Hensel Phelps

Colorado builder with 160+ mission critical projects worth $21 billion+ and 34 million sq ft completed, including Meta’s Montgomery, Alabama data center.

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No. 11ENR telecommunications rank
$2,973.2MTelecom / data center revenue 2025
No. 11ENR Top 400 rank
28%Share of revenue in data centers/telecom

Facts

Source per value
Contractor type What the firm is when it leads a data center job: a general contractor or construction manager, an engineer-constructor that designs and builds under one EPC contract, a design-build specialist focused on advanced-technology facilities, or an electrical contractor that holds the prime contract.
General contractor 1
ENR telecom rank # Rank on ENR's 2026 Top 20 Contractors by Sector: Telecommunications, ranked by 2025 revenue. ENR's telecom sector covers data centers, cabling and towers, and ENR credits the data center buildout for the sector's 86.4% growth in 2025.
11 4
Telecom/DC revenue 2025 $M 2025 telecommunications-sector revenue in US$ millions as ENR published it in the 2026 Top 20 by Sector table (data centers sit in this sector).
2,973.2 4
Top 400 rank # Overall rank on ENR's 2026 Top 400 Contractors list (May 25, 2026 issue), ranked by 2025 US and international construction revenue.
11 4
Top 400 rank (2025 list) # The firm's rank on the 2025 Top 400 list, as printed beside its 2026 rank. A drop in the number is a climb up the list.
13 4
Telecom/DC share % Share of the firm's 2025 Top 400 revenue that came from ENR's telecommunications sector (data centers, cabling, towers), as printed in the Top 400 table.
28 4
CM-at-risk share % Share of the firm's 2025 revenue delivered as construction manager at risk, as printed in the ENR Top 400 table.
48 4
Total revenue $M Company-wide annual revenue in US$ millions for the year in Revenue year, from the company, its filings or ENR. Non-USD figures are converted at the rate stated in Revenue note.
10,783.6 4
Revenue year Year (or fiscal year) the total revenue covers.
2,025 4
Revenue note Basis of the total revenue: which entity, fiscal year end, and any currency conversion.
2025 construction revenue as reported to ENR for the 2026 Top 400 (US$ millions). 4
Delivery models Published contracting methods or delivery services. A named project supports that project’s model; company service pages describe broader capabilities. CM-at-risk shares from ENR are company-wide, not data-center-only.
CM at risk 4
Design-build Offers design-build or EPC delivery (one contract for design and construction), per the firm's own pages.
Not published
CM at risk Offers construction management at risk (guaranteed maximum price), per the firm's own pages.
Yes 4
Self-perform trades Own-crew or in-house subsidiary capabilities stated by the firm. Company-wide capabilities are not proof they were used on every data center. Unspecified trades remain explicitly unspecified; scope and subsidiary qualifiers are preserved.
Concrete, Sitework, Carpentry, Doors and hardware, Demolition 3
Self-performs electrical Performs electrical work with its own crews or an in-house electrical subsidiary, per the firm's own pages.
Not published
Markets Regions where the firm builds data centers, from its own office list or project pages: North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, APAC.
North America 1
Data center track record The firm's own headline data center claim with its basis kept intact: MW delivered, projects completed or square feet built, and whether it is cumulative, annual or delivered-or-underway.
160+ mission critical projects; $21B+ total value; 34M+ sq ft completed 1
MW claimed MW The megawatt number in Data center track record, for sorting. Bases differ (delivered, annual, underway); read it with the track record text.
Not published
Named data center clients Data center owners, operators or tenants the firm or its client has publicly named on a project. Confidential clients are never inferred.
Meta 2
Ownership Who owns the firm: its employees (ESOP or employee shareholders), a family or private holders, public shareholders, or a listed parent group.
Not published
Employees Headcount as the firm or its parent reports it (whole company, not data center staff).
Not published
Headquarters Head office city and country as the firm states it.
Greeley, CO, US 4
Reference project Named data center project. Kept separate from company-wide portfolio claims.
Meta Montgomery data center, Alabama, United States 2
Reference capacity and basis Published capacity of the reference project, preserving planned, ultimate and phase qualifiers. Not a delivered portfolio total.
Not published
Reference project status Status stated by the cited project source; an announcement does not establish completion.
Not published
Reference completion Published project completion date or forecast, preserving the source’s qualifier.
Scheduled for end of 2026 in the 2024-05-09 announcement; completion not established by this source 2
Reference project area Area of the reference project in square metres, as stated by the source.
Not published
Reference delivery scope Construction responsibilities described by the project or capability source. Delivery scope does not by itself establish a design-build contract.
Not published
Corporate status Published corporate name or structure change, with announcement and effective dates kept distinct.
Not published

Sources

  1. Hensel Phelps: Mission Critical accessed 2026-11-11
  2. Meta awards Hensel Phelps Montgomery data center accessed 2026-11-11
  3. Hensel Phelps: Self-perform construction services accessed 2026-11-11
  4. ENR Top 400 Contractors, May 25, 2026 issue (Top 400 table and Top 20 by sector: Telecommunications) accessed 2026-11-11

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