This simple robot could drastically speed up data center construction

To anchor the long rows of server racks that power the artificial intelligence boom, every data center needs thousands of holes drilled into its concrete floor. It’s a precise part of the construction process that has required workers to bend over with handheld drills for hours at a time grinding meticulously placed holes into thick pads of concrete.

Now, there’s a robot doing it up to 10 times as fast.

Tool brand DeWalt has just revealed a downward-drilling robot that can...