Amazon plans to pump at least $ 20 billion to expand its artificial intelligence and cloud infrastructure in Pennsylvania. The company says it is at the top of the $ 26 billion it has already invested in the Commonwealth since 2010.
Amazon is looking at the municipality of Salem and Falls Township as possible places for data centers He says it will produce thousands of local construction jobs, according to A press release of June 9.
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro (D) called the agreement the greatest investment in the private sector in the history of Commonwealth and said that they are being considered other places for projects.
“We continue to dedicate ourselves to ensuring additional places in Pennsylvania; we stumble with safe local support, developing the necessary infrastructure to support more data centers and ensure that our allowed processes move quickly and efficiently,” Shapiro said in a statement.
Amazon is already building two other data centers in Pennsylvania, including one located on a logistics campus on the site of an old -American -American factory that would be fed by the mains and another next to the Susquehanna nuclear power plant, from which Amazon hopes that the data center will remove power: an electric supply agreement that runs through the Federal Commission, according to the Federal Commission, Associated Press.
Last year, Constellation Energy Corp. He announced a similar agreement with Microsoft for 20 years to supply power regional data centers from a renewal of $ 1.6 million and restart of a three -kilometer three -kilometer nuclear reactor near Harrisburg, Pa.
Amazon’s Pennsylvania’s own projects will help to “promote the next generation of technological innovation,” according to David Zapolsky, the leading and responsible Amazon officer.
“Amazon’s multimillion investment in Pennsylvania strengthens our dedication to advancing AI innovation while creating lasting economic opportunities in the state,” Zapolsky said in a statement. “In expanding our cloud computer infrastructure, we invest in the future of Pennsylvania through new jobs, labor development programs and community initiatives. We hope to help promote the next generation of technological innovation, while also making significant benefits for Pennsylvania residents.”
Although not yet appointed contractors for the first two data centers, the Clayco design design firm Has a long story Working on Amazon’s critical projects.
