Siemens Energy posts record industrial profit as AI data center demand supercharges gas turbine orders

Siemens Energy just posted the kind of quarter that makes CFOs sleep well at night. The company reported Q3 2026 profit before special items of €1.62 billion, more than tripling from the same period a year ago and handily beating analyst expectations of €1.38 billion. The engine behind those numbers? An insatiable appetite for power infrastructure driven largely by AI data centers and Middle Eastern energy projects. Sales climbed 18.5% year-over-year to €11.45 billion, and the company now expects to hit the upper end of its full-year margin target of 10-12%. AI’s growing power bill is Siemens Energy’s gain Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch pointed to data center operators and Middle Eastern clients as the core demand drivers. Those two customer segments accounted for roughly 50% of all gas turbine orders during the quarter. Shares rose 1.1% in early trading following the earnings release. Siemens Gamesa finally turns a corner Perhaps the most surprising line item in the report was Siemens Gamesa, the company’s wind energy division, posting its first quarterly operating profit since late 2022. That’s nearly four years of red ink before this turnaround. The division’s recovery came ...