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CRH agrees to acquire US construction services company Arcosa for 8.5 billion dollars in a record deal for the Irish building materials provider.

US pre-market movers include Getty Images up 105% on an OpenAI display deal, Apple down 1% on device price pressures, and Apogee up 50% on an AbbVie acquisition agreement.

CRH announces agreement to acquire Arcosa for 150 dollars per share in an all-cash transaction.

CRH is close to its biggest deal ever to acquire competitor Arcosa, with an agreement possible as soon as next week per the Financial Times.

CRH is currently active on over 100 data center projects in the US. Construction accounts for ~50% of the total cost of a data center, and CRH provides the essential concrete/aggregates first. While software AI stocks face valuation questions, the physical build-out is non-negotiable. You cannot have AI without the concrete shell. CRH has visibility into 2026/2027 backlogs, making it a tangible beneficiary of the "AI Capex" spend regardless of software adoption rates. LONG CRH and materials suppliers to Data Centers. Federal funding delays or a sudden halt in hyperscaler capex.