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Christian Bruch

President & Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Energy

Search every verified Christian Bruch interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Christian Bruch, President and CEO of Siemens Energy, discussed the pace of the energy transition and geopolitical tensions in an interview at the ONS Conference in Stavanger, Norway, in late August 2026. He stated that energy costs are a "given" boundary condition for industrial location decisions, arguing that factors like productivity, workforce availability, and bureaucracy are more influential. He advocated for a more interconnected and diverse European energy system, including an integrated energy market, and called for greater societal openness to experimentation and acceptance of failure, saying "the biggest risk in our time is hesitation." Bruch also noted that Siemens Energy operates in most countries worldwide and that its technologies account for roughly one-fifth of global power production. In mid-August 2026, Bruch led Siemens Energy's Q3 fiscal year 2026 earnings call, where he highlighted continuous growth in the company's margin backlog and emphasized the importance of execution and operational excellence to realize that potential. He noted that project execution typically takes two to three years, with longer timelines for larger turbines, and that orders booked recently carry higher margins than earlier ones. During the call, he also referenced potential upside from data center demand, particularly in the U.S., and acknowledged ongoing seasonality in Q4 results.

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“Fundamentally, there's enough capital in the market to finance energy infrastructure, energy transition. Enough capital is there. But it's important to understand that capital normally should not have an ideology. It's really I mean capital has to flow where it makes most sense and where you can get the cheapest energy where you can get the CO2 down and you know that the financial system in certain areas is restricte”

“Look, we we always have been trying to balance out our picks in terms of where do we take orders. At the same time, we also want to make sure that if people invest into an AI, they do have the electricity needed. I mean, see it from the other side. At the moment, everybody is looking on, hey, does this bubble burst? Let's assume the bubble comes and you would not have the electricity. How bad would this be? And this ”

“I think that's a super important question. First of all, we are the foundation for a lot of AI facilities because we produce electricity. What really fuels the AI revolution. However, I also want to make very very clear, I mean, today 2% of the world's electricity consumption is AI. We expect it to go to maybe five or 6% in 2030. So, it's important. It's a great market to be in. We are very happy that we are successf”

“I did it out of conviction, and then, obviously, what I didn't see coming is a train from the side. But because I did it out of conviction, and for a good reason, it's nothing where would I regret of not having seen the train coming but I did not regret the decision of buying out the minorities. It still, at that point in time, was the right decision to take.”

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