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.

Blackstone (BX) plans to spend $25B to develop data centers and power plants in Pennsylvania, according to a media report published on Tuesday.

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.

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.

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.

Artificial intelligence will be a main topic at an energy and innovation summit at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. But the growth of AI is likely to increase carbon emissions, making climate change worse.

America's largest power grid is under strain as data centers and AI chatbots consume power faster than new plants can be built. Electricity bills are projected to surge by more than 20% this summer in some parts of PJM Interconnection's territory,