A project near Carlisle was the 2nd largest out of 18 projects discussed at a major energy conference Tuesday attended by President Trump and Gov. Shapiro.

Some of the investments promised during the AI and energy summit​ on Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University included AI data centers, which can require massive amounts of energy to run.

Lawmakers want to make the commonwealth more attractive to data center developers, and are proposing incentives and new regulations to lure them.

The Shapiro administration is slashing red tape and has given developers the green light so Pennsylvania will move at the “speed of business” and become a global competitor in AI. Not everyone is happy about it.

As the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit kicks off, Google is making a $25 billion data-center commitment to the broader region.

As $90 billion in AI and energy investments take root, Pennsylvania is rolling out a multipronged strategy to become a national data center powerhouse. We examine how the

Pennsylvania Data Center Partners, a leader in data center development within the Commonwealth, together with PowerHouse Data Centers, the fifth largest data center developer in the United States, announced plans for their first joint venture: a $15 billion project with three hyperscale data center campuses in Central Pennsylvania.

The build out of new data centers could squeeze supply on the electric grid, driving up prices. Groups are calling for new regulations to make sure "large load users" pay their fair share.