buildout

[bild-out]

noun

1. the act or process of development, construction, or expansion: The relatively quick buildout is facilitated by modular parts constructed off-site.

   The buildout of the industry will likely begin in areas that already have well-established infrastructure.

   The relatively quick buildout is facilitated by modular parts constructed off-site.

2. the execution or implementation of construction or development plans.

   Two days before the construction deadline the plan was already over budget and nowhere near ready for buildout.

3. the state of being fully or maximally developed.

   When the city is at buildout, emissions will rise by 20% from the current amount.

Word History and Origins

Origin of buildout¹

First recorded in 1955–60; noun use of the verb phrase build out

Example Sentences

“The unrestrained buildout of separation plants is likely to boost NdPr capacity by over 18,000 tons/annum to 42,000 tons/annum to 2030,” Ord Minnett says.

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Earlier this month, Jefferies analyst Blayne Curtis said that while he sees “upside across the entire AI universe” as the buildout of infrastructure continues, Broadcom “has a greater magnitude of estimate upside” due to its custom chip work with Google, Meta and OpenAI.

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Credo and Astera Labs have been “rocket ships” in terms of customer demand because both companies are “addressing one of the key bottlenecks” in the AI buildout, which is connectivity, William Blair analyst Sebastien Naji told MarketWatch.

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The companies stand to drive future sales growth by capitalizing on the AI-infrastructure buildout, which Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang said could drive up to $4 trillion worth of spending through the end of the decade.

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Fears about the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence buildout have mounted.

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