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CoreWeave Unveils $6 Billion Lancaster AI Data Center Project

Following CoreWeave’s $9 billion Core Scientific acquisition, the center aims to ease Pennsylvania’s strained power grid under a national AI onshoring drive.

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Overview

  • CoreWeave announced a $6 billion investment to build a new AI data center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with an initial 100 MW of power capacity expandable to 300 MW.
  • The facility is projected to create about 600 construction jobs and support between 70 and 175 full-time technical and operational positions once operational.
  • The commitment was unveiled at Senator Dave McCormick’s Energy and Innovation Summit during a CEO roundtable with President Trump.
  • The project aligns with President Trump’s push to onshore critical AI infrastructure following CoreWeave’s $9 billion takeover of crypto miner Core Scientific.
  • The new center is designed to alleviate growing grid strain in the PJM region as surging AI workloads drive unprecedented power demand.