As film, corrugated and aluminum costs rise in 2026, companies are using lightweighting and specification changes to manage product costs before raising prices.

Equipment availability is only one project variable. Skilled labor, contractor capacity and permitting increasingly determine when infrastructure gets built.

Indiana House Democrats want lawmakers to open their own NIPSCO review, adding a legislative track alongside the governor's regulatory investigation.

California's building electrification push is changing the skills facilities teams need to operate heat pumps, electrical systems and low-carbon buildings.

Smart DRS has processed 150,000 reusable cup returns in four months. The system is now being tested across festivals, arenas and seasonal venues.

A fresh $500 million DOE funding round targets electrolyte production, a battery supply segment still dominated by China, as Anthro breaks ground in Kentucky.

Steel, transformers and electrical equipment are rising at different rates, exposing gaps in construction escalation clauses for major infrastructure projects.

Insurers are looking deeper into supplier networks as concentrated sourcing and hidden upstream dependencies reshape business interruption risk.

Gary’s prolonged blackout is putting NIPSCO’s grid investments under scrutiny after years of spending aimed at reliability and faster outage recovery.

Amazon is expanding its Louisiana data center investment to $18 billion, adding a third campus as questions persist over who pays for new grid capacity.

Automotive supplier distress is showing up in cash flow, debt and investment decisions before bankruptcy, creating hidden risk for procurement teams.

Prysmian is investing $1.25B to expand U.S. fiber and cable production. Its three-state bet targets rising demand from AI infrastructure and data center growth.

Fixed supplier pricing can mask rising energy, freight and material costs. Procurement teams need to know whether promised prices are still sustainable.

GoldInxs is testing satellite-based exploration data alongside IP surveying and conventional geology as it narrows targets for drilling at Fishpot.

Generator, battery and microgrid costs tell only part of the resilience story. Outage duration, critical load and fuel access can change the economics.

Third-party battery ownership shifts capex off the buyer's books, but guarantees, remedies and counterparty strength determine who carries the real risk.

Novisto is bringing double materiality assessments into its ESG software. The platform helps teams log evidence, scoring and disclosures as requirements evolve.

New research is shifting space-based solar power from theoretical generation toward harder questions about power beaming, regulation and grid integration.

DOE's $60 million Prometheus initiative adds HiddenLayer for AI security as nuclear developers, labs and regulators expand AI into reactor licensing.

Grupo Bimbo expanded regenerative agriculture to more than 500,000 hectares in 2025 while advancing water reuse, electrification and waste reduction.