More than 305 million square feet of U.S. industrial real estate was under construction in Q2 2026, 18% higher than a year earlier, according to Cushman & Wakefield. The growth is predominantly propelled by demand from data-center equipment suppliers staging gear for AI campuses.
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US industrial construction up 18%, hits 305M sq ft on data-center demand
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Hardware, logistics, and manufacturing founders will see more modern industrial supply come online; the data-center supply chain is a fast-growing vertical worth targeting or building near.
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