🚀 The Future of AI Data Centers: Is Jet Power the Solution?
As AI data center expansion races towards 2026, an unexpected challenge emerges: jet engines. With delays in securing grid connections, developers are tapping into aeroderivative gas turbines—repurposed jet engines—to meet surging power demands.
Key Insights:
- High Demand: 60% of recent turbine orders are linked to AI, driven by players like OpenAI and Crusoe Energy.
- Long Wait Times: Manufacturers like GE and Mitsubishi predict lead times extending to 2028 or even the 2030s.
- Mobile Power on the Rise: Aeroderivative turbines can deliver rapid energy, but raise emissions concerns—especially as demand escalates.
While solutions like modular nuclear power are on the horizon, the next few years hinge on these retrofitted engines.
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