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Oracle trucks natural gas to AI data centers amid pipeline delays
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Fusion42 · 9 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Oracle is trucking natural gas to AI data centers in the US due to pipeline construction delays, using this method at a Utah facility and considering it for a large New Mexico project targeting 2.45 gigawatts.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Infrastructure, and 2 sources have reported it between 9 Oct 2026 and 10 Oct 2026.
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You face power supply bottlenecks that pipelines can't solve fast enough. Trucking fuel to your data centres is a costly but immediate fix that opens a short-term opportunity and risk for your infrastructure planning.
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2 sources · first reported 9 Oct 2026 · latest 10 Oct 2026
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