The data center boom broke gas economics and supercharged batteries in the same swing. According to BloombergNEF, combined-cycle gas turbines hit their highest LCOE on record last year at $102/MWh, while benchmark costs for four-hour battery projects fell 27% to an all-time low of $78/MWh. Solar + storage is now delivering power at $57/MWh—meaning the cure for the gas turbine shortage might just be…not needing gas turbines.