Step-up transformers for AI power plants now take more than 1,120 days
Lead times more than doubled since 2021, so the steel and windings that connect new generation to the grid are now a binding constraint on data center power, not a side detail.

Lead times more than doubled since 2021, so the steel and windings that connect new generation to the grid are now a binding constraint on data center power, not a side detail.

HVAC, electrical, compressed air, pipe and production equipment sit in one connected model; the point is agent-driven BIM edits for industrial buildings, not Q&A over a drawing.

A Bain partner says power, electrical labor and community opposition now gate the boom, and that a gigawatt campus looks more like a power project with a large computing load than a normal building job.
A Limble survey of 686 U.S. maintenance and operations professionals finds teams finish just 54% of scheduled preventive maintenance, and 47% of leaders report more than 10 hours of unplanned downtime in a typical month.