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HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed a $673.8 million contract to supply 1,000 megawatts of engine-based power generation systems to U.S. data centers. The buyer is Corban Energy Group, marking the company's largest power-generation engine order and its second major U.S. data center deal in four months.
PJM Interconnection, operator of the largest U.S. electrical grid, will temporarily cut power to data centers of 50 megawatts or larger starting June 2027 to prevent blackouts. The move follows an auction that failed to secure enough new generating capacity. Affected customers will be compensated, and the decision is expected to push data centers toward on-site power generation, often using diesel generators.
A new report from BloombergNEF predicts that U.S. data centers will consume four times more electricity by 2035, accounting for one-fifth of the nation's total power generation. The surge is driven by AI compute demand, with nearly half of new capacity going to training and inference. The forecast is 83% higher than BloombergNEF's previous estimate, reflecting rapid data center development and strained electrical grids.
NVIDIA and Doosan Group are deepening their partnership across multiple subsidiaries to advance physical AI, robotics, and AI factory infrastructure. The collaboration spans Doosan Robotics, Doosan Bobcat, Doosan Enerbility, and Doosan Corporation Electro-Materials BG, integrating NVIDIA's full-stack accelerated computing platforms with Doosan's industrial automation and power generation expertise.