Power and skilled labour, plus cooling and GPU links, constrain AI data centre builds
Executives at NTT Data, Brookfield and Infosys say power and skilled labour, not chips, now set the pace of data centre construction. Another analysis describes a triple barrier of power, cooling and GPU interconnects (12–13 October 2026).
Who is affected and how
- energy specialist
- Access to power is the main constraint on project schedules.
- skilled worker
- A shortage of skilled construction and operations workers creates demand in data centre trades.
- engineer
- Cooling and interconnect design is a key bottleneck for expansion.
Sources
- Data centre firms say the AI bottleneck is now power and labour - The Next Webthenextweb.com · Oct 13, 2026 · magyar
- Power, cooling and GPU links form triple barrier to data centre expansion amid AI boomdigitaltoday.co.kr · Oct 12, 2026
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