Weekly quiz: Who is paying US$500 billion for the AI infrastructure project announced by Trump?

It鈥檚 the Construction Briefing weekly news quiz - how much attention have you been paying to events in the world of construction over the past seven days?

An AI-generated image of Donald Trump standing in front of a stargate Donald Trump announced a partnership between OpenAL, Oracle, Softbank and MGX would build US$500 billion of AI infrastructure in the USA (Image generated using AI)

1) US President Donald Trump has announced a private sector initiative with ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to build US$500 billion of next generation data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure in the US. What is the joint venture called?

  • Data First

  • Matrixt

  • Stargate

2) Brazil-based multi-national Vale this week signed a land reservation agreement with the Royal Commission of Jubail and Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, for the establishment of a multi-million dollar 鈥榤ega hub鈥� at Ras-Al-Khair Industrial City. What will it eventually produce?

  • Up to 12 million tons of cold-briquetted iron ore a year

  • 2.9 million tons of clean hydrogen a year

  • 140,000 litres of milk a day and 1.5 million square meters of leather annually

3) To meet expected demand, approximately how many new workers does the US construction industry need to attract according to the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) this week?

  • 39,000

  • 439,000

  • 3.9 million

4) What reason did Yanmar Compact Equipment give this week for its decision to pull out of this year鈥檚 Bauma Munich exhibition?

  • It wanted to prioritise direct support for its global dealer network and customers in 2025

  • It had set itself an ambitious target to be a greenhouse gas free corporation and was therefore limiting non-essential travel

  • A scheduling conflict with other international shows

5) Texas A&M University this week announced that Skanska is to build a new US$91 million 7,000 m2 facility. What will it be for?

  • AI and computer learning

  • Meat science and technology

  • Stetson studies

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