AI Data Centers Turn to On-Site Power as Grid Queues Stretch for Years

Facing years-long grid connection delays, AI data centers are building on-site gas turbines and solar power instead. While giving up the grid reduces uptime, the industry deems the tradeoff viable, using fallback-capable model routing to handle outage risks.

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