en.Wedoany.com Reported - Wärtsilä has recently secured a contract to supply 412 MW of engine power for a hyperscale data center project in Ohio, USA. The project will deploy 40 Wärtsilä 34SG spark-ignited gas engines, marking the first application of this model in a data center environment.

The order was confirmed in the second quarter of 2026, with equipment expected to be delivered on time to support the data center's commercial operation by early 2028. The power plant will provide flexible primary power for the data center, reducing reliance on the local grid to address the long interconnection wait times in the US power network.

With this contract, Wärtsilä's total engine capacity in the US data center market exceeds 1.6 GW, making it the company's fourth data center power solution order in the United States. The modular design of the 34SG engines allows the data center to increase capacity in a phased manner, with future scalability beyond 500 MW.

Risto Paldanius, Vice President of Wärtsilä Energy Americas, stated: "With the growth of artificial intelligence and cloud demand, operators need energy solutions that are efficient, resilient, and available on their own timelines. Wärtsilä provides reliable, high-performance power and the ability to rapidly scale infrastructure." He added, "The customer chose Wärtsilä based on its proven reliability, rapid deployment, and high efficiency under various operating conditions."

Wärtsilä Energy has supplied 81 GW of power plant capacity and over 130 energy storage systems across 180 countries globally. In January of this year, the company also received an order to deliver 429 MW of engine power to a power plant in the USA to meet growing data center demand. That facility will be equipped with 24 of the 50SG engines.

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