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Demolition complete at Homer City power plant, paving way for new A.I. data center
Officials say the demolition of the former Homer City power plant is now complete.The Homer City Redevelopment Authority says ...
AI data centers could drive up residents’ power bills, lawmakers fear
Data centers are industrial buildings that house huge banks of computer servers. They're opening in Pa. and around the ...
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AI fuels fracking-powered data centers in Pennsylvania
The data center boom is coming to Pittsburgh — and natural gas is fueling it. Why it matters: Artificial intelligence is ...
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Old coal-fired power plant to become gas-powered campus for AI, data centers
It would be the nation's largest gas-fired power plant and the nation's third-largest power generation facility after the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington and a new plant in Georgia.
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In Western Pennsylvania, an old coal town gets a gas-fired data center
“A data center can be the size of a factory ... Peskoe says some companies are trying to power their AI with clean energy, but many, like Homer City and the Meta center in New Orleans, will ...
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'One of the Most Ambitious Projects' Heads to Pennsylvania
President Trump has promised a return to coal, but one Pennsylvania town isn't having it. What was once the state's largest ...
Pennsylvania utility commission to examine data centers, AI impact on electrical grid
Industry leaders, consumer advocates and utility companies will converge in Harrisburg to discuss the growing energy demands ...
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OP-ED: Homer City: The end of one era, dawn of the next
Given the planned 3,200-acre campus, it is likely to house cutting-edge AI data handling and high- performance ... The NSA’s facility in Bluffdale, Utah, consumes around 65 megawatts. Homer City’s ...