Connect | New York // Tech Showcase: Your Gas Turbines Are Ready. Is Your Fuel? The Reliability Gap in AI Campus Design | Cashman Preload Cryogenics

Gigawatt-scale AI campuses are being built at record speed. Most rely entirely on pipeline contracts for fuel reliability, but in a constrained grid, capacity on paper is not deliverability in practice. During Winter Storm Elliott, 16 Bcf/d of production vanished in 48 hours. FERC confirmed that 24% of all generation outages were caused by fuel supply limitations. The engines didn't fail, the fuel simply wasn't there. As hyperscale campuses grow beyond 300MW and into the gigawatt range, fuel assurance must evolve from a contractual assumption into a physical, testable capability.

This session explores the role of on-site LNG storage as a multi-day reliability layer that strengthens gas-powered campuses, supports grid stability, and enhances long-term operational certainty.