Mitsubishi Power Says Gas Turbine Deliveries Now Reach Around 2031
Mitsubishi Power's Asia Pacific chief says 2028 and 2029 turbine slots are almost full and new orders face delivery around 2031, stretching the wait for gas power at data centers.
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Mitsubishi Power says new orders for large gas turbines now face delivery around 2031, with slots for 2028 and 2029 almost full, according to Bloomberg's report of remarks made on Oct. 27.
New large-turbine orders face delivery around 2031, according to Mitsubishi Power's Asia Pacific chief executive as reported by Bloomberg.
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"We're talking about delivery at around 2031," Akihiro Ondo, chief executive of Mitsubishi Power Asia Pacific, said on the sidelines of Singapore International Energy Week, as quoted by Bloomberg. He said demand for gas power is growing with data centers, manufacturing and electrification, and that producers including Mitsubishi, GE Vernova and Siemens Energy are struggling to keep pace.
Ondo expects new global turbine orders this year to hover around 70 to 80 gigawatts, well above average. That is his estimate, not a published industry figure. Most demand still comes from North America, he said, while interest is rising in Asia, especially Malaysia and Singapore, as AI-related demand lifts appetite for gas turbines.
What a 2031 slot means for data-center power
For an operator that wants on-site or bridge generation, a large turbine ordered now would arrive around 2031 on Ondo's timing, about five years out. That pushes campuses that cannot wait for a grid connection toward whatever equipment can ship sooner, a choice Mitsubishi's remarks do not address. Voltgrid News has covered such builds, including Serverfarm's Arkansas campus, which will start on 40 gas turbines.
The statement was made about large turbines and one company. Other makers quote their own queues, and Bloomberg does not give lead times for aeroderivative or smaller units.
Backlog and capacity
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Power's parent, said in 2025 that it aimed to double production capacity within two years, Bloomberg notes. In August, Utility Dive reported that its large-frame gas turbine backlog stood at 35 GW, up from 23 GW a year earlier, citing the company's financial release. The same report says Mitsubishi sold 35 large-frame turbines totaling 16 GW in its 2025 fiscal year.
The company's chief financial officer, Hiroshi Nishio, told analysts on Aug. 6 that orders booked in the first quarter of its fiscal year were scheduled for delivery between 2028 and 2030, Utility Dive reported. He also said Mitsubishi is being selective about the projects it contracts and does not plan to take twice as many orders right away.
The capacity expansion is continuing on the ground. As Voltgrid News reported, Mitsubishi Power Americas plans a $490 million expansion of its Georgia plant, though the announcement gave no turbine output.
What is not confirmed yet
Ondo's 2031 date is a verbal estimate for new orders, not a contract term or a published delivery schedule. Mitsubishi has not said, in the reports Voltgrid News read, how many megawatts of its backlog are tied to data centers. Bloomberg also does not say when the doubled capacity will be reached, and the gas price rise it mentions, linked to the war in the Middle East, could change project economics.
