China Targets Global Gas Turbine Market as AI Power Demand Explodes

China is urging its gas turbine manufacturers to accelerate technology development and pitch sales to overseas data centers, the Chinese energy regulator said on Thursday, as Beijing targets challenging the Western firms’ dominance in this rapidly expanding market.  Global orders for gas turbines have hit a record high as demand for power generation surges, JP Morgan said earlier this year. New gas turbine orders in the second quarter of the year stood at 38 gigawatts (GW), which was 29% higher than orders for the first quarter of the…