IT之家 · IT业界 · 10/9/2026, 10:54:44
Oracle Trucks Natural Gas to Accelerate Data Center Launches in Utah and Texas Amid Grid Delays
Oracle is trucking compressed natural gas to power data centers ahead of pipeline completion, accelerating compute capacity deployment. The strategy has been used for over a year at a Utah facility and is now being implemented at the OpenAI-linked Shackelford site in Texas and potentially New Mexico's Project Jupiter. While trucking costs are roughly four times higher than pipeline transport and each trailer only supplies enough gas for a 100MW load for 40 minutes, this highlights the industry's shift toward behind-the-meter generation amid severe grid infrastructure delays.
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10 月 9 日消息，彭博社当地时间昨日报道称，Oracle（甲骨文）正通过卡车转运天然气的方式在配套燃气管网建成前临时性地满足数据中心的能源需求，以加速算力容量的上线。
报道指出 Oracle 已在犹他州的一座数据中心使用该方案长达一年有余，还在为 OpenAI 开发的得克萨斯州 Shackelford 数据中心导入了这一策略，并有可能扩展到新墨西哥州的 "Project Jupiter" 大型项目。
由于电力基础设施建设耗时漫长，美国大量数据中心正转向表后供电乃至自建燃气发电设施，但天然气管线的布设也需要得到一系列审批许可。
卡车转运天然气需要经历导出-压缩-运输-减压-释放等多个步骤，全流程成本大约是经由大型管道枢纽输送的 4 倍。单一车次能输送的燃气量也相当有限：每辆大型拖车所运输的天然气只够 100MW 数据中心运行 40 分钟。