Infrastructure News 16 December 2025

AI’s “Pick-and-Shovel” Boom: Power, Cooling and Networking Stocks Take the Spotlight in 2026

NEW YORK, January 2, 2026, 07:07 ET Investors are starting 2026 by shifting attention from headline AI model makers to the physical plumbing that keeps data centers running — power, cooling and networking — as valuations rise across the sector.

2 January 2026

Warsaw commuters get 10-minute WKD trains in 2026 — until January works hit key station

NEW YORK, December 31, 2025, 20:05 ET Warsaw commuter rail operator Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa (WKD) will roll out a new timetable on Jan. 1 that raises peak-hour service on its busiest section to every 10 minutes, the company said. WKD

1 January 2026

Infrastructure

Atmos Energy starts Kingsport’s Watauga Street gas line upgrades Jan. 5 — what to expect

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 11:06 ET Atmos Energy will begin upgrading natural gas lines along Watauga Street in Kingsport, Tennessee, on Jan. 5, the city said on Tuesday. Local outlet WJHL reported the work will be carried out in

30 December 2025

Energy · Infrastructure · Local News

RVNL tops Rs 201 crore East Coast Railway wagon workshop tender, putting shares back in focus

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 00:07 ET Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) said it has emerged as the lowest bidder (L1) for a Rs 201.23 crore ($2.01 billion rupees) works tender from India’s East Coast Railway to set up a

30 December 2025

Business News · Infrastructure · Stock Market

Major Quebec train derailment shuts Sept-Îles–Schefferville rail line for 7–10 days

NEW YORK, December 30, 2025, 00:04 ET A derailment on the rail line linking Sept-Îles and Schefferville in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region has shut the route for up to 10 days, mining company IOC said on Monday. Passenger train service on

30 December 2025

Infrastructure · News · Transportation

New expressway makes Ahmedabad-to-Salangpur Hanuman temple trip faster — even before official opening

NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 12:29 ET Motorists in India’s Gujarat state have begun using the newly built Ahmedabad–Dholera expressway to cut travel time to the Salangpur Hanumanji temple, even though the corridor has not been formally inaugurated, local outlet

29 December 2025

Infrastructure · News · Travel

Egypt’s “Suez Canal on Rails”: Track-Laying Begins on the High-Speed Rail Megaproject Linking the Red Sea and Mediterranean

Workers have begun laying tracks in the desert east of Cairo, marking a visible new phase in Egypt’s first high-speed, electrified rail corridor—an ambitious “Green Line” intended to connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean and reshape how people and

26 December 2025

Infrastructure · Transportation

Budapest Update Dec. 25, 2025: Gellért and Rác Baths Renovation Delays Deepen as BKK Signs MOL Bubi 3.0 Contract

BUDAPEST, Hungary — December 25, 2025. Budapest is closing out the year with two headline stories that matter to both residents and visitors: the city’s famous thermal bath renovations are facing renewed uncertainty after a key financing step stalled, while

25 December 2025

Infrastructure · News

San Francisco PG&E Power Outage on Dec. 20, 2025: 125,000 Customers in the Dark, BART and Muni Disrupted After Substation Fire

SAN FRANCISCO — Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 — A massive, fast-moving PG&E power outage swept across San Francisco, leaving roughly one-third of the city without electricity at its peak and triggering cascading disruptions: darkened streetlights and traffic signals, halted or

21 December 2025

Infrastructure · Power Outages

Tantramar Gas Plant Update (Dec. 19, 2025): NB Power Defends Centre Village Project as Well-Water and Blackout Debate Intensifies

TANTRAMAR, N.B. — New Brunswick’s most closely watched energy fight is now colliding with two issues residents say they can’t afford to gamble with: the reliability of the provincial power grid and the safety of local groundwater. In the latest

19 December 2025

Energy · Infrastructure

Data Center Stocks Today: Micron Ignites an AI Infrastructure Rebound as Oracle Funding Questions and Power-Grid Costs Loom (Dec. 18, 2025)

Dec. 18, 2025 — U.S. markets, early afternoon (about 1:50 PM ET at the time of writing). U.S.-listed data center stocks are back in focus today as investors rotate into (and selectively out of) the companies that power the AI buildout: memory and

18 December 2025

AI · Data Centers · Infrastructure · Market Trends · Technology Stocks

LIRR Penn Station Service Disrupted by Broken Rail in East River Tunnel, Trains Diverted to Grand Central and Atlantic Terminal (Dec. 16, 2025)

NEW YORK — Thousands of Long Island Rail Road riders faced an unpredictable Tuesday morning commute after a broken rail in an East River tunnel sharply reduced service into New York Penn Station, forcing widespread diversions to alternate terminals and

16 December 2025

Infrastructure

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