HYPERSCALERS BUILD AI DATACENTERS LIKE LEGO SETS TO OUTRUN GRID AND LABOR BOTTLENECKS

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Hyperscalers like AWS and Meta are snapping together factory-prefabricated modular datacenters, building mechanical and electrical fit-outs off-site like standardized Lego blocks to bypass construction labor shortages, compressing building schedules by 36% and cutting on-site licensed electrician labor by 85%. It's part of a broader trend of routing around old bottlenecks entirely: developers are increasingly wiring GPU clusters directly to co-located natural gas generation, small modular reactors, or existing nuclear plants, cutting time-to-power from 60 months down to under 18.