{
  "id": 18320500,
  "title": "Baukonzern: Auftragsbücher von Hochtief dank KI-Boom so voll wie nie",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/baukonzern-auftragsbucher-von-hochtief-dank-ki-boom-so-voll-wie-nie",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-05T14:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Handelsblatt",
    "slug": "handelsblatt",
    "url": "https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/baukonzern-auftragsbuecher-von-hochtief-dank-ki-boom-so-voll-wie-nie/100267647.html"
  },
  "original_language": "de",
  "account": "The order books of the construction conglomerate Hochtief are now as full as they have ever been due to a surge in new contracts, particularly for data centers. The company announced that its order backlog had reached an all-time high of 90 billion euros by the end of September, marking a 29 percent increase compared to the previous year. Hochtief CEO Juan Santamaría attributed this record order backlog to excellent prospects for the future. Santamaría also serves as the head of Hochtief's parent company, ACS, a Spanish construction and infrastructure firm. According to Hochtief's quarterly report, the company received contracts worth nearly 27 billion euros specifically for data centers in the past 12 months alone. Hochtief has seen a rise in demand in growth sectors such as artificial intelligence, energy, defense, and critical minerals. The first nine months saw a 40 percent increase in the company's operating profit compared to the same period last year, reaching 752 million euros. Revenue grew by 14 percent to nearly 32 billion euros. The growth in profits and orders has been driven by increasing demand for modern infrastructure, including contracts for data centers in Asia, the United States, and Europe, the construction of a research and collection center for the Berlin Natural History Museum, work at the Sellafield nuclear site in the UK, and the expansion of a transmission network in Australia. Hochtief is globally employed by 64,400 people. The Hochtief AG in Essen is the parent company for a worldwide network of construction firms, with the majority of its business coming from its overseas subsidiaries Turner (USA) and Cimic (Australia). As of September 30, the company employed approximately 64,400 people, just 2 percent more than a year earlier. Since June 22, Hochtief has been listed in the Dax index.",
  "summary": "Der Baukonzern profitiert von wachsender Nachfrage in mehreren Zukunftsbranchen. Welche Projekte den Auftragsbestand besonders antreiben.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}