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It’s official: More money is now spent building data centers than the government spends on transportation
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It’s official: More money is now spent building data centers than the government spends on transportation

MarketWatch · Jun 2, 2026, 1:01 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

A notable milestone was quietly reached in the April construction-spending report released by the Census Bureau on Monday: Construction spending on data centers overtook public spending on transportation.

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