Whiting-Turner, Turner, Holder, DPR, and Fortis top the rankings of the nation's largest data center sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.
Top 45 Data Center Construction Firms
BD+C GIANTS 300 REPORT
| RANK | COMPANY | 2018 DATA CENTER REVENUE |
| 1 | Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., The | $2,139,472,765 |
| 2 | Turner Construction | $1,681,639,824 |
| 3 | Holder Construction | $1,509,000,000 |
| 4 | DPR Construction | $1,400,411,000 |
| 5 | Fortis Construction | $894,313,000 |
| 6 | HITT Contracting | $680,436,372 |
| 7 | STO Building Group (formerly Structure Tone) | $501,400,000 |
| 8 | JE Dunn Construction | $457,636,009 |
| 9 | Hensel Phelps | $370,755,980 |
| 10 | AECOM | $249,300,000 |
| 11 | Rogers-O'Brien Construction | $248,031,912 |
| 12 | Clune Construction | $151,116,484 |
| 13 | Gilbane | $150,699,000 |
| 14 | Balfour Beatty US | $140,453,332 |
| 15 | Mortenson Construction | $116,032,000 |
| 16 | J.T. Magen & Company | $99,418,154 |
| 17 | Hoffman Construction | $74,434,122 |
| 18 | Brasfield & Gorrie | $70,017,136 |
| 19 | Walbridge | $68,900,000 |
| 20 | Walsh Group, The | $55,469,203 |
| 21 | Fluor Corp. | $54,800,000 |
| 22 | Pepper Construction Group | $31,030,000 |
| 23 | Skanska USA | $29,731,861 |
| 24 | BlueScope Construction | $29,271,931 |
| 25 | McKinstry | $28,500,000 |
| 26 | Paric | $27,710,243 |
| 27 | Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction | $25,000,000 |
| 28 | Webcor | $24,700,000 |
| 29 | Nabholz | $22,499,774 |
| 30 | Layton Construction | $20,757,465 |
| 31 | EXP | $20,131,500 |
| 32 | T5 Construction Services | $18,606,781 |
| 33 | Salas O'Brien | $16,674,914 |
| 34 | Kraus-Anderson Construction Company | $13,000,000 |
| 35 | Suffolk | $9,015,834 |
| 36 | Executive Construction | $6,000,000 |
| 37 | Jacobs | $5,010,000 |
| 38 | Burns & McDonnell | $3,709,233 |
| 39 | BRPH | $3,080,862 |
| 40 | Cumming | $3,066,166 |
| 41 | Ryan Companies* | $2,921,071 |
| 42 | McCownGordon Construction | $2,619,998 |
| 43 | Weitz Company, The | $1,631,000 |
| 44 | CBRE | $570,000 |
| 45 | W.E. O'Neil Construction | $225,288 |
| 46 | Boldt Company, The | $92,000 |
| 47 | PCL Construcrion Enterprises | $21,258 |
| SOURCE: BD+C 2019 GIANTS 300 REPORT *EDITOR'S ESTIMATE | ||
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