Power infrastructure firm Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has selected Siemens Energy to supply steam turbine generator sets for its project to deliver 1GW of power for a planned AI data center being developed by Applied Digital.

B&W signed the deal with Applied in November, which will see the company construct four 300MW natural gas-fired plants. Following the deal with Siemens, B&W has said that it expects to deliver power for the project by the end of 2028. The plants will be powered by gas-fired boilers that supply heat to the Siemens-supplied steam turbines.

“This arrangement brings together two companies with long histories of innovation and leadership in the power generation industry,” said Kenneth Young, B&W chairman and CEO. “Leveraging Siemens Energy’s advanced turbine technology alongside B&W’s proven boiler systems positions us to meet critical schedule milestones and deliver reliable power by the end of 2028.”

“By pairing our steam turbine systems with B&W’s established boiler technology, we can deliver a straightforward, cohesive setup for large‑scale power,” said Tobias Panse, SVP, steam turbine and generators, Siemens Energy.

B&W claims that its steam-based generation systems can be deployed faster than traditional simple- or combined-cycle gas plants, offering an alternative for AI data centers facing power constraints.

B&W, based in Ohio, has been expanding its focus toward data center energy solutions as part of its broader growth strategy in emerging power markets. In September, the company partnered with energy transition investment firm Denham Capital to convert former coal-fired power plants into natural gas-fired plants to power data centers in the US and Europe.

Applied Digital is a developer of AI and HPC data centers in the US. Last month, the firm made the first 50MW phase of its Ellendale, North Dakota, data center ready for service. The capacity has been leased out to CoreWeave, which inked a 400MW capacity agreement with the company.

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