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Federal Appeals Court Rejects Cuts to NIH Research Funding
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has rejected the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) research funding for indirect costs. In January of 2026, a three-judge panel ruled unanimously that prior attempts to cap reimbursement rates for overhead expenses at 15 percent of any given grant for universities and institutions engaged in medical and scientific research were unlawful.
Vantage Breaks Ground on Data Center Campus in Texas
Vantage Data Centers is developing the Frontier mega-campus in Shackleford County, Texas, to meet growing demand for leading-edge artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Sited on 1,200 acres, the $25 billion complex will supply 1.4GW of critical IT capacity to support global hyperscale customers. Ten one-story data centers will span a total of 3.7 million sf and accommodate ultra-high-density racks of over 250kW, utilizing combined air-cooling and liquid-to-liquid cooling to enable these next-generation GPU loads.
University of Georgia Constructs Medical Education and Research Facility
The University of Georgia is constructing an education and research facility in Athens as the primary teaching hub for its School of Medicine. Designed by Flad Architects, the 93,000-sf building will dedicate nearly 25,000 sf to open wet labs for biomedical discovery and will feature active-learning classrooms for large and small groups, simulation suites with clinical skills labs, gross anatomy labs, and standardized patient rooms.
Eli Lilly Plans Advanced Manufacturing Campus in Alabama
Eli Lilly and Company is planning to construct an advanced manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Ala. Representing a total investment of $6 billion, the multibuilding campus will offer over 1 million sf of space for production, laboratories, packaging, logistics, and utilities. The sophisticated development will manufacture active pharmaceutical ingredients and small molecule synthetic and peptide medicines, including the company’s first oral small molecule GLP-1 receptor agonist, orforglipron.
University of Oregon Constructs Second Phase of Knight Campus
The University of Oregon is constructing the second phase of the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact in Eugene. Designed by ZGF Architects, Building 2 will double capacity for the research and development of biomedical technologies and expand space for academic programs, engineering, and applied science.