As $90 billion in AI and energy investments take root, Pennsylvania is rolling out a multipronged strategy to become a national data center powerhouse. We examine how the

President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced an investment of more than $90 billion from private companies across tech, energy and finance to turn Pennsylvania into a hub for artificial intelligence — a technology that’s expected to upend everything from the economy to health care and education.

Some of the investments promised during the AI and energy summit​ on Tuesday at Carnegie Mellon University included AI data centers, which can require massive amounts of energy to run.

AI is expected to impact how people live in their homes, commute, access health care and more. Participants at the Pennsylvania Energy & Innovation Summit say creating a workforce to build the AI infrastructure is the first critical step.

CoreWeave's $6 billion investment in Pennsylvania suggests there could be vast promise for AI data centers in a state already leading in energy production.

The prediction came after nearly two dozen companies at this week’s Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit announced plans for more than $90 billion in development projects across Pennsylvania.

CoreWeave shares extended gains this week after the Nvidia partner said it would invest more than $6 billion in a new AI data center in Pennsylvania.

Lawmakers want to make the commonwealth more attractive to data center developers, and are proposing incentives and new regulations to lure them.