Panel - Navigating supply chain challenges in energizing data centers: strategies that work

02 Sep 2026
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?