US power companies face long waits for transformers amid data center surge
US power companies face equipment shortages and longer lead times as ai data center demand strains transformer supplies and raises costs. The post US power companies face long waits for transformers…
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The AI buildout is bottlenecked by energy. But America has the electricity to power its data centers; the problem is getting it to them.
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