Archive - AEC Wire

they bought a factory and built the world's largest AI supercomputer in it

Twelve months. 41 gas turbines. One state line crossed. Why xAI's Colossus 2 is rewriting how every big project gets pursued.

May 8 • AEC Wire

April 2026

a museum that moves five feet

LACMA just opened a 900-foot building that floats on 56 base isolators. Plus: Trimble bought the AI that reads your contracts, and the ABI is the…

Apr 28 • AEC Wire

45% of engineering firms have no AI strategy at all

ACEC just surveyed 628 executives. The split inside the industry is worse than anyone expected. Plus: Revit learned to talk, $1.4 trillion in utility…

Apr 22 • AEC Wire

$3 trillion is about to hit the ground

the data center construction supercycle is rewriting which AEC firms win work. plus: steel at 50%, a mass timber tower in foreclosure, and the AI prompt…

Apr 10 • AEC Wire

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