Shortages, Shortages



By Jim Thompson

If you are in the midst of procuring materials for a project, especially electrical components and cable, stop reading this short column--it is a waste of your time. However, if such activities are in your future, continue on.

Data Centers are absorbing construction materials and craftspersons like they haven't been consumed since the Manhattan Project. By the way, the Manhattan Project borrowed 300 tons of silver from the US Treasury to produce conductors at Oak Ridge, Tennessee in 1944. There was not enough copper available. When the Manhattan Project was over, the managers recovered it, remelted it into ingots and gavee it back. I believe they were within a pound of accounting for all of it.

By the way, I come to mills and talk to various departments about many subjects. To arrange my custom visit to your mill, just email me at jim.thompson@ipulpmedia.com or call me at 678-206-6010.