Amazon will invest $20 billion to build two massive data center campuses in Pennsylvania, the company announced Monday — marking the largest private-sector investment in the state’s history, reports AP.
One of the campuses is under construction next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in northeastern Pennsylvania. Amazon Web Services (AWS), the tech giant’s cloud computing arm, plans to source electricity directly from the plant through a unique power arrangement currently under federal review.
The second site will be built in Fairless Hills, just north of Philadelphia, on the former grounds of a U.S. Steel mill, now part of the Keystone Trade Center. That facility will be powered via the regional electricity grid.
Kevin Miller, AWS vice president of global data centers, said the locations were chosen for their strategic advantages and alignment with the company’s long-term infrastructure goals.
At a news conference in Berwick, near the Susquehanna plant, Gov. Josh Shapiro called the investment a landmark moment. “This is just the beginning,” Shapiro said, noting his administration is already working with Amazon on further data center projects across the state.
Though critics argue that data centers create few permanent jobs, supporters point to the economic ripple effects — including thousands of construction roles, major spending with local suppliers, and increased tax revenue for municipalities.
The announcement underscores Amazon’s growing reliance on large-scale, energy-intensive infrastructure to support its expanding cloud services and artificial intelligence operations.
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