Power capital spending

Generation and grid equipment the sites depend on. Capital spending and cash flow of Vistra, Constellation and GE Vernova, from their filings.

Capital spending, four quarters$8.9B+38.9% against the four before
Capital spending, latest quarters$2.6BSum of each company’s latest quarter
Spend as share of cash flow31%Latest reported quarters combined
Companies3Public companies with structured filings
Company capital spending and cash flow. Four-quarter figures are each company’s latest four reported quarters. Click a column heading to sort.
LayerTrendPeriod ended
ConstellationCEGPower$1.2B$3.9B+36.5%$1.1B−$118.0M110%+$2.1BJun 2026
VistraVSTPower$689.0M$2.9B+11.4%$1.0B$334.0M67%+$432.0MJun 2026
GE VernovaGEVPower$647.0M$2.1B+119.8%$6.1B$5.4B11%—Sep 2026

Four-quarter figures are the latest four reported quarters; the change compares the four before. Company-wide cash capex, not AI-only spending. Reporting periods vary. Debt change is the quarterly change in the long-term balance, not cash borrowing. Definitions and methodology

Is all power-sector capex related to AI?

No. These companies serve broader electricity and equipment markets. Their reported capital spending includes investment unrelated to data centers. The data should be read as company-level financial context, not an allocation of spending to AI.

The methodology