AI Power Rush Sends Data Centres Hunting for Used Turbines and Jet Engines
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The utility companies, developers and companies that compete in producing the electricity needed for artificial intelligence data centers are looking around the world for second-hand gas turbines, re-establishing equipment in storage and adapting aircraft engines out of use, under conditions where delivery times for new equipment extend to the next decade.
The utility companies, developers and companies that compete in producing the electricity needed for data centres for artificial intelligence (AI) are looking around the world for second-hand gas turbines, putting back into operation past-conservation equipment and adapting out-of-use aircraft engines, under conditions where delivery times for new equipment extend to the next decade, transmit Reuters.
Data centers are hunting used gas turbines and retired jet engines to get AI power faster
Used gas turbines sell for about $1.5 million per megawatt against $2 million or more for new ones, Reuters reported. Crusoe has ordered 13 jet-engine-based units from ProEnergy, while EthosEnergy says secondhand prices keep climbing as buyers pile in.
Crusoe agreed to purchase 13 air turbines from ProEnergy, with a combined capacity of 650 MW and deliveries planned for the summer of 2027. The agreement comes in a context of delays in electrical connections and a limited supply of equipment for artificial intelligence data centres.
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