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B2B comms agency for visionary brands radically changing the future of our buildings, cities and planet.

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Platform DC wants to turn a former Unilever factory in Warrington into a 260,000 sq ft data centre.

The plans include on-site fuel cells and closed-loop cooling.

More than 4,000 people have signed a petition against it.

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Meta's Louisiana data centre is creating a new local skills pipeline. A four-week technician course saw all 11 students in its first cohort receive job offers.

AI infrastructure needs tradespeople, not just chips.

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UK-listed groundworks specialist Keller has identified up to 1,000 potential acquisition targets, particularly in the US.

Its data centre exposure shows how the AI buildout is reshaping traditional construction.

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A north London block has spent six years behind scaffolding while cladding work remains unstarted.

For remediation teams, where is the biggest hold-up: applications, regulatory approval or delivery capacity?

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UK steelmakers now pay nearly £30/MWh more for electricity than French rivals, according to UK Steel.

Hard to talk about cheaper, cleaner construction materials without talking about industrial power prices.

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Listed UK housebuilders have issued 14 profit warnings this year, already above the 10 recorded in 2008, according to EY-Parthenon.

That says more about delivery conditions than any optimistic housing target.

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UK asking prices rose 1% in October, below the usual 1.3% rise. Rightmove also reports agreed sales down 8% year on year.

Higher mortgage costs are reaching even the more affordable markets.

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Microsoft has reportedly walked away from Nscale's Essex data centre deal. Grid power may not arrive until the 2030s.

You can secure a customer and still lose the project to an electricity connection.

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We're putting together a list of 20 built world companies more people should know about.

No giants. No obvious names.

Just genuinely impressive businesses building something useful.

Nominations welcome.

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Unpopular opinion: the built world doesn't have a technology shortage.

It has an adoption problem.

Too many brilliant products are being sold with explanations that make them harder to buy.

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Some PropTech websites read like they were written for other PropTech companies.

Which is fine, until you realise the person signing the contract doesn't understand half the terminology.

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The built world is full of founders who deserve more attention.

Nominate one building something genuinely interesting.

We'll check them out.

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Some of the world's most innovative built world companies have the most forgettable marketing.

Brilliant technology deserves better storytelling.

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£34.6m for a 55MW solar park in West Yorkshire.

@OctopusEnergy is backing proven renewable infrastructure.

Innovation matters. So does getting projects built.

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The UK doesn't lack climate tech innovation.

It lacks commercial adoption.

Innovate UK's FOAK Builder programme is tackling the gap between promising technology and investable projects.

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Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon has warned that rising financing costs and political uncertainty could affect the viability of some AI infrastructure projects.

Data centre demand is enormous, but that doesn't mean every proposed development will make financial sense.

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ICON has raised $200m in Series D funding, co-led by Baillie Gifford and BlackRock-managed funds.

The capital will help scale its robotic construction systems.

After years of demonstrating 3D-printed buildings, the next challenge is getting the tech into more builders' hands.

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We want to find the built world companies doing genuinely interesting things that aren't getting enough attention.

PropTech, ConTech, climate tech, real estate or infrastructure.

Under 100 employees.

Tell us who deserves more recognition and what they're building.

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German energy tech company 1KOMMA5° has raised €70m at a $1.35bn pre-money valuation.

The company plans to invest over €100m in its Heartbeat AI energy platform in 2027.

Managing how buildings consume, store and trade electricity is becoming a substantial technology business.

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Moveli has launched an AI-powered tool that turns property valuation proposals into interactive webpages.

Agents can see when sellers open or revisit them.

An interesting shift from producing marketing material to understanding how prospective customers engage with it.