Planning ahead matters. For new-build data centers, early power infrastructure decisions can determine how quickly capacity comes online and how reliably it performs once it does.

In his recent article in Data Center Dynamics, S&C's Kyle Julian talks about how distribution architecture becomes a strategic design decision that shapes reliability and operational certainty.

Here is an excerpt:

"The rapid expansion of data center capacity is creating a power infrastructure challenge that extends beyond transmission capacity and into the electrical distribution systems that energize these campuses. The challenge is the growing gap between how quickly new facilities need power and how quickly electrical infrastructure can be planned, designed, and deployed….

This is not a cause for alarm, but it is a reason to change how projects are planned."

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In the data center race, power infrastructure decisions must come first - DCD