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The owners of what was once Pennsylvania's biggest coal-fired power plant said Wednesday that they will turn it into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on the ...
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The late 2022 debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT — built with help from Microsoft’s data centers — ignited worldwide demand for chatbots and other generative AI products that typically require large amounts o...

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Coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become massive gas-powered campus for AI, data centers
The owners of what was once Pennsylvania's biggest coal-fired power plant said Wednesday that they will turn it into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on the fast-growing energy demands of Big Tech companies to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing applications.
AI Data Center Planned for Old Coal Plant Site in Pennsylvania
A huge natural gas-powered data center that will serve the growing demands of artificial intelligence is being planned for the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania.
Former Western Pennsylvania power plant turning into largest natural gas-powered data center
Officials say the Homer City Energy Campus in western Pennsylvania is designed to meet the growing AI and high-performance computing needs of tech companies.
Pennsylvania’s largest coal-fired power plant, now retired, to become gas-powered data center campus
What was once Pennsylvania’s biggest coal-fired power plant is being turned into a $10 billion natural gas-powered data center campus designed to capitalize on Big Tech's fast-growing energy demands.
A coal plant was imploded to build an AI data center
Pennsylvania’s former largest coal plant was imploded to make space to build a data center campus. The former Homer City Generating Station will be turned into a gas-powered data center campus to meet the growing demands for artificial intelligence and high-performance computing,
Homer City coal plant site to become AI data center with massive gas-fired power generator
A former Pennsylvania coal plant is getting a high-tech makeover. Find out how this massive site will be transformed into a cutting-edge facility.
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