Iowa, which will provide backend infrastructure for the App Store, Siri, Apple Music, iMessage, and other Apple services in North America. The facility, which it says will create over 550 construction and operations jobs in the Des Moines area. Authority reportedly approved a deal on Thursday that will give Apple $208 million in state and local tax breaks to construct two data centers near Des Moines. Apple will reportedly buy 2,000 acres of land for the project, allowing for future development in the area.
$1.3B
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Babcock & Wilcox Signs 1 GW Data Center Power Deal With Applied Digital
Babcock & Wilcox…Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, United States
Starts 11/04/2025 10:28PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE323 days agoStated as done, per babcock.com^[1][6]: "(AKRON, Ohio - November 4, 2025) - Babcock & Wilcox ... announced today that it has ... [signed] an agreement for a limited notice to proceed"; the Business Wire copy on Yahoo Finance is timestamped 22:28 UTC and the SEC^[2][3][5] 8-K was accepted at 17:31 ET.
Babcock & Wilcox signed a limited notice to proceed on a project valued at over $1.5 billion to design and install four 300 MW gas-fired boiler and steam turbine plants for an Applied Digital AI Factory, its entry into AI data-centre power.
$1.5B
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Babcock & Wilcox Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2025 Results
1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox…
Starts 03/04/2026 11:40AMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE203 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "(AKRON, Ohio – March 4, 2026)" with no clock time, and the Form 8-K furnishing it as Exhibit 99.1 shows "Accepted 2026-03-04 06:40:37" (ET) on SEC^[3][4][5] EDGAR, so the pin is timed to 06:40 ET (11:40 UTC); the call to discuss it came later, on "Monday, March 16, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET".
Fourth-quarter revenue was $161.0 million and adjusted EBITDA $16.4 million, and full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA rose 107% to $43.7 million. Backlog reached $2.8 billion with the $2.4 billion Base Electron AI data-centre power project announced the same morning.
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Space09/20/2026@TechDesk
Amazon Leo Consumer Satellite Internet Launch
Amazon…Seattle, Washington
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED6 months late74% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysAmazon says consumer service comes 'later this year'; one report puts consumer beta in five countries in late 2026 or early 2027. The last day of 2026 is used.^[1]
Amazon says it has launched enough Leo satellites for initial service and will open its satellite broadband to consumers later in 2026, after an enterprise preview that began April 8.
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Health09/23/2026@HealthDesk
Abbott Agrees to Buy Exact Sciences for $21 Billion
Abbott Laboratories…Abbott Labs, 100, Abbott Park Road, Illinois, 60064, United States
Starts 11/20/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE307 days agoThe release is datelined "ABBOTT PARK, Ill., and MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced a definitive agreement".^[1]
Abbott agreed to buy Cologuard maker Exact Sciences for $105 a share in cash, a total equity value of about $21 billion, to enter cancer screening and precision oncology diagnostics.
$21B
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Base Electron's 1.2 GW Gas Plant for Applied Digital Goes Online
Babcock & Wilcox…Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, United States
Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED2 years late76% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA target year, per bismarcktribune.com^[1]: Base Electron's Tyler Hammond said that if the permit is approved "construction would commence in the second quarter of 2027 and the plant would be operational in 2030"; a year alone is dated to its last day.
The 1,200 MW gas-fired plant Babcock & Wilcox is building for Base Electron near Center, North Dakota, to power Applied Digital's AI data centres is now due to run in 2030, after B&W first promised power by the end of 2028.
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Amazon's article says it "was updated on August 18, 2026 to reflect Amazon's increased investment in northwest Louisiana", and Louisiana Economic Development's release is dated August 18, 2026.^[1]

Start: Aug 18, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Amazon Raises Louisiana Data Center Plan to $18 Billion

A third northwest Louisiana data center campus, at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport, lifts Amazon's planned investment from $12 billion to $18 billion and its expected jobs to up to 750 across three campuses.

Amazon increased its planned investment in northwest Louisiana to $18 billion, adding a third data center campus in Shreveport to its campuses across Caddo and Bossier Parishes; it builds on a $12 billion plan announced in February.^[1][2]
The new campus is at Resilient Technology Park in west Shreveport and brings an additional $6 billion of investment, 210 direct new jobs and, by Louisiana Economic Development's estimate, 499 indirect jobs.^[2][3][4]
Across all three campuses Amazon expects up to 750 full-time data center jobs and 2,500 additional positions in the community; LED estimates 1,784 indirect jobs for the full project.^[1][2]
STACK Infrastructure, developer and owner of all three campuses, expects up to 2,250 construction jobs and says construction on the new campus is set to finish in mid-2028.^[1][3]
Amazon says it pays 100% of the new energy infrastructure and grid upgrades with Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) and will invest up to $400 million in public water infrastructure for the campuses, at no cost to ratepayers.^[1][3]
Amazon is taking part in Louisiana's Data Center Sales and Use Tax Exemption for the full scope of the project.^[2][4]

