Nonresidential construction spending rose 0.1% nationally in June, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annual rate, nonresidential spending totaled $1.277 trillion.
Spending was up on a monthly basis in 8 of 16 nonresidential subcategories. Both public and private nonresidential spending were up 0.1% in June. Private nonresidential construction spending was down nearly 5% from a year ago.
“Despite an ongoing data center construction boom, private nonresidential construction spending has declined to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $745.3 billion since the April 2025 peak, which translates into a decline exceeding 7%,” said ABC chief economist Anirban Basu.
“Tellingly, private nonresidential construction spending excluding data centers fell 0.6% in June 2026 and is down 7.9% year over year.”
Manufacturing construction recorded the sharpest year-over-year decline among the nonresidential categories, with spending down 21.4% from June 2025.
Meanwhile, data center construction was up 7% in June and up 46% from a year ago, Basu said, noting that contractors working on data centers continue to benefit from this momentum.
“According to ABC’s latest Construction Backlog Indicator, the 13% of ABC members under contract to work on data centers have significantly higher backlog [11.0 months] than the 87% that are not [8.5 months].”
