A utility in Virginia recently told a data-center developer that the high-power transformer needed to energize its planned campus would not arrive for five years. The developer had budgeted for ...
As transformer lead times double and US prices surge 79%, a manufacturing “supercycle” struggles to keep pace with the explosive growth of AI data centers and renewable energy. Demand for transformers ...
When a mid-sized electric cooperative in the Southeast ordered a batch of 25-kVA pole-mount transformers in early 2024, the quoted lead time was 18 months. Five years earlier, the same order would ...