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Vantage Data Centers' Frontier — a $25B, 1.4 GW Oracle-OpenAI Stargate AI data center near Abilene, TX and the largest campus in Vantage's global portfolio — requires ten low voltage systems with an estimated campus-wide LV opportunity approaching $1 billion. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 8, 2026

Permit records show a $36M expansion of the Atlanta Botanical Garden — part of a $160M Beltline-facing capital campaign — requiring seven low voltage systems including AV, security, and building automation, with an estimated $2.5M in LV work. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 7, 2026

Meta's Hyperion — its largest data center to date, a $10B, 4 million-square-foot AI campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana — requires ten low voltage systems with an estimated $400 million in LV and structured infrastructure work. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 6, 2026

A $20.5M renovation package at LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal — part of LAWA's $1.6B refresh ahead of the 2028 Olympics — requires five low voltage systems including aviation security, public address, and flight-information displays, with an estimated $1.4M in LV work. Here's what contractors need to know.

Jul 5, 2026

Hut 8's Beacon Point — a 525-acre, 1 GW AI data center near Corpus Christi in Nueces County, TX with a combined ~$17B first-two-phase investment — requires ten low voltage systems with an estimated $680 million in LV and structured infrastructure work. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 4, 2026

Permit records show a $15.1 million renovation of a Raleigh police facility on Atlantic Avenue that requires eight low voltage systems — nearly all security and communications — with an estimated $1.2 million in LV work. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 3, 2026

Vantage Data Centers' $15B Lighthouse campus — an Oracle-OpenAI Stargate AI data center in Port Washington, WI — is under construction and requires ten low voltage systems with an estimated $600 million in LV and structured infrastructure work. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 2, 2026

Michigan's largest-ever project — Related Digital's $16B "The Barn" Oracle-OpenAI Stargate AI data center in Saline Township — requires ten low voltage systems with an estimated $640 million in LV and structured infrastructure work. Here's what low voltage contractors need to know.

Jul 1, 2026

A $3 million Six Flags Over Texas permit in Arlington — tied to the Tormenta Rampaging Run giga dive coaster opening summer 2026 — requires eight low voltage systems including AV, POS, public address, and DAS. The estimated LV contract value is approximately $262,000.

May 18, 2026

A $73.8 million David L. Tippin Water Treatment Facility (DLTWTF) Master Plan Improvements project in Tampa requires six LV and OT systems — SCADA, structured cabling, access control, CCTV, fire alarm, and DAS. The estimated LV/OT contract value is approximately $2.5 million.

May 17, 2026

A $4.89 million Morehouse College residence hall at 830 Westview Drive SW in Atlanta requires seven low voltage systems — structured cabling, access control, CCTV, AV, fire alarm, emergency communications, and intrusion detection. The estimated LV contract value is approximately $335,000.

May 16, 2026

A $31.3 million H-E-B grocery store at 10137 IH-10 East in Converse (San Antonio metro) requires five low voltage systems — structured cabling, POS, CCTV, access control, and fire alarm. The estimated LV contract value is approximately $1.26 million.

May 14, 2026

A $3 million replica smart building at the Northland Workforce Training Center in Buffalo requires seven low voltage systems — structured cabling, smart controls, fire alarm, access control, CCTV, AV, and DAS. The estimated LV contract value is approximately $260,000.

May 12, 2026

A $115 million Sludge Digestion System Improvements project at the Howard F. Curren Advanced Wastewater Treatment Plant in Tampa, FL requires five low voltage systems — SCADA, instrumentation, control systems, electrical systems, and automation. Two 2.4M-gallon gas-holding anaerobic digesters are replacing 1950s-era originals under a Garney Construction design-build GMP. Estimated LV / OT scope: ~$3.5 million by early 2028.

May 10, 2026

The $750 million privately-funded Chicago Fire FC stadium at 1331 S Wells Street in The 78 broke ground March 3, 2026 and requires seven low voltage systems including AV, Wi-Fi, fire alarm, DAS, structured cabling, access control, and CCTV. The 22,000-seat MLS venue, designed by Gensler and built by a Pepper / GMA / All Construction JV, opens for the 2028 MLS season. Estimated LV scope: ~$37.5 million.

May 9, 2026