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Google and CoreWeave are investing billions of dollars in artificial-intelligence infrastructure in Pennsylvania. It’s part of an AI summit featuring President Donald Trump as he looks to encourage domestic investment in the state.
The owner of hydroelectric plants at Holtwood and Safe Harbor in Pennsylvania has agreed to sell Google massive amounts of electricity generated by the Susquehanna River dams to power some Google data centers.
The summit was held July 15 at Carnegie Mellon University and featured top executives in energy and AI, global investors, among others.
Google will pay more than $3 billion to source carbon-free hydropower from Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners' plants in Pennsylvania.
Google to invest $25 billion in data centers and AI infrastructure across largest U.S. electric grid
Google will also spend more than $3 billion to modernize two hydropower plants in Pennsylvania to help meet growing demand from data centers in the region.
President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. David McCormick announced more than $90 billion in AI and energy investments across Pennsylvania. See the full list of projects.
During the summit held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, companies promised new data centers, new jobs, cybersecurity education, energy research, and more.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced an investment of more than $90 billion from private companies across tech, energy and finance to turn Pennsylvania into a hub for artificial intelligence — a technology that’s expected to upend everything from the economy to health care and education.
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