TOKYO -- Japanese construction group Obayashi said Friday it has agreed to purchase U.S. data center builder GCON in a bid to capture growing demand for infrastructure from the artificial intelligence sector.
Construction group taps AI-driven demand to offset sluggish domestic market

GCON constructs a data center in the U.S. state of Arizona. (Obayashi)
TOKYO -- Japanese construction group Obayashi said Friday it has agreed to purchase U.S. data center builder GCON in a bid to capture growing demand for infrastructure from the artificial intelligence sector.