Wednesday it’ll team up with GE Vernova Inc. and engineering company Kiewit Corp. to build four natural-gas electricity plants to meet increased power needs for data centers and artificial intelligence.

GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV) +6.4% in Wednesday's trading after saying it will team with NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) and a subsidiary of Kiewit Corp. in a new joint venture to build four natural gas combined cycle electricity plants to meet growing demand for power from data centers and artificial intelligence.

NRG Energy is joining with GE Vernova and Kiewit Corp. in a plan to build four new natural gas-fired power plants. The companies on Feb. 26 said the