Chris Schuler of Century Builders joined leaders from Applied Digital and McGough Construction for a discussion on the planning, preparation, and construction coordination behind large-scale AI infrastructure.
Featured speakers
- Brad BartonEVP of Development · Applied Digital
- Chris SchulerOwner · Century Builders
- Derek HoeschenProject Executive · McGough Construction
What the feature covers
In this BrightTALK feature, industry leaders discuss what it takes to bring a 100 MW AI factory from blueprint to reality. The conversation offers a front-row look at Applied Digital's AI data center campus in Ellendale, North Dakota, as it broke ground, and the coordination that projects at this scale demand.
Chris Schuler of Century Builders was featured in the discussion, joining Brad Barton of Applied Digital and Derek Hoeschen of McGough Construction. Together, the speakers explore the planning, site preparation, and contracting discipline behind large-scale AI infrastructure.
Topics explored
- Integrated planning across owner, contractor, and trade partners
- Sustainable site preparation at campus scale
- Precision contracting under aggressive schedules
- Bringing a 100 MW AI factory from blueprint to reality
- A front-row look at the Ellendale campus as it broke ground
Why it matters
AI factories place extraordinary demands on construction coordination — power, cooling, structure, utilities, schedule, and safety all have to advance together. Discussions like this one underscore the field realities behind high-density compute infrastructure.
For Century Builders, the themes in this conversation connect directly to the company's mission-critical construction experience and its work connected to the Ellendale AI data center.
