Stephanie Hughes

Enter Caterpillar, maker of electric generators.

Marketplace's Dan Ackerman has been reporting on this.

So what role is Caterpillar playing in this data center build out?

Caterpillar has been around a long time making heavy duty equipment.

How does that translate to the work it's doing on data centers?

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We're back with Marketplace's Dan Ackerman.

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Can Caterpillar meet the demand, you know, both from all the data centers that want its generators and from other places that maybe traditionally wanted generators like hospitals?

How does this position Caterpillar for the future, both in the near and the long term?

That's Marketplace's Dan Ackerman.

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