Atlas of AI Buildout

Chokepoint · Power & Grid

Three firms decide how fast the world gets power

Gas turbine supply for AI data centres

~2/3of gas plants under construction, top three OEMs · grade A, Reported

Global Energy Monitor attributes about two-thirds of all gas plants under construction to three manufacturers. In Asia the split is GE Vernova 38%, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 17%, Siemens Energy 16%.

Heavy-duty gas turbine order books now run years deep, and that lead time — not permitting, not capital — increasingly sets the pace at which new dispatchable capacity can reach a data centre. GE Vernova booked $38.1bn of 2025 revenue on the back of it.

The consequence is that an AI demand shock passes through a three-company gate before it becomes electricity. Worth holding alongside the interconnection-queue insight: even where the grid will connect you, the machine that makes the power has its own queue. One caveat on the figure — 17% of plants under construction had no attributable manufacturer at all, so even this has a hole in it.

Source — Global Energy Monitor, Leading three manufacturers providing two-thirds of turbines (2024)
Top three OEMs =~ two-thirds of gas plants under construction. Asia: GE Vernova 38%, Mitsubishi 17%, Siemens Energy 16%. 17% of construction plants had no attributable OEM.

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