Natural gas pipeline delays threaten the progress of AI data center projects! Oracle (ORCL.US) resorts to the unconventional tactic of "trucking gas" to secure power supply.

Zhito Finance APP has learned that Oracle (ORCL.US) is adopting a novel power supply strategydelivering natural gas directly to server campuses by truck to ensure that multiple data center projects proceed as planned. According to people familiar with the matter, while Oracle waits for natural gas pipelines to be completed and connected to the relevant equipment, trucking in natural gas has helped a data center located on the outskirts of Salt Lake City keep advancing for more than a year. One of the people said that the company is also using this method at a campus it is building for OpenAI in Shackelford County, Texas, to advance the initial construction work of the project.