Skanska has signed a $1.2bn contract to build four data centres in the southeastern United States, the largest single data centre order the Swedish construction group has announced. The client is an existing customer, and Skanska is not saying who it is.
The four buildings will total around 75,000 square metres, or roughly 808,000 square feet, and Skanska’s scope covers the shell and the interior fit-out for technical spaces, support areas, and office functions. Construction starts in the third quarter of this year and is expected to finish in the third quarter of 2028.
The contract, worth about SEK 11.2bn, will be booked in Skanska USA’s order intake for the third quarter. In a sector where announcements often outrun contracts, that detail is the one that matters, because order bookings are audited and press releases are not.
It is also the kind of order that has been reshaping the industrial supply chain around it, from cable and conduit makers to switchgear suppliers, and it is why Prysmian paid $3.8bn for Atkore earlier this year.
Skanska has not named the state, the campus, or the tenant. It has also not said whether the four buildings sit on one site or several, which for a project of this size is a meaningful omission rather than a formality.
