{"id":3533,"date":"2026-07-16T18:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:14:14","slug":"data-center-grid-interconnection-is-slow-going","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/data-center-grid-interconnection-is-slow-going\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Center Grid Interconnection is Slow Going"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every month, we read more and more articles about energy constraints for data centers. It\u2019s on everyone\u2019s mind and it is clear we are not going to solve the data center power problem any time soon. On July 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, <em>Data Center Dynamics<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacenterdynamics.com\/en\/news\/power-availability-the-defining-constraint-in-emea-data-center-development-report\/?mkt_tok=NjY1LUtYWS02OTcAAAGiwqVUKmKA5DprxpYXROuaXYzjgdLX2_DZL7ugbyhkzYgijrw6nOpjL1tKEC1i88QV8a88MpHAVDSGflL1S54B43q4EALelbdAmeec6gxmOQal_KhVMQ\">published an article<\/a> stating that the average data center grid interconnection time in the US had reached 5 years, while in the UK that has extended to 8 years. That\u2019s a massive backlog \u2013 especially when it only takes a few years to actually build the data center. The article states that \u201cto combat these constraints, operators are turning to alternative power generation strategies, such as self-generation and microgrids.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This message is vital for the technology growth we are facing. Grids all over the world are struggling to keep up with technology\u2019s needs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/what-are-the-onsite-energy-options-for-data-centers\/\">Onsite energy options<\/a> are the only shorter (and longer) term solutions to the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Preferred Utilities, we are honored to play a part in those solutions. Our data center power generation fuel oil systems can be used for either backup power or main power generation. They are designed to be resilient, redundant, and secure so your generators have fuel where and when you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Preferred Engineering, we are a part of the future of nuclear SMRs for data centers, providing our nuclear maintenance expertise for ongoing and upcoming projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.preferred-mfg.com\/products\/industries\/data-centers.html\">Data Center-focused page<\/a> to keep up with what we are doing to support the industry at this challenging moment of growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every month, we read more and more articles about energy constraints for data centers. It\u2019s on everyone\u2019s mind and it is clear we are not going to solve the data center power problem any time soon. On July 2nd, Data Center Dynamics published an article stating that the average data center grid interconnection time in the US had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3532,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,9,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3534,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions\/3534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepyroscope.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}