--- title: Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data... description: Skanska has signed a $1.2bn contract to build four data centres totaling about 75,000 square metres in the southeastern United States for an unnamed existing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data centres for an unnamed client | daily.dev og:description: Skanska has signed a $1.2bn contract to build four data centres totaling about 75,000 square metres in the southeastern United States for an unnamed existing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dE6akB89X.png og:image:alt: Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data centres for an unnamed client og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data centres for an unnamed client **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Skanska has signed a $1.2bn contract to build four data centres totaling about 75,000 square metres in the southeastern United States for an unnamed existing client, its largest single data centre order to date. Construction begins in Q3 and is expected to finish in Q3 2028. The order follows a string of American data centre contracts this year in Georgia and Virginia, and lands after Skanska's best quarter on record, with data centres now making up roughly a tenth of its SEK 297.5bn backlog. The announcement omits details on site count, power, water, and grid connection, which typically fall to the client rather than the builder. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How much is Skanska's new data centre contract in the southeastern US worth? Skanska signed a $1.2bn contract, about SEK 11.2bn, to build four data centres totaling roughly 75,000 square metres in the southeastern United States for an unnamed existing client. Construction starts in the third quarter and is due to finish in the third quarter of 2028, and the order will be booked in Skanska USA's third-quarter order intake. _Anyone tracking data centre construction spend can follow deal sizes and timelines like this on daily.dev._ ### Why don't construction companies name the tenant when they announce a new data centre project? Confidentiality is standard practice in the data centre sector because hyperscale operators generally require it, which is why a construction firm can announce a billion-dollar order without disclosing who will occupy the buildings or what will run inside them. Skanska's southeastern US contract follows this pattern, along with a shell contract, a technical fit-out, and no named tenant. _Developers curious about hyperscale infrastructure trends can keep up with deals like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [A $1bn Spanish data centre deal, with no customer and no address](https://daily.dev/posts/a-1bn-spanish-data-centre-deal-with-no-customer-and-no-address-hgfnwvssp) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Equinix revealed as occupant of £3.9B UK datacenter campus](https://daily.dev/posts/equinix-revealed-as-occupant-of-3-9b-uk-datacenter-campus-wwbab9fit) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [US-listed data centre operator Equinix doubles down on South Africa](https://daily.dev/posts/us-listed-data-centre-operator-equinix-doubles-down-on-south-africa-r7qd6sryw) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Google will invest €13bn in four Finnish data centre sites over two years](https://daily.dev/posts/google-will-invest-13bn-in-four-finnish-data-centre-sites-over-two-years-w2q886v5f) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#infrastructure](https://daily.dev/tags/infrastructure) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data centres for an unnamed client","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x"},"datePublished":"2026-08-20T09:28:43.403Z","dateModified":"2026-08-20T09:29:06.755Z","description":"Skanska has signed a $1.2bn contract to build four data centres totaling about 75,000 square metres in the southeastern United States for an unnamed existing...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c86a83fc106e0523712731ba6499a2b5?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c86a83fc106e0523712731ba6499a2b5?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"infrastructure","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Skanska takes a $1.2bn order to build four US data centres for an unnamed client"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/skanska-takes-a-1-2bn-order-to-build-four-us-data-centres-for-an-unnamed-client-de6akb89x#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How much is Skanska's new data centre contract in the southeastern US worth?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Skanska signed a $1.2bn contract, about SEK 11.2bn, to build four data centres totaling roughly 75,000 square metres in the southeastern United States for an unnamed existing client. 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