Kenny Young

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc.

Search every verified Kenny Young interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. On January 8, 2026, Kenny Young, Chairman and CEO of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, appeared on NYSE Live ahead of the company ringing the closing bell. During the interview, he discussed the company's announcement that it had selected Siemens Energy to provide steam turbine generator sets for a project delivering 1.2 gigawatts of power for a digital AI factory, with the location still to be determined. Young stated that the combined boiler and turbine system, along with construction and environmental services, would be delivered by the end of 2028, and he noted this timeline would be faster than alternative combustion turbine options, which he said have delivery dates in the early 2030s. Young also spoke about the company's broader outlook for 2026, citing demand for its core products and services, including extensions of coal and natural gas plants in the U.S., and projected a 40% year-over-year increase in EBITDA from 2025 to 2026 based on that core business. He described the company's customer base as expanding rather than shifting, with utilities, data center developers, hyperscalers, and oil and gas companies becoming clients, partly due to investments in technologies for low-cost hydrogen production from solid fuels and CO2 capture.