Data centers can’t get grid power for 7 years.

So they’re bolting old 747 engines to concrete instead.

This is infrastructure failure, not innovation.

ProEnergy has sold 21 repurposed jet engines to power data centers. 48 megawatts each. These are CF6-80C2 cores, retrofitted from airplane engines into stationary power plants.

They weren’t designed for continuous ground operation as primary power sources.

Think about what that means.

In Memphis, Elon Musk’s xAI ran 35 gas turbines in a predominantly Black neighborhood. Purpose-built turbines with emission controls. Nitrogen dioxide levels still jumped 79% near the facility. Cancer risk already 4x the national average went higher.

Residents found out through a press release. Noise hit 90 decibels. People put mattresses against windows.

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