b'in Clackamas, Oregon, and the $203 million Kailua- Dodge Momentum IndexKona Hospital in Kaiminani, Hawaii. Increases 1% in AprilThe DMI is a monthly measure of the value of non-Data center surge offsets weakness in other catego- residential building projects going into planning, ries.shown to lead construction spending for nonresiden-tial buildings by a full year.BOSTON, MAMay 7, 2025The Dodge Mo-mentum Index (DMI), issued by Dodge Construction Network, grew 0.9% in April to 205.1 (2000=100) from the downwardly revised March reading of 203.1. Over the month, commercial planning grew 3.3% while institutional planning fell 4.2%.Despite an uptick in April, the bulk of the DMIs growth was driven by a surge in data center plan-ning, while momentum in other nonresidential sec-tors lagged behind, stated Sarah Martin, associate director of forecasting at Dodge Construction Net-work. Owners and developers are navigating heightened economic and policy uncertainty, which likely bogged down much of this months planning activity. A wave of data center projects entering planning played a key role in boosting commercial growth. Without data centers, commercial planning would have receded 2.3% in April and the entire DMI would have receded 3.0%. Office and hotel planning saw a sharp retreat this month, while warehouse and retail planning modestly ticked up. On the institutional side, planning momentum waned for education, healthcare, and government buildings. This wasMedia Contact: slightly offset by an uptick in recreational projects.| pr@construction.comIn April, the DMI was up 22% when compared to year-ago levels. The commercial segment was up 20% from April 2024, and the institutional segment was up 26% after a weak April last year. If we re-move all data center projects between 2023 and 2025, commercial planning would be down 1% from year-ago levels and the entire DMI would be up 7%. A total of 40 projects valued at $100 million or more entered planning throughout April. The largest com-mercial projects included the TA Realty LLC Data Center campus in Dulles, Virginiawhich includes five data centers, each valued at $384 million. It also included the $350 million QTS Data Center DFW2-DC3 in Lancaster, Texas and the Powhatan Data Center Campus in Powhatan, Virginiawhich in-cludes three data centers, each valued at $300 mil-lion. The largest institutional projects to enter plan-ning were the $493 million Revere High School in Revere, Massachusetts, the $230 million Kaiser Per-manente Sunnyside Medical Center Hospital Tower 22'