Energy and power
Everything above runs on electricity, and power is now the hardest bottleneck. Data centre electricity use rose 17% in 2025 and could double by 2030.
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Power for data centres
Generating and delivering the electricity data centres need: grid connections, on-site gas, nuclear and batteries.
fuel cells that power a site without the grid
Revenue of $1.065B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profilesmall nuclear reactor developer
Q2 2026 revenue of $1.2M, mostly from recent acquisitions
Open profilegas turbines and grid equipment
$176B order backlog. Data centre orders over $5B in the first half of 2026
Open profileMakes gas turbines, grid equipment and transformers that power data centres and utilities.
Q3 FY2026 revenue of about EUR 11.4B (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profileMakes large generator sets and turbines that run data centres when the grid is not enough.
Record sales of $20.5B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profilenuclear operator
Revenue of $7.5B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profileDesigns small modular nuclear reactors, with a partner pursuing a large plan with the US Tennessee Valley Authority.
Q2 2026 revenue of about $0.1M (reported)
Open profileOwns nuclear and gas power plants and sells power to large buyers, including data centres.
Adjusted EBITDA of $374M in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profilegas exporter building power plants at its terminals to sell to data centres
Plan could power up to 10 GW of computing (WSJ, Oct 2026)
Open profileOwns large gas and nuclear power plants and sells the electricity under long contracts.
Ongoing operations adjusted EBITDA of $1.77B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profileSells electricity to homes and businesses and is building power plants to serve data centres.
Adjusted EBITDA of $1.22B in Q2 2026, up from $909M a year earlier
Open profileGetting connected to the grid
The wait to plug a new data centre into the grid: queues, studies, transformers and the startups trying to shorten it.
software that throttles AI workloads when the grid is stressed
$150M at a $1.05B valuation (Aug 2026). Nvidia, Siemens and GE Vernova invested
Open profilebuilds data centres next to its own power
Bought by Alphabet for $4.75B (closed Mar 2026)
Open profileMakes switchgear, transformers and power distribution equipment that sit between the grid and the server hall.
Record revenue of $8.5B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profileMakes grid equipment and gas turbines, and its electrification arm supplies transformers and switchgear.
$176B order backlog. Data centre orders over $5B in the first half of 2026
Open profileBuilds the transmission lines, substations and power connections that bring new electricity to data centres.
Revenue of about $9.6B in Q2 2026 (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profileMakes power, cooling and control equipment for data centres and grids.
H1 2026 revenue of EUR 21.2B (six months to June 2026)
Open profileMakes grid equipment, transformers and gas turbines used to connect and power data centres.
Q3 FY2026 revenue of about EUR 11.4B (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profilesolid-state transformers, faster to make than the old iron kind
$140M Series B led by a16z and Breakthrough Energy (Feb 2026)
Open profileshows developers where the grid has spare capacity
Reportedly profitable with 100+ developer customers
Open profileautomated the engineering studies for connection requests
Bought by Enverus (Mar 2025), which Blackstone is buying
Open profileMakes power cables and optical fibre cables that link new power plants and data centres.
Q2 2026 revenue of EUR 6.02B (quarter to 30 June 2026)
Open profilePower grid unit of Hitachi that makes large transformers, which are a key bottleneck for new connections.
US factory investment of about $1.5B across new plants (2025 to 2026 announcements)
Open profileThe map updates three times a week.
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