Solving the Speed to Power Problem

Solving the Speed to Power Problem

From Data Center Richness by Rich Miller

February 24, 2026 · 21 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and solutions related to power constraints in data centers, particularly for AI services, featuring guest Ned Buschelman from APR Energy.

Solving the Speed to Power Problem Speed to power is the hot topic these days, as data center operators race to deploy new capacity for AI services. Many of the leading players in the AI sector say they are capacity constrained - meaning they can't get new compute fast enough. Meanwhile, many utilities are also constrained, and have limited power availabel for new data center builds. Bridging this power gap is one of the most critical issues for the AI ecosystem. That's our topic today on Data Center Richness, and our guest is Ned Buschelman, the director of engineering at APR Energy. APR has lengthy experience providing g power bridging solutions to major industrial users. Ned shares how power constraints have created an opportunity for APR Energy and other providers of on-site energy solutions, how APR works with data center customers, and the future out look for on-site power. Here's an overview of our discussion: 00:00 - Solving Capacity Constraints for AI 02:00 - About Ned Buschelman's Data Center Journey and APR Energy 04:30 - The Data Center Opportunity for Power Providers 07:20 - The Geography of Onsite Power for Data Centers 09:00 - What Customers Need to Know When…

People in this episode

Host: Rich Miller

Guest: Ned Buschelman

Topics covered

  • AI capacity constraints
  • onsite power solutions
  • data center energy
  • power generation
  • industrial energy solutions

Keywords

  • data center
  • AI services
  • power constraints
  • onsite energy
  • APR Energy
  • capacity deployment
  • energy solutions

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Organizations: APR Energy

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