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04 Nov 2026, 6:19 AM	TechCrunch	6.5	Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows Some AI data centers are converting retired jet engines to burn natural gas because grid connections and new turbines take years; Rystad Energy analyst Audun Martinsen says jet-powered units can get a data center running in 24 months, while a 100MW grid hookup in Northern Virginia takes about seven years. xAI has installed eight converted jet-engine turbines in Mississippi for its Colossus 2 data center in Memphis, and Microsoft pulled out as anchor customer for Nscale's Loughton, England site after the utility said power would not arrive until the early-to-mid 2030s. Why: If you are choosing AI cloud/GPU capacity or planning a data-center-dependent product, ask for power delivery dates, not just announced capacity: the article contrasts 24 months for converted jet engines with roughly seven years for 100MW in Northern Virginia, and shows an anchor customer walking after a utility delay to the early-to-mid 2030s. For Malaysian founders evaluating regional AI infrastructure partners, announced data centers are not the same as energized capacity. ai-infrastructure data-centers energy power-grid

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04 Nov 2026, 6:19 AM

TechCrunch

6.5

Data centers are turning to old jet engines as the wait for power grows

Some AI data centers are converting retired jet engines to burn natural gas because grid connections and new turbines take years; Rystad Energy analyst Audun Martinsen says jet-powered units can get a data center running in 24 months, while a 100MW grid hookup in Northern Virginia takes about seven years. xAI has installed eight converted jet-engine turbines in Mississippi for its Colossus 2 data center in Memphis, and Microsoft pulled out as anchor customer for Nscale's Loughton, England site after the utility said power would not arrive until the early-to-mid 2030s.

Why: If you are choosing AI cloud/GPU capacity or planning a data-center-dependent product, ask for power delivery dates, not just announced capacity: the article contrasts 24 months for converted jet engines with roughly seven years for 100MW in Northern Virginia, and shows an anchor customer walking after a utility delay to the early-to-mid 2030s. For Malaysian founders evaluating regional AI infrastructure partners, announced data centers are not the same as energized capacity.