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IN THOUSANDS OF JOBS. THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY FOR INDIANA COUNTY. IT’S A GREAT DAY FOR THE BUILDING TRADES. JUST TEN DAYS AGO, THE STACKS AND COOLING STATIONS AT THE HOMER CITY GENERATING STATION WERE DEMOLISHED. NOW THE SITE IS BEING TURNED INTO THE LARGEST NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT IN NORTH AMERICA. WE STARTED THIS. WE HAD KIND OF ONE MANTRA ON THE SITE, WHICH IS ONCE WE STARTED, WE WANTED TO SEE PROGRESS AND WANTED TO SEE THE SITE LOOK DIFFERENT. EVERY TIME SOMEBODY CAME TO VISIT. AND TODAY WAS A BIG STEP IN THAT. OFFICIALS SAY IT’S DESIGNED TO MEET THE GROWING AI AND HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING NEED OF TECH COMPANIES. THIS FORMER SITE, PICKED FOR A REASON THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS JUST UNIQUELY SITUATED. IN ORDER TO SUSTAIN AND SUPPORT BUILDING A LARGE, THE LARGEST NATURAL GAS POWER PLANT IN THE COUNTRY, AND ALL OF THE DATA CENTERS AND OTHER EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE DEMANDING POWER. CONSTRUCTION ON THE SITE IS EXPECTED TO START THIS YEAR. IT WILL CREATE MORE THAN 10,000 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AND ABOUT 1000 POSITIONS IN TECHNOLOGY, OPERATIONS AND ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE. OFFICIALS ARE ALREADY LOOKING TO HIRE ALL OF OUR LABOR UNIONS ARE LOOKING FOR APPRENTICES. PLEASE APPLY. THE LOCAL JOBS WILL BE RIPPLE EFFECT JOBS AND THAT’LL BE, YOU KNOW, TO COME ON THE BUILDING TRADES END OF IT. WE’RE READY. WE’RE READY TO BUILD OUT. I’M READY TO TAKE KIDS RIGHT NOW. THE PLANT WILL HAVE ENOUGH GENERATING CAPACITY TO SERVE MULTIPLE LARGE DATA CENTER CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLY POWER TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES ON THE LOCAL GRID, AND THE SITE IS EXPECTED TO START PRODUCING POWER BY 2027.
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Former Western Pennsylvania power plant turning into largest natural gas-powered data center
The former Homer City Generating Station in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, will become an energy campus designed to meet the growing AI and high-performance computing needs of tech companies.
Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit are turning the former Homer City Generating Station into the largest natural gas-powered data center in North America.The stacks and cooling stations were demolished last month. Construction will start this year to turn the former coal-fired power plant into the Homer City Energy Campus.Officials say it is designed to meet the growing AI and high-performance computing needs of tech companies. Andrew Shannahan, a partner at Knighthead, said this site was picked for a reason. “That infrastructure is just uniquely situated in order to sustain and support building the largest natural gas power plant in the country and all of the data centers and other emerging technologies that are out there that are demanding power,” he said. RELATED: Gov. Shapiro rolls out “lightning plan” to fast-track and subsidize power plants in PennsylvaniaThe project will create more than 10,000 construction jobs and about 1,000 positions in technology, operations and energy infrastructure. Shawn Steffee, president of South Central PA Building Trades, said they are already looking to hire people.”All of our labor unions are looking for apprentices. Please apply. The local jobs will be ripple-effect jobs, and that’ll be to come. On the building trades end of it, we’re ready. We’re ready to build out. I’m ready to take kids right now,” he said. The plant will have enough generating capacity to serve multiple large data center customers and supply power to thousands of homes on the local grid.The site is expected to begin producing power by 2027.
Homer City Redevelopment and Kiewit are turning the former Homer City Generating Station into the largest natural gas-powered data center in North America.
The stacks and cooling stations were demolished last month. Construction will start this year to turn the former coal-fired power plant into the Homer City Energy Campus.
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Officials say it is designed to meet the growing AI and high-performance computing needs of tech companies.
Andrew Shannahan, a partner at Knighthead, said this site was picked for a reason.
“That infrastructure is just uniquely situated in order to sustain and support building the largest natural gas power plant in the country and all of the data centers and other emerging technologies that are out there that are demanding power,” he said.
RELATED: Gov. Shapiro rolls out “lightning plan” to fast-track and subsidize power plants in Pennsylvania
The project will create more than 10,000 construction jobs and about 1,000 positions in technology, operations and energy infrastructure.
Shawn Steffee, president of South Central PA Building Trades, said they are already looking to hire people.
“All of our labor unions are looking for apprentices. Please apply. The local jobs will be ripple-effect jobs, and that’ll be to come. On the building trades end of it, we’re ready. We’re ready to build out. I’m ready to take kids right now,” he said.
The plant will have enough generating capacity to serve multiple large data center customers and supply power to thousands of homes on the local grid.
The site is expected to begin producing power by 2027.