11 points JumpCrisscross 1 hour ago 4 comments
pvab3 1 hour ago | parent
It's been taking about a year to get 500kva-5000kva transformers and big 480V switchgear. Things never really recovered from covid. The AI buildout certainly hasn't helped things but it's amazing how long this problem has been around.
fragmede 57 minutes ago | parent
A fascinating glimpse of how much complexity underpins our modern world actually works. Obviously they must have factories for these things, but I hadn't considered the supply chain there.
shigawire 44 minutes ago | parent
I'd only heard of it in the context of a solar flare blowing out all the transformers and we'd be SOL
emeril 23 minutes ago | parent