SoftBank’s billion-dollar loss may have put a cap on AI’s natural gas ambitions

TechCrunch Tim De Chant · News & blogs · 1 hr ago · 2 min read

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SoftBank over-ordered 13 gigawatts of turbines, exceeding its needs by 50%.
The company faced significant losses from nonrefundable turbine deposits.
AI's rising power demands led to long turbine order queues into the early 2030s.

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SoftBank lost over $3 billion pre-ordering natural gas turbines to power AI data centers. Here's what the loss means to power markets.

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