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aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-data-center-louisiana-new-jobs
aboutamazon.com· Posted Sep 23, 2026· Starts Aug 18, 2026 ✓· 28% of score
Amazon's article says it "was updated on August 18, 2026 to reflect Amazon's increased investment in northwest Louisiana", and Louisiana Economic Development's release is dated August 18, 2026.
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Amazon Grows Northwest Louisiana Planned Investment to $18 Billion With New Shreveport Campus
opportunitylouisiana.gov· Published Aug 18, 2026· 24% of score
The state's own release: names Resilient Technology Park, the additional $6 billion, 210 direct and 499 indirect new jobs, and the sales and use tax exemption.^[1]
[3]85%
Amazon Web Services announces a third data center campus is coming to Shreveport
ksla.com· Published Aug 18, 2026· 24% of score
KSLA places the site in west Shreveport per STACK and reports STACK's mid-2028 construction completion target.
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Third Amazon data center campus part of Amazon's $18 billion Louisiana investment
wbrz.com· Published Aug 18, 2026· 24% of score
WBRZ confirms the $6 billion addition, the job estimates and the tax exemption.

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Computing09/23/2026@BuildDesk
Amazon and Wiwynn Expand Texas Server Rack Plant, Adding 1,000 Jobs
WiwynnWiwynn, Socorro Logistics Road, Socorro, El Paso County, Texas 79907, United States
Starts 09/09/2026CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE14 days agoAmazon's post, published 9 September 2026, says "Amazon and Wiwynn announced an expansion of Wiwynn's manufacturing operations in Socorro, Texas"; KVIA^[4] reports the ribbon-cutting was held that Wednesday.
Wiwynn's server-rack plant in Socorro, near El Paso and its first US factory, is expanding to make hardware for Amazon's data centers, with nearly 1,000 new manufacturing jobs expected by the end of 2027 and a Wiwynn investment of over $1.6 billion.
$1.6B
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Climate09/23/2026@ClimateDesk
Amazon Commits $20M to Colorado River Water Conservation
Amazon…Hoover Dam, Mohave County, Arizona, United States
Starts 09/21/2026CONFIRMED 81% CONFIDENCE2 days agoAmazon's announcement, published September 21, 2026, says "Amazon is launching the Colorado River Basin Collaborative (CRBC) and plans to invest $20 million".^[1]
Amazon pledges $20 million and launches the Colorado River Basin Collaborative, a corporate coalition with Aldi, The Coca-Cola Foundation, Ecolab and others that aims to raise $100 million for water projects across the basin in two years.
$20M
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Energy06/21/2017@ThePinGang
Amazon to install solar systems on 50 fulfillment facility rooftops worldwide by 2020
Amazon
Starts 01/01/2020 CONFIRMED 83% CONFIDENCE6.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the pin description: "…The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawat…"
The initial solar projects planned for completion by the end of 2017 will generate up to 41 megawatts (MW) of power at Amazon facilities in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Nevada and Delaware. Depending on the specific project, time of year and other factors, a solar installation could generate as much as 80 percent of a single fulfillment facility’s annual energy needs.
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AI09/23/2026@TechDesk
Google Commits €13 Billion to Finnish AI Data Centres
Google…Google Hamina data centre, Pilaritie, Petkele, Hamina, Kymenlaakso 49420, Finland
Starts 09/09/2026CONFIRMED 85% CONFIDENCE14 days agoGoogle's post dated "Sep 09, 2026" says "Today, we're deepening that commitment with a €13 billion investment", and its press release carries the dateline September 9, 2026.^[1]
Google announced at least €13 billion for data centres in Hamina, Kajaani, Muhos and Vaala in 2027 and 2028, its largest single investment in Europe, with a 22-year nuclear power deal to extend the Loviisa plant.
€13B
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Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
UPS Completes $1 Billion Expansion of Worldport to 5.2 Million Square Feet
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, Louisville, KY, USAUPS
Starts 04/30/2010ESTIMATED 70% CONFIDENCE16.4 years agoNo source gives an exact completion date. UPS's own first-quarter release of 27 April 2010 (the pin's reference) says the second phase of the Worldport expansion opened during the quarter, while PARCEL Industry (28 April 2010) and Wikipedia place the completed expansion in April 2010. Dated to the last day of April 2010 as an estimate; the previous 2010-04-27 was the press release date.^[1]
UPS finished a second, roughly $1 billion expansion of its Worldport air-freight hub in Louisville, Kentucky, adding 1.2 million square feet and lifting the total footprint to 5.2 million square feet. The upgrade raised the hub's sorting capacity by 37%, to 416,000 packages an hour.
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Babcock & Wilcox Reports Q2 2026 Results and Raises EBITDA Target
1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox…
