{
  "id": 2832743,
  "title": "Gas Turbine Prices Are on Track to Nearly Triple. These Stocks Are Cashing In",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/gas-turbine-prices-are-on-track-to-nearly-triple-these-stocks-are-2832743",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-23T16:11:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/08/23/gas-turbine-prices-on-track-triple-stocks-gev/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gas turbine prices are poised to nearly triple, according to analysts, and certain stocks are benefiting from this upward trend. Once unknown to many, these gas turbines serve a crucial role in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry. They generate onsite electricity for AI data centers, which utility companies cannot provide, due to the scale of the machines. Ranging in size from a delivery truck to a train car, these turbines can power a small city or an AI data center, requiring only a supply of natural gas. This natural gas is proving to be more accessible than grid connections for utility companies. The AI industry is rapidly adopting this solution, with BloombergNEF reporting nearly 100 data centers, either operational or under construction, with on-site natural gas turbine power infrastructure. Despite the initial higher costs, owners/operators favor the long-term cost-effectiveness and self-sufficiency these turbines provide. PwC projects a five-fold increase in the AI industry's consumption of natural gas by 2035, with power turbines playing a significant role in this growth.",
  "summary": "This is no flash-in-the-pan fad. This heavy equipment is worth the high upfront cost that AI data center operators are willing to pay.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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      {
        "outlet": "Nasdaq Markets",
        "title": "Gas Turbine Prices Are on Track to Nearly Triple. These Stocks Are Cashing In",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/gas-turbine-prices-are-on-track-to-nearly-triple-these-stocks-are",
        "published": "2026-08-23T16:31:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}