Sources & Citations

AI Infrastructure Deployment Timeline

3 primary sources 3 categories We publish the receipts

Interconnection reform research

RMI

RMI analysis of interconnection reform for AI data centers and generator queues — the canonical industry-policy framing of why interconnection wait times stretch deployment timelines.

RMI — Interconnection reform for AI data centers and generator queues View source

Modular & prefab construction

IEEE Spectrum

IEEE Spectrum coverage of modular and prefabricated data center deployment — independent technical reporting on the build-speed advantage of modular pods over stick-built construction.

IEEE Spectrum — Modular Data Center reporting View source

Federal queue data

LBNL

LBNL ‘Queued Up: 2024 Edition’ — median 5-year interconnection wait for U.S. projects built in 2023 quantifies the wait-state cost that the sovereign campus model is designed to eliminate.

LBNL — “Queued Up: 2024 Edition” View source

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