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Trump Declares Energy Emergency as $90 Billion Pledged for Pennsylvania AI Hub

Fast-track permits for new power projects aim to unlock the electricity capacity required to support the state’s burgeoning AI data-center build-out under the declared energy emergency.

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Overview

  • At a Pittsburgh summit, President Trump announced over $90 billion in private investments for AI data centers and power infrastructure and declared a national energy emergency to streamline approvals.
  • Google unveiled a $25 billion data center buildout and its “AI Works for PA” program to train one million small businesses and residents in AI skills.
  • Blackstone pledged $25 billion for energy and data projects in Northeast Pennsylvania and CoreWeave committed $6 billion to a 300-megawatt data center in Lancaster.
  • Companies will pursue nuclear uprates by Constellation, coal-to-gas plant conversions by Frontier Group and new pipelines by Enbridge and TC Energy to meet a DOE-projected tripling of AI power demand by 2028.
  • Meta and Anthropic backed rural startup acceleration and cybersecurity education initiatives while state and industry programs plan regional training academies for energy-AI workforce development.