Baker Hughes and Kodiak Gas Services have signed a multi-year strategic agreement centred on gas turbine technology that could eventually support up to 1.8GW of new power generation capacity for US data centres.
The agreement begins with an initial equipment award designed to deliver around 1GW of generating capacity by 2030, establishing what both companies describe as a framework for longer-term deployment as demand for digital infrastructure continues to grow.
Rather than depending solely on electricity supplied through the transmission network, the turbines are intended for behind-the-meter installations.
Behind-the-meter generation refers to power produced directly at or close to a customer's site instead of being drawn from the public grid.
For data centres, this approach can reduce dependence on increasingly congested electricity networks while allowing new computing capacity to come online more quickly.
