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How The AI Boom Is Causing A Surge In Demand For Gas Turbines

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CNBC's Seema Mody got an exclusive look inside GE Vernova's largest gas turbine plant in Greenville, South Carolina offer fresh evidence that the AI boom is only getting started. Inside the factory, engineers are working side-by-side factory workers to speed up production of this complex machine. Two hundred workers were hired last year and three hundred more are expected to start working at this factory by end of year. Prices of gas turbines are surging more than 300% since 2023 as companies like XAI, Microsoft and OpenAI deploy turbines at their data centers powering AI.

Reporter: Seema Mody

Produced by: Jeffrey Kopp, Noah Broder

Edited by: Darren Geeter

Camera: Shawn Baldwin, David Soltis, Macklin Fishman

Senior Director of Video: Jeniece Pettitt

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