Amazon will invest at least $20bn setting up cloud computing and AI innovation campuses in Pennