According to TechCrunch, SoftBank has pre-ordered gas turbines for AI data centers, resulting in losses exceeding $3 billion. The report states that SoftBank began paying deposits for turbine orders totaling over 13 gigawatts roughly two years ago, securing capacity nearly 50% higher than required. On Tuesday, the company reported a quarterly loss of $7.1 billion, with more than half stemming from power generation equipment-related losses, and some non-refundable deposits are now considered worthless. The article interprets this as a pricing risk in the rush for AI power infrastructure, while noting that this does not imply large-scale cancellations of natural gas power plants.