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David Givens

David Givens

David P. Givens is a Washington D.C.–based energy journalist and consultant with four decades in North American natural gas and power price indexation, formerly Head of Natural Gas and Power Services for North America at Argus Media.

Sep 26, 2026

4:49
What do you think is driving that, apart from the factors that I mentioned?
4:58
First off, to address turbines, The three global manufacturers are Mitsubishi, Siemens, and GE Vernova.
5:08
The wait time for a new efficient combined cycle gas turbine is measured in years and half years now.
5:19
You can build and install smaller capacity facilities with less output that are still quite efficient.
5:32
You just have a different design, and there's many generation options for data centers.
5:40
How did we get here? Well, let's step back briefly for a second.
5:48
The top five data center states, Virginia, Texas, California, Ohio, and Illinois.

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28:06
I think it'll be good to talk about the drivers of prices.

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