Baker Hughes has secured a major order from Dynamis Power Solutions for 76 NovaLT™16 industrial gas turbines, representing approximately 1.3 GW of generation capacity.
The machines will power a new fleet of mobile generation packages aimed at data centers and oil and gas operations.
The turbines will be integrated into the new Dynamis DT17 hypermobile power platform.
Dynamis developed the package from its flagship DT35 design to provide utility grade electricity from a compact and rapidly deployable system.
The scale of the procurement places it among the largest recent turbomachinery orders directly connected to rising data center electricity demand.
It also shows how rapidly digital infrastructure developers are moving toward dedicated generation when utility connections cannot arrive quickly enough.
Each DT17 package combines a NovaLT™16 turbine with a gearbox and a BRUSH generator equipped with automatic voltage regulation.
Integrating those major components within one packaged unit can reduce field assembly, simplify installation, and compress project schedules.
The NovaLT™16 is an established industrial turbine designed for high availability and operation on multiple fuels.
Its modular architecture gives Dynamis the flexibility to configure projects around different capacity requirements, operating environments, and site limitations.
That adaptability is particularly valuable for data center campuses, where power requirements can grow in stages as computing halls enter service.
Developers can add packaged generation capacity in increments rather than waiting for a single large utility project to clear permitting, construction, and interconnection hurdles.
The DT17 is also designed to reduce civil construction requirements and accelerate commissioning.
Those characteristics could prove decisive at constrained locations where conventional power plants would demand more land, water, infrastructure, and construction labor.
Dynamis CEO Matt Crawford identified the absence of water cooling as a central advantage for the platform. Remote sites and water constrained regions can face major cost and permitting challenges when generation equipment depends on extensive cooling systems.
"The market is demanding utility-grade power solutions that deliver lower emissions without the complexity and expense of water, which is exactly what our Dynamis DT17 platform was engineered to provide," Crawford said.
Dynamis also claims record setting performance in rig up, commissioning, and maintenance efficiency. For operators facing aggressive energization schedules, those capabilities can influence whether a project begins producing power within months or remains trapped behind infrastructure delays.
North American data center electricity consumption is climbing as artificial intelligence workloads, cloud computing, and wider digitization increase demand.
The Electric Power Research Institute estimates that data centers could consume as much as 9% of United States electricity generation by 2030, compared with roughly 4% in 2023.
That growth is colliding with crowded transmission queues, limited substation capacity, and lengthy utility development schedules.
As a result, hyperscale and colocation operators are examining generation installed on site or behind the meter to gain greater control over capacity, reliability, and commissioning dates.
Baker Hughes Chairman and CEO Lorenzo Simonelli placed the Dynamis order within this wider expansion of industrial and digital electricity requirements. His comments also connected the project to manufacturing growth and the continuing development of North American energy infrastructure.
"Power demand in North America is accelerating as data centers and digitization expand, manufacturing returns, and energy infrastructure continues to grow," Simonelli said. "Together, we are delivering consistent, reliable and efficient power solutions critical to building a resilient energy system that is secure, sustainable and affordable."
For rotating equipment engineers, the order demonstrates growing commercial acceptance of factory packaged turbine generation as an alternative to conventional grid supply.
Turbines, gearboxes, generators, controls, and supporting systems can arrive as coordinated equipment rather than being assembled through a more complicated field construction program.
The agreement also highlights the expanding dual market role of industrial gas turbines.
Equipment long associated with upstream oil and gas operations is now attracting substantial demand from digital infrastructure, where availability, fuel flexibility, power density, and rapid deployment command a premium.
Execution will determine how effectively the DT17 translates those engineering advantages into operating performance across dozens of installations.
Even so, a commitment covering 76 turbines sends a powerful market signal that dedicated generation is becoming a central component of data center development strategy.
