October 9, 2026. Oracle Corp. is trucking natural gas to several data centers to maintain construction schedules while awaiting the completion of pipeline infrastructure, according to a Bloomberg report.
The company used truck deliveries to keep a data center near Salt Lake City operational for over a year while waiting for the construction and integration of the gas pipeline, the report stated. Oracle is reportedly applying the same method at a campus being built for OpenAI in Shackelford County, Texas.
Oracle is now considering the truck-delivery approach in New Mexico, where a delayed pipeline threatens the timeline for a data center known as Project Jupiter, the report added. The plan would allow the company to bring the facility’s initial stages online before the pipeline enters service.
Last month, Oracle issued a force majeure notice to the New Mexico project developer, a move that could shield the company from certain payments should further delays occur.
Energy Transfer LP had to reroute the pipeline supplying the Oracle data center after state regulators rejected the proposed path. The change pushed back the pipeline company’s target service date to next year, rather than this summer.
Companies such as Certarus—a subsidiary of Superior Plus Corp.—and VoltaGrid LLC offer compressed gas transport services as temporary power solutions while pipelines are under construction.
Oracle used Certarus for gas deliveries at the Utah project and VoltaGrid for the one in Texas.
“Kudos to the VoltaGrid team for finding cost-effective energy solutions to ensure our customers can access OCI capacity on schedule,” Oracle wrote on social media, referring to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.