NRG Energy, GE Vernova and Kiewit’s subsidiary The Industrial Company (TIC) have announced a new venture to accelerate electricity generation capacity to support demand growth in the US, addressing the rising need for computing power and GenAI.

Wednesday it’ll team up with GE Vernova Inc. and engineering company Kiewit Corp. to build four natural-gas electricity plants to meet increased power needs for data centers and artificial intelligence.

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) +6.4% in Wednesday's trading after saying it will team with NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and a subsidiary of Kiewit Corp. in a new joint venture to build four natural gas combined cycle electricity plants to meet growing demand for power from data centers and artificial intelligence.