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🔌 Western PA as the AI Infrastructure Capital

🧑‍🌾 Satellites For Farmers

🚁 Olympic Transportation Goes Vertical

Western Pennsylvania: Building to be America's Emerging AI Infrastructure Hub

When news broke that the nation’s largest gas-powered power plant would be built in Homer City, Pennsylvania we immediately looked to Salena Zito for instant reaction. Now, Salena has a great piece examining the players and the potential with the AI-driven power boom.

“I’ve seen the future of AI. It’s in Western Pennsylvania.”

By leveraging its natural resources and leaning on its legacy as America’s industrial powerhouse, Western Pennsylvania is becoming the backbone of America's AI infrastructure.

The $10 billion transformation of Homer City Generating Station into America's largest gas-powered data center campus isn't just regional development – it's national strategy materialized.

This convergence of energy and technology creates a powerful equation: Pennsylvania's abundant natural gas with its industrial expertise equals AI infrastructure.

• Joanna Doven's AI Strike Team is connecting the region's educational powerhouses – Carnegie Mellon and Pitt – with industrial capacity, creating an ecosystem spanning from research to deployment.

• Toby Rice and EQT's role delivering reliable energy directly translates to America's capacity to build and operate the computational infrastructure driving our technological future.

• Local union leader Shawn Steffee captured the significance: "A game changer for the region and for the state of Pennsylvania...definitely a shot in the arm for a county that's been really economically challenged."

This is how America wins: turning natural advantages into strategic assets, with communities not just accepting technological progress but embracing it. Western Pennsylvania demonstrates that America's energy resources aren't separate from our technological leadership – they're the prerequisite.

Easier Data, Better Farms

When you hear satellites, you don’t often think farming and ranching — that is unless you are thinking of an agriculture conglomerate. But the power of knowing what’s happening on a farm or ranch, either today or in the future is invaluable. And that is exactly what SkyFi is working to make available to small and midsize farmers and ranchers across the country.

Flying High

When Archer Aviation was selected to provide air taxi services for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games, it became clear the event would be more than a celebration of athletic excellence—it would be a bold display of American innovation.

Archer's American-made Midnight eVTOL aircraft, manufactured in California and Georgia, will connect key Olympic venues while showcasing our aerospace capabilities to 15 million visitors and billions of viewers worldwide.

This high-visibility deployment at the Olympics proves American technological dominance extends beyond AI and semiconductors into next-generation transportation. The network of vertiports at Olympic venues represents a spectacular showcase of reimagining mobility. This partnership advances both American industry and the future of transportation - turning the American-hosted Olympics into a showcase for our leading innovations.