Biggest MegaProjects Now in the Pipeline

Episode #126 of Electrical Wholesaling's Today's Electrical Economy podcast looks at some of the largest megaprojects now in the construction pipeline and discusses some of the latest comments on the craziness in the copper market.

Jim Lucy

Aug. 11, 2025

Key Highlights

Learn about new construction projects with at least $100 million in construction value now in the pipeline.
Data center projects are still the most numreous with many campuses planned for more than $10 billion in construction value.
Freight car traffic continues to be one of the most bullish leading economic indicators.
Copper prices continue their historic volatility.

About the Author

Jim Lucy

Editor-in-Chief

Over the past 40-plus years, hundreds of Jim’s articles have been published in Electrical Wholesaling and Electrical Marketing newsletter on topics such as the impact of new competitors on the electrical market’s channels of distribution, energy-efficient lighting and renewables, and local market economics. In addition to his published work, Jim regularly gives presentations on these topics to C-suite executives, industry groups and investment analysts.

He recently launched a new subscription-based data product for Electrical Marketing that offers electrical sales potential estimates and related market data for more than 300 metropolitan areas, and in 1999 he published his first book, “The Electrical Marketer’s Survival Guide” for electrical industry executives looking for an overview of key market trends.

While managing Electrical Wholesaling’s editorial operations, Jim and the publication’s staff won several Jesse H. Neal awards for editorial excellence, the highest honor in the business press, and numerous national and regional awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. He has a master’s degree in Communications and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Glassboro State College, Glassboro, N.J. (now Rowan University).