transformer

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Utilities facing surging loads from AI campuses are competing for limited transformer supply.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Hyperscalers can order servers and deploy them quickly, but the transformer that steps down high-voltage transmission to usable power cannot be rushed, and this creates a fundamental timing mismatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

The industry is also scrambling for labor: transformer manufacturing is skilled and labor intensive, with apprenticeship programs that can take nine to 12 months.

From Barron's • Mar. 2, 2026

Her home sits atop a sea of oil, but Camacho says there has been no electricity for six years, since a transformer blew out.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

His chosen instrument was the Tesla coil, a high-voltage transformer invented by the visionary physicist Nikola Tesla in the 1890s.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik