Global construction major Turner Construction Company is riding the worldwide surge in demand for data centers, more than doubling its revenue from the segment in just a year. The company reported that its data center revenue jumped from $3.6 billion in 2024 to $6.4 billion in the first nine months of 2025, underlining the scale at which digital infrastructure spending is accelerating.
Data centers have now become one of Turner’s biggest growth engines. The company said almost 40 percent of its $40.3 billion total order backlog is now linked to data center construction. Given the momentum, Turner expects to close 2025 with around $9 billion in data center revenue for the full year.
The company’s backlog currently includes work for more than 30 clients across over 250 projects worldwide. Apart from data centers, Turner is also heavily involved in building semiconductor manufacturing facilities and other forms of artificial-intelligence-driven infrastructure, all of which are seeing unprecedented levels of investment globally.
Chris McFadden, vice president at Turner Construction Company, said that demand for new data center capacity remains exceptionally strong. Clients, he noted, are already placing advance orders for major mechanical and electrical systems that will only be delivered in 2027. Such early commitments indicate long-term confidence in the sector.
According to McFadden, Turner is actively working with both customers and suppliers to secure critical long-lead materials and ensure that project timelines remain intact. This approach is aimed at protecting schedules, managing potential supply-chain bottlenecks and ensuring predictable execution as capacity requirements continue to rise.
Turner operates as a subsidiary of Germany-based construction services firm Hochtief, which in turn is majority-owned by Spanish infrastructure giant ACS. The strong performance at Turner reflects the wider push by the ACS group into digital infrastructure, one of the fastest-growing segments within global construction.
Financial results released recently by ACS show a series of major data center wins during the first nine months of 2025. Among the most significant is a $15 billion data center complex in Wisconsin under OpenAI’s ambitious Stargate programme. The project is viewed as a cornerstone investment in AI-focused computing infrastructure.
Another key project is a commitment of over $6 billion to build a 100-megawatt data center in Pennsylvania for CoreWeave. This facility is purpose-built for AI workloads and high-performance computing. ACS has also secured a high-density, 64-megawatt liquid-cooling-ready data center in Cyberjaya, as well as a data center project in Madrid.
Of these marquee projects, Turner is directly involved in the Wisconsin Stargate facility, the CoreWeave data center in Pennsylvania and the Madrid project. Another ACS subsidiary, Dragados, is also working alongside Turner on the Madrid development, while the Cyberjaya facility is being delivered by Leighton, another group company.
The expanding order book reflects how artificial intelligence, cloud computing and digital transformation are reshaping capital expenditure priorities across the world. Hyperscale technology companies and specialised AI firms are racing to add computing capacity, driving a construction boom that is now firmly global in scale.
Beyond data centers, ACS and Turner also reported several fresh orders in the semiconductor sector. These projects are expected to be executed by Turner and add another layer of growth, as chip manufacturing continues to attract massive investment from governments and private players alike.
Industry experts note that the combination of data centers and semiconductor fabs is creating a multi-year growth runway for construction firms with the technical capability to handle complex mechanical, electrical and cooling systems. Compared to traditional commercial real estate, these projects are more capital-intensive, technically demanding and require longer planning horizons.
For Turner and its parent group, this shift marks a strategic transformation. Once known primarily for large commercial and infrastructure projects, the company is now firmly positioned at the heart of the AI and digital infrastructure boom. With clients committing years in advance and project pipelines stretching well beyond 2027, the outlook for data center-led construction growth appears strong.
