Typical situation no. 66
An operator is financing equipment for a 20 MW AI site. Servers are ordered and deliverable in spring. The building is on track, but the connection substation is only promised for the following winter, and liquid cooling needs works nobody had priced. The lender worries about paying for machines that will sit idle for months.
WHAT IS BLOCKING
- The substation date is a promise, not a dated and secured commitment.
- Delaying GPU delivery frees capital but risks losing the supplier slot.
- Customer and supplier contracts do not clearly say who pays for delay.
WHAT WE DO
- Check of the connection document and the realistic energisation date.
- Options to start earlier: smaller first phase, temporary power, phasing.
- Comparison of two purchase schedules: delivery as planned, or aligned with energisation.
- Review of delay clauses in customer, supplier and connection contracts.
WHAT YOU GET
- A realistic, documented opening date.
- A costed decision on the GPU delivery schedule.
- The list of clauses to renegotiate on who pays for delay.
Typical format: Targeted review, two to four weeks. Every assignment is scoped in writing before it starts.
THE EXPERT FOR THIS
Typical situation, based on real enquiries and anonymised. Figures are illustrative.
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