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    Contract ID: data-center-fastest-2026-06

    Will data centers be the fastest-growing U.S. construction category in June 2026?

    A clean yes-or-no version of the Build Race for the most visible construction narrative in technology and power markets.

    Independent source

    U.S. Census Bureau

    Private construction, seasonally adjusted annual rate

    Open source workbook

    May data-center growth

    +0.56%

    $58.977B to $59.307B SAAR

    May leader

    +1.11%

    Transportation

    Gap to first

    0.55 pp

    Reference month only

    Resolution rule

    Whether Data center has a strictly higher May-to-June percentage change than every other eligible category.

    Deterministic formula

    Data center MoM growth > max(other eligible category MoM growth)
    1. 1Retrieve the first official Census private-SA workbook that contains a June 2026 preliminary observation.
    2. 2Record the retrieval timestamp, workbook SHA-256, original Census URL, and an immutable Homecastr archive URI.
    3. 3Read the published integer values in millions of dollars SAAR; do not substitute a forecast or later revision.
    4. 4Calculate the Data center month-over-month growth rate and every comparator rate without rounding the intermediate result.
    5. 5Resolve Yes only if Data center is strictly greater than every comparator; otherwise resolve No.

    Tie and equality policy: An exact tie for the highest growth rate resolves No.

    Pre-market reference tape

    Data centers were second on the May reference tape, 0.55 percentage points behind transportation and fractionally ahead of communication.

    CategoryMay SAARMoM
    Transportation$19.713B+1.11%
    Data centers$59.307B+0.56%
    Communication$28.337B+0.56%
    Amusement and recreation$23.071B+0.27%

    Captured July 18, 2026. This is context, not a market probability or forecast.

    Source contract

    Publisher
    U.S. Census Bureau
    Dataset
    Value of Construction Put in Place
    Observation
    June 2026 preliminary
    Unit
    Millions of U.S. dollars at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR)

    Outcomes

    YesNo
    Exact source-label mapping
    • New single-family: New single family
    • New multifamily: New multifamily
    • Lodging: Lodging
    • General office: General
    • Data centers: Data center
    • Financial offices: Financial
    • Commercial: Commercial (inc. Farm)
    • Health care: Health care
    • Educational: Educational
    • Religious: Religious
    • Amusement and recreation: Amusement and Recreation
    • Transportation: Transportation
    • Communication: Communication
    • Power: Power (inc. Gas and Oil)
    • Manufacturing: Manufacturing

    Venue handoff

    Homecastr supplies the public resolution specification and evidence artifact. The listing venue controls the contract and trading.

    Open machine-readable spec
    Census data is public but not natively on-chain. Any smart-contract settlement still requires a venue-approved oracle or attestation adapter.