The Gas Turbine Shortage Just Became AI’s Biggest Constraint
Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won’t arrive until 2031. That’s the company’s actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it’s the fact sitting underneath every AI data center power plan announced in the last two years.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won’t arrive until 2031.
- Fact 2: That’s the company’s actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it’s the fact sitting underneath every AI data center power plan announced in the last two years.
- Fact 3: data center power demand climbs from 31 gigawatts in 2025 to 41 GW this year and 66 GW in 2027.
- Fact 4: Year-over-year capacity additions accelerate from 8.5 GW actually realized last year to 13.6 GW scheduled for 2026 and 36.3 GW scheduled for 2027.
Order a heavy-duty gas turbine from GE Vernova today and it won’t arrive until 2031. That’s the company’s actual production schedule, confirmed on its July 22 earnings call, and it’s the fact sitting underneath every AI data center power plan announced in the last two years.
It comes up far less often than the announcements do. Goldman Sachs put hard numbers on the demand side in May. U.S.
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