GE Vernova to Power 5-Gigawatt Data Centers With Gas as AI Soars

GE Vernova Inc. has signed multiple contracts to sell natural gas turbines for data centers that will use enough power to light up major cities, the company’s top executive said.

Big technology companies are reserving turbines — the engines at the heart of gas-fired power plants — for their planned 5-gigawatt data center campuses, GE Vernova Chief Executive Officer Scott Strazik said Wednesday. The companies aim to get some of these massive facilities up and running as early as 2028, he said.

In the last 30 days alone, GE Vernova has signed 9 gigawatts of reservations for gas turbines from ...