A large group of companies on July 15 unveiled more than $90 billion of investments in data centers, energy and power infrastructure, and workforce and artificial intelligence training projects.
The announcements were tied to the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit. President Trump participated in the summit, which was held in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Trump and U.S. Senator Dave McCormick were joined at the event by government and business leaders.
Google said it plans to invest more than $25 billion in data center and AI infrastructure in states across the PJM region in the next two years, announced more than $3 billion to modernize two hydropower facilities in Pennsylvania and is launching AI Works for America, starting in Pennsylvania, to train American workers and students by teaching them essential AI skills.
CoreWeave announced its intent to commit more than $6 billion to equip a new, state-of-the-art data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, purpose-built to power the most cutting-edge AI use cases.
The initial 100-megawatt data center, with potential to expand to 300 MW, “represents one of the first large-scale data centers of its kind in the region and will support US global competitiveness in AI,” the company said.
Blackstone announced that funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure and Blackstone Real Estate will invest over $25 billion “to support the build out of Pennsylvania’s digital and energy infrastructure and help catalyze an additional $60 billion investment into the Commonwealth.”
Westinghouse Electric Company is working to have 10 new, large nuclear power plant reactors under construction by 2030, generating what is currently estimated to be $6 billion in economic impact and 15,000 new jobs in southwest Pennsylvania.
Homer City Redevelopment announced an agreement in principle for EQT Corporation to serve as HCR’s exclusive partner to source and supply the natural gas needed to power the 4.4 gigawatt natural gas facility that will serve the Homer City Energy Campus — a 3,200 acre AI and high-performance computing (HPC) data center campus currently under construction and slated to begin producing power in 2027.
This partnership marks a major milestone in the execution of HCR’s plan for the evolution of the former Homer City Generating Station, first announced on April 2, 2025. The project will transform the site that was previously home to Pennsylvania’s largest coal-burning power plant into a next-generation power and data infrastructure hub, combining high-performance AI computing with a fully integrated, on-site natural gas generating station.
Under the agreement, HCR will have an unparalleled level of gas supply redundancy for the site with the ability to source gas from both the Texas Eastern Transmission and Eastern Gas Transmission and Storage pipeline systems. HCR and EQT will unlock natural gas supply of up to 665,000 MMBTUs per day. The transaction is one of the largest single-site natural gas purchases in North American history.
The Frontier Group of Companies, owner and developer of the 660-acre Shippingport Industrial Park in Pennsylvania, announced that it is converting the former 2.7 gigawatt Bruce Mansfield Power Plant into Shippingport Power Station, a significantly larger state-of-the art natural gas generation plant with new incremental onsite generation.
Additionally, FGC has secured a partner to build a collocated data center facility to support America’s demand for AI infrastructure.
Following its completion, Shippingport Power Station is expected to supply substantial direct power to the prospective data center or other potential on-site uses and contribute over one gigawatt of excess capacity back to PJM.
Energy Capital Partners announced a $5 billion plan to develop a data center at the York II Energy Center. In addition, Energy Capital Partners plans to develop 51 community solar projects.
Details on additional projects were posted on McCormick’s website.
