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Hyperscale operators offer twenty-year power contracts to developers supplying on-site fuel cells as grid connections stall
Transmission interconnection queues stretching beyond five years are blocking new compute campuses from accessing high-voltage regional power grids. Rather than waiting for utility upgrades, hyperscale operators are executing twenty-year power purchase agreements for behind-the-meter solid-oxide fuel cells at capital expenditures exceeding five million dollars per megawatt. This capital shift creates an immediate opening for infrastructure developers capable of delivering rapid-deployment baseload power directly inside private facility perimeters.
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