b'6American Journal ofTransportation ajot.comLNG continues to provide(BOOMcontinued from page 4) dollars.Forexample,LogisticsPlus The behind-the-meter power con- recentlymovedamassivemodular cept is very big right now because theunitdesignedforpowergeneration opportunities for project cargo traditional power grid is at capacity,at an isolated off-grid site, weighing Yunes from Logistics Plus confirms.roughly 75 tons once loaded on a spe-Construction of LNG projects is continuing unabated but thereSo many companiesthe hyperscal- cialized truck and trailer. are worries the boom will plateau by the end of the decade. ers and crypto miners for examplehave been building their own powerM odularC onstruCtionBy Andrew Meadows, AJOT generation behind the meter. BillionsAnother interesting aspect of the of dollars are being invested for onsitedata center project cargo wave is the Massiveliquefiednaturalgastioningthemselveswithavarietyofenergy production.transportation of prefabricated infra-(LNG) projects across the globe con- semi-submersible, crane and open-deckstructuremodules,manufactured tinue to chug along both in the con- vesselsdesignedtogetcomplicatedM ovingP arts offsite and then assembled onsite to struction and planning stages. components where they need to be.The AI-driven data center growth,constructthedatacenterbuilding. Anddespiteever-presentpoliti- and the corresponding need for onsiteLogisticsPlusistransportingthese cal,trade,andeconomicuncertainty,lng o ne of theM osta Ctive power generation, are energizing themodules to data center sites as well.the LNG wave isnt expected to sub- s eCtors project cargo market. Anyone whosMcKinseysaysdemandfor AI-side in the near futureLNGcontinuesbuilding a data center with power gen- ready data centers is surging, and with althoughthereareto be one of the mosteration onsite or near site is going toitthepotentialforaserioussupply concernsofapoten- activesectorsintheneed to move that equipment to thedeficit.Thesupplycrunchraises tial oversupply loom- world when it comesjob site, Yunes explains. demandformodularizedconstruc-ing by the end of thetoprojectlogistics.Weveseenanuptickinthetion, which speeds up the build-out of decade. Thescaleandcom- numberofcompanieslookingfordata centers.ThelistofLNGplexity of LNG infra- creativewaystocreateenergyoffThemodulesarelikeLego projects worldwide isstructure,whetherthe grid for either compute power orblocks that they build offsite and then longandimpressive;itsforliquefaction,crypto mining, adds Jason Bernick,shiptoaconstructionsiteanddrop NorthFieldExpan- regasification, storage,VP,CryptoLogisticsatLogisticsintoplace.Itsmuchmoreefficient sionProjectQatar,ordistribution,meanPlus, and were seeing an increase inconstruction, Yunes explains. Arctic LNG in Russia,that almost every com- the amount of project cargo requestsWhiletraditionaldatacenters MozambiqueLNG,ponent involved quali- to support data centers. can take 12 to 24 months or longer to RioGrandeLNGinfiesasprojectcargo.Demandisup,Yunesagrees.complete,modulardatacenterscan Texas,ArinagaLNGThese arent your typi- Were seeing 18-20% growth in thebe delivered two to three times faster, Terminal Spain, Kaki- calshipments;werenumber of project cargo shipments totypically three or four months after the nadaGBSFloatingBahadir Erdil, Global Director -talkingaboutover- data center job sites in 2025 comparedorder is placed, according to Wesco, a TerminalIndia-justProjects for Erie, Logistics Plus sized,criticalequip- to last year. provider of supply chain services.to name a few. There are eight LNGment that requires meticulous planningThe type of over-dimensional andThelargebuildingmodules exportterminalprojectsintheGulfandcoordination,saidBahadirErdil,heavyequipmentLogisticsPlusisare over-dimensional as well, some-of Mexico alone, according to the USGlobalDirector-ProjectsforErie,moving to data centers includes trans- times sent 1000+ miles from origin Energy Information Administration.PA-basedLogisticsPlusInc.Weveformers, generators, gas turbines, andto destination. We have a number of Asaresult,projectcargo,break- been heavily involved in LNG-relatedcoolingtowers,withvaluesrangingthese new project cargoes lined up, bulk,andheavyliftcarriersareposi- (PROVIDEcontinued on page 12) from $100,000 to tens of millions ofYunes verifies.(TRENDScontinued on page 41)'