# As demand for AI services surges, tech giants are under pressure to build data centres faster than ever.

*business · news · 2026-04-13 · Firstpost*

## Key points

- Amazon's Project Houdini shifts data centre construction to a modular, factory-based assembly model.
- Preassembled modules, or 'skids', arrive on-site with power, cabling, and security systems already installed.
- Internal estimates suggest construction timelines could drop from 15 weeks to just two to three weeks.
- This approach could eliminate tens of thousands of on-site labour hours per data centre project.
- Faster, more efficient builds may enable AWS to expand capacity and reduce cloud service costs.

**Companies:** Amazon
**Countries:** United States

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