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Tampa's $235 million InVision Streetcar project extends the TECO Line 1.3 miles into Tampa Heights and modernizes the existing 2.7-mile system with ten new low-floor vehicles and rebuilt stations. Five low voltage systems and an estimated $17.6 million in LV work — in a discipline most building integrators have never bid. HDR holds the design contract; nothing on the construction side is awarded.

Jul 31, 2026

Meta broke ground on Project Anthem, a $1 billion, 2-million-square-foot AI data center on 340 acres at Fair Oaks Innovation Park in East Tulsa. Ten low voltage systems, an estimated $40 million in LV work, and no technology package holder named. The standout detail: Meta is funding a Tulsa Tech and Tulsa Community College program to graduate 200+ technicians a year in fiber optics and structured cabling.

Jul 30, 2026

A $375 million four-story hall is being built over Pico Boulevard to join the LA Convention Center's West and South Halls into one contiguous 750,000 square foot exhibit floor. Six low voltage systems, an estimated $30.2 million in LV work, and a schedule unlike anything else on the board — handover to LA28 by March 2028, a five-month construction pause for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, then completion in Spring 2029.

Jul 29, 2026

Microsoft has broken ground on a $386 million, 48 MW data center campus at Alviso in North San Jose — two buildings totaling about 397,000 square feet with an onsite 115 kV substation. Ten low voltage systems, an estimated $28.9 million in LV work, and no low voltage, security, fire alarm, or commissioning package holder named. HITT Contracting is the GC.

Jul 28, 2026

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is building ARC II, a 16-story, 865,000 square foot research tower in Memphis with 130 lab spaces across 13 floors — roughly $810 million total, requiring seven low voltage systems worth an estimated $60.8 million. The permit Signal tracked covers structure and mechanical only; the lab technology fit-outs have not been permitted or bid.

Jul 27, 2026

OpenAI's $20 billion Project Camellia will put four data center buildings and 3.2 gigawatts of Georgia Power capacity on a 1,400-acre site in Effingham County, requiring eleven low voltage systems with an estimated $800 million in LV work. No general contractor, electrical prime, or technology package holder has been named — the entire buyout is open.

Jul 26, 2026

A $21.5 million tenant build-out in downtown Detroit will house the BAMF Health and Henry Ford Health Comprehensive Theranostics Center, requiring five low voltage systems with an estimated $1.6 million in LV work. Cyclotrons, hot cells, and a commercial radiopharmacy turn access control and surveillance into regulated materials security — and no LV subcontractor has been named yet.

Jul 25, 2026

Oppidan's $30.7M Connect Albuquerque edge data center in the Westpointe 40 Business Park needs 5 low voltage systems — structured cabling, fiber, access control, CCTV, and DAS — with an estimated $2.8M in LV work plus multi-tenant fit-out bays to follow.

Jul 23, 2026

TDLR filings confirm Amazon's $1.2B Project Eagle — four data center buildings on 2,700 acres in Wharton County, TX, starting August 2026 — requiring 10 low voltage systems with an estimated $48M in LV work. No contractors named yet.

Jul 21, 2026

Pinnacle Dermatology is building a $7.5M, 21,362 sq ft flagship clinic at 1200 Rahling Rd in west Little Rock — requiring 5 low voltage systems with an estimated $450K in LV work across the clinic fit-out and medical tenant shell space.

Jul 20, 2026

Rowan closed nearly $3B in green financing for Project Temple, a 300 MW turnkey hyperscale campus in Temple, TX — a 1M sq ft first building under construction, requiring 10 low voltage systems with an estimated $120M in LV work. LV packages not yet awarded.

Jul 19, 2026

A $4.5M ground-up Veterans Center at Alamo Colleges' Palo Alto College campus in San Antonio requires 7 low voltage systems with an estimated $270K in LV work — the latest step in the district's campus-by-campus veterans facility buildout.

Jul 18, 2026

Galaxy filed $3.5B in permits for Helios Phase 2 in Dickens County, TX — three buildings, 1M+ sq ft at a former bitcoin mine turned CoreWeave AI campus, requiring 10 low voltage systems with an estimated $140M in LV work. LV packages not yet awarded.

Jul 17, 2026

Cleveland's $5.5M District 5 police station renovation — the largest permit in a $21M citywide program to modernize all five district stations — needs 6 low voltage systems with an estimated $330K in LV work, and nearly $1M across the three permitted stations.

Jul 16, 2026

DataBank closed a $2B construction loan for the first three buildings of its Red Oak campus south of Dallas — 292 acres, 480 MW at buildout, requiring 10 low voltage systems with an estimated $80M in LV work. LV packages not yet awarded.

Jul 15, 2026