r/Infrastructurist • u/MOCingbird • 20d ago

My new LEGO IDEAS design "The Urban Water Cycle" illustrates the journey of water from its source to the city and back into nature - highlighting municipal infrastructure and seven related professions. The model needs 10,000 supporters for the chance to become an official LEGO set.

16 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/throwaway16830261 • 15h ago

US tech giants warn Europe that ditching US tech giants could cost €115B: "Amazon, Google, Meta among members of lobby group funding dire warnings over cloud sovereignty plans"

theregister.com

42 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 1d ago

Why Google is paying to upgrade nuclear power plants

33 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/throwaway16830261 • 1d ago

European datacenter boom threatens higher energy bills unless governments intervene: "Moody's forecasts server farms could consume 17% of Dutch electricity and 30% of Ireland's by 2035"

theregister.com

11 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 3d ago

How Public Toilets Explain America — A new book chronicles the troubled history of restroom access in US cities and shows how these spaces have always reflected and reinforced social inequality

117 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 6d ago

The future of commuter rail could be taking shape in Boston — A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.

292 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 8d ago

Munich's 4.3 km tunnel ($2.8B) connected its suburban lines into a rail network 100x longer, carrying 840,000 trips a day. Through-running is the cheapest way to turn commuter rail into a metro.

worksinprogress.co

169 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 8d ago

To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects — The companies have faced waves of public backlash in Texas. To battle that negative public perception, they’ve donated millions to community causes and needs.

16 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 9d ago

Going Beyond the Toilet — The new book “After the Flush” explores the history of urban sanitation and makes a case for environmentally friendly alternatives to water-wasting sewer systems.

63 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/alexbarbershop • 10d ago

SOMEBODY'S GOTTA BUILD IT ⭐️ Texas-Mexico High Speed Rail 🚄 Texas Triangle & Mexico Tren Del Norte

22 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 10d ago

Why 5,000 US Dams Just Became Deadly — And Yours Might Be One

35 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 11d ago

The oil apocalypse is here

2 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/PopulistGuru • 13d ago

A proposal for a $5 trillion National Infrastructure Bank to provide long-term financing for transportation, energy, housing, and other public infrastructure. It worked for Alexander Hamilton!

52 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 14d ago

Brightline shows people want more trains. But who will pay for them?

227 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 15d ago

Britain's HS2: The Fully Avoidable Disaster

20 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 16d ago

Why Japan has such good railways

worksinprogress.co

48 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/pdp10 • 17d ago

Why West Virginia is Spending $2B on One Road

20 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/NorTracksBlog • 17d ago

Passenger rail car investment an opportunity to reintroduce train service along Lake Superior’s North Shore

northerntracks.blog

46 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/thinkB4WeSpeak • 18d ago

California's water systems weren't built for wildfire

30 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 18d ago

Brightline Florida files for bankruptcy, SoCal-Las Vegas high-speed rail project faces delays

finance.yahoo.com

180 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/thinkcontext • 18d ago

Africa's cement boom signals next great shift in global energy use

19 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/TimesandSundayTimes • 20d ago

Green light for £400m Shetland tunnel project

24 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/works-in-progress • 21d ago

We used to cheaply dig up roads to put trains underneath. Ever-better tunnel boring machines have made this disruption unnecessary.

worksinprogress.co

86 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/stefeyboy • 22d ago

An Idaho county banned wind and solar projects. Some locals are having regrets. Including the Republican commissioner who instigated the moratorium.

motherjones.com

662 Upvotes

r/Infrastructurist • u/Wuz314159 • 25d ago

Gen Z Didn’t Kill Nightlife

346 Upvotes

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