Hormuz shock turns oil and gas megaprojects into economic tests
Almost $2.5tn of the world's GlobalData’s tracked oil and gas projects has already reached pre-execution or execution. That would once…
21 Jul 2026
Vadhavan anchors India’s port ambitions as global investment tops $513bn
The $6bn Vadhavan Port development has become the flagship project within India's $59.5bn port construction pipeline, reinforcing the country's position as home to the world's largest tracked national portfolio of…
16 Jul 2026
Semiconductor construction is redrawing the industrial map
For much of the past decade, the semiconductor industry has competed for investment. Governments assembled increasingly generous incentive packages, manufacturers unveiled ambitious fabrication programmes and policymakers judged success by the…
14 Jul 2026
The Gulf turns aviation volatility into a delivery problem
Airlines have reverted to familiar instincts. Faced with geopolitical disruption, weaker demand and soaring fuel costs, they are trimming schedules, cutting capacity and reassessing growth. Airport owners are taking a…
09 Jul 2026
Bohai Strait can wait. Tunnelling’s commercial challenge is already underground
China's proposed Bohai Strait high-speed rail tunnel would stretch 120km beneath the sea between Dalian and Yantai, making it one of the most ambitious transport projects ever conceived. Yet for…
06 Jul 2026
China’s rail expansion raises the stakes for a $6.7tn global construction market
In January 2026, China’s national railway operator confirmed its ambition to increase China's operational railway network to around 180,000km by 2030, including 60,000km of high-speed rail trhough significant rail construction…
29 Jun 2026
Power availability pulls US data centre megacampuses to Texas and Arizona, as the sector’s build risks mount
The next generation of hyperscale data centres is gravitating towards Texas and Arizona for a reason that extends beyond land availability. As AI accelerates demand for computing capacity, electricity has…