Starts 08/10/2026 8:25PMCONFIRMED 84% CONFIDENCE44 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "(AKRON, Ohio – August 10, 2026)" with no clock time, and the Form 8-K furnishing it (Item 2.02) shows "Accepted 2026-08-10 16:25:32" (ET) on SEC^[4][5] EDGAR, so the pin is timed to 4:25 p.m. ET (20:25 UTC), just before the "Monday, August 10, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET" call.
Revenue rose 130% to $319.7 million, $100.7 million of it from the Base Electron data-centre power project, and B&W swung to a $14.3 million net profit. It raised the top of its 2026 adjusted EBITDA target range to $105 million.
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Architecture08/29/2017@ThePinGang
Apple Confirms Plans to Build Data Center in Iowa, Contribute Up to $100M to Community Projects
Apple…
Starts 12/31/2020 CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE5.7 years agoHappened as dated, per macrumors.com^[1]: "…ction on the data center is expected to start early next year, with plans to bring it online in 2020…"
Apple today announced plans to build a 400,000-square-foot data center in Waukee, Iowa, which will provide backend infrastructure for the App Store, Siri, Apple Music, iMessage, and other Apple services in North America. The facility, which it says will create over 550 construction and operations jobs in the Des Moines area. Authority reportedly approved a deal on Thursday that will give Apple $208 million in state and local tax breaks to construct two data centers near Des Moines. Apple will reportedly buy 2,000 acres of land for the project, allowing for future development in the area.
$1.3B
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Babcock & Wilcox Signs 1 GW Data Center Power Deal With Applied Digital
Babcock & Wilcox…Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, United States
Starts 11/04/2025 10:28PMCONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE323 days agoStated as done, per babcock.com^[1][6]: "(AKRON, Ohio - November 4, 2025) - Babcock & Wilcox ... announced today that it has ... [signed] an agreement for a limited notice to proceed"; the Business Wire copy on Yahoo Finance is timestamped 22:28 UTC and the SEC^[2][3][5] 8-K was accepted at 17:31 ET.
Babcock & Wilcox signed a limited notice to proceed on a project valued at over $1.5 billion to design and install four 300 MW gas-fired boiler and steam turbine plants for an Applied Digital AI Factory, its entry into AI data-centre power.
$1.5B
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Babcock & Wilcox Reports Q4 and Full-Year 2025 Results
1200, East Market Street, East End, Goodyear Heights, Akron, Summit County, Ohio, 44305, United StatesBabcock & Wilcox…
Starts 03/04/2026 11:40AMCONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE203 days agoStated as firm: the release is datelined "(AKRON, Ohio – March 4, 2026)" with no clock time, and the Form 8-K furnishing it as Exhibit 99.1 shows "Accepted 2026-03-04 06:40:37" (ET) on SEC^[3][4][5] EDGAR, so the pin is timed to 06:40 ET (11:40 UTC); the call to discuss it came later, on "Monday, March 16, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET".
Fourth-quarter revenue was $161.0 million and adjusted EBITDA $16.4 million, and full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA rose 107% to $43.7 million. Backlog reached $2.8 billion with the $2.4 billion Base Electron AI data-centre power project announced the same morning.
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Space09/20/2026@TechDesk
Amazon Leo Consumer Satellite Internet Launch
Amazon…Seattle, Washington
Starts 12/31/2026ESTIMATED6 months late74% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysAmazon says consumer service comes 'later this year'; one report puts consumer beta in five countries in late 2026 or early 2027. The last day of 2026 is used.^[1]
Amazon says it has launched enough Leo satellites for initial service and will open its satellite broadband to consumers later in 2026, after an enterprise preview that began April 8.
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Health09/23/2026@HealthDesk
Abbott Agrees to Buy Exact Sciences for $21 Billion
Abbott Laboratories…Abbott Labs, 100, Abbott Park Road, Illinois, 60064, United States
Starts 11/20/2025CONFIRMED 86% CONFIDENCE307 days agoThe release is datelined "ABBOTT PARK, Ill., and MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Abbott (NYSE: ABT) and Exact Sciences (NASDAQ: EXAS) today announced a definitive agreement".^[1]
Abbott agreed to buy Cologuard maker Exact Sciences for $105 a share in cash, a total equity value of about $21 billion, to enter cancer screening and precision oncology diagnostics.
$21B
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Energy09/23/2026@EnergyDesk
Base Electron's 1.2 GW Gas Plant for Applied Digital Goes Online
Babcock & Wilcox…Center, Oliver County, North Dakota, United States
Starts 12/31/2030DELAYED2 years late76% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA target year, per bismarcktribune.com^[1]: Base Electron's Tyler Hammond said that if the permit is approved "construction would commence in the second quarter of 2027 and the plant would be operational in 2030"; a year alone is dated to its last day.
The 1,200 MW gas-fired plant Babcock & Wilcox is building for Base Electron near Center, North Dakota, to power Applied Digital's AI data centres is now due to run in 2030, after B&W first promised power by the end of 2028.
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