US EditionPennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become gas-powered data center campus
- Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant will be transformed into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus, aimed at meeting demand from Big Tech companies for AI and cloud computing applications.
- The former Homer City Generating Station will house seven gas-fired turbines, generating up to 4.5 gigawatts of electricity on-site.
- Construction is planned to start this year, with power expected to be available by 2027, according to the owners, Homer City Development.
- Developers received a $5 million state grant to extend a gas line, indicating support for this significant energy project.
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New manufacturing project a 'Game Changer' for Homer City - Washington Examiner
HOMER CITY, Pennsylvania — Eleven days after the massive smokestacks and cooling towers of Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant came down in a dramatic fashion in this Indiana County village, causing both emotional and economic distress and a sense of hopelessness, Homer City Redevelopment announced that an even bigger natural gas power center would be built in its place. The Homer City Energy campus will be a series of natural gas plan…
New gas-powered AI data center coming to Pennsylvania
(The Center Square) – The site of Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant, demolished last month, is set to be transformed into the largest natural-gas powered data center campus in the country, officials announced on Tuesday.
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