Panel: Supply chain reaction - Navigating supply chain challenges in energizing data centers

September 02, 2026
Datacloud Energy Stage
Datacloud Energy

On the BYOP side, developers face long‑lead gas‑turbine backlogs, constrained EPC capacity, and new metal/component tariffs that complicate budgets and timelines. On the grid‑connection side, multi‑year transformer lead times, transmission workforce/vendor delays, and ISO/TO upgrade slippage are pushing “time‑to‑power” years out. 

  • How are manufacturers addressing turbine lead times, and how do you get ahead? 

  • Which procurement or standardization strategies actually work? 

  • How to navigate complexities while simultaneously building a DC and gas station? 

  • Given transmission labor gaps and vendor shortages delaying required upgrades, where have labor surveys, union partnerships, and prefabrication measurably shortened schedules? 

Chairperson
Cyre Quinones
Cyre Quinones, Chief Executive Officer - Infrastructure Masons
Speakers
Shawn Smith
Shawn Smith, VP Energy Infrastructure & Grid Development - Lambda, Inc
Jason Altobelli
Jason Altobelli, Director Energy Partnerships - Google
JaeKyun Kim
JaeKyun Kim, Power Systems Division Lead - LS ELECTRIC America, Inc.