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To own Baker Hughes, you generally need to believe in its role as an equipment and technology supplier across gas, LNG and power, including data center demand. The Dynamis order for 76 NovaLT16 turbines reinforces the near term catalyst of growing power systems exposure, but it does not remove the key risk that long term LNG and gas infrastructure spending, and related policy or ESG shifts, could limit the addressable market and pressure margins.
Among recent announcements, the February 2026 award from Twenty20 Energy for 10 gas turbines and up to 250 MW of data center power is especially relevant. Taken together with the Dynamis deal, it underscores how Baker Hughes is building a presence in flexible, gas fired data center power, which could support its Power Systems growth catalyst while still leaving it exposed to any future policy moves that more strongly favor renewables over gas backed solutions.
Yet investors should be aware that if policy or customer preferences pivot faster away from gas based power for data centers...
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Baker Hughes' narrative projects $30.8 billion revenue and $3.3 billion earnings by 2029. This requires 3.3% yearly revenue growth and a roughly $0.2 billion earnings increase from $3.1 billion today.
Uncover how Baker Hughes' forecasts yield a $71.24 fair value, a 12% upside to its current price.
Some of the most optimistic analysts were already assuming revenue could reach about US$34.6 billion and earnings US$3.6 billion by 2029, so this new NovaLT16 order may either strengthen that upbeat view or prompt fresh questions about how quickly power systems and data center demand can realistically grow, depending on how you weigh the added backlog against the risk that manufacturing capacity or customer preferences shift away from gas based solutions.
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