TRUSS DATA CENTERS they consumed, leaving potential capacity behind the existing connection. The approach changes the conversation with utilities. Instead of immediately requesting a huge new connection, TRUSS can demonstrate existing demand before seeking additional capacity.
“ If I ask our utility for 100MW or 50MW, I’ d get a‘ no’. If I ask for 6MW three times, I get a‘ yes’, and then I’ ve got 18MW.”
The condition is that each block must be live and in use before the next is requested.“ You’ re not asking for 18MW cold. We’ re proving we’ re using the power before we ask.” For an existing data centre, expansion can also avoid the initial provision process required for a completely new connection.
“ When you’ re already a data centre, you don’ t need a first provision request. You’ re just doing an expansion, and it’ s a lot simpler.”
Why 14MW is the sweet spot TRUSS has built its platform around facilities with 14MW of connected utility power and an engineered pathway to 28MW.
“ Fourteen megawatts is the magic number,” Jon says.
“ It’ s big enough to anchor a serious AI deployment, a full training cluster or a multi-tenant GPU cloud, but it sits completely below the radar of
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