The Electric: These Driverless Construction Vehicles Could Speed the Data Center Boom

A driverless excavator at work near Austin, Texas. Photo: Courtesy Bedrock Robotics

Trey Taparauskas’ construction company is flooded with new business from a sizzling boom in the aerospace and data center industries in and around Austin, Texas. A stark shortage of skilled equipment operators, though, has made it hard to meet all the demand.