Top 400 Contractors Hit Craft Ceiling as AI Boom Strains Skilled Labor Resources

Top 400 Contractor revenue rose 11.8% to $671.4 billion in 2025, propelled by a surge of data center projects that have intensified power generation and infrastructure needs in their wake. With an estimated nearly $7 trillion that cloud service providers will spend to bring their artificial intelligence operations up to speed, contractors say the ongoing AI boom is a big opportunity for construction.