GE Vernova’s AI data center orders double in first half of 2025

GE Vernova is quickly becoming the picks-and-shovels play of the AI boom, except the shovels weigh several tons and burn natural gas. The company’s electrification orders tied to AI data centers surpassed $5 billion in the first half of the year, more than doubling the total it booked across all of the prior year.

In Q1 alone, data center equipment orders hit $2.4 billion, a figure that by itself exceeded what GE Vernova pulled in from the segment for the entirety of 2025. Total electrification orders for the quarter reached $7.1 billion, doubling year-over-year, while overall company orders landed at $18.3 billion, a 71% jump from the same period a year ago.

The AI power problem, quantified

Grid interconnection delays are pushing operators toward on-site power generation, which is where GE Vernova’s aeroderivative gas turbines come in. Crusoe Energy, a company focused on powering AI data centers, ordered 29 LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbine packages from GE Vernova. Those units provide close to 1 GW of generation capacity specifically for AI workloads. The orders were split across December 2024 (10 units) and mid-2025 (19 units), illustrating how quickly demand has scaled in just a few months.

New gas turbine orders placed in the first half of the year were priced 10-20% higher than those booked in Q4 2025. When a company can raise prices by double digits and still see order volumes double, it tells you something about the supply-demand imbalance.

A backlog that stretches to 2030

GE Vernova’s total backlog swelled to a record $163 billion after Q1, a number that essentially represents years of locked-in future revenue. For context, that’s roughly the GDP of Hungary.

The sheer size of the backlog cuts both ways. On one hand, it provides exceptional revenue visibility. On the other, it means lead times are stretching out through 2030, which introduces execution risk. Supply chain constraints remain a real concern when you’re trying to manufacture and deliver complex power generation equipment at this scale.

The company revised its financial guidance upward following the strong Q1 performance, which the market rewarded handsomely. GE Vernova’s stock jumped approximately 14% after the earnings release.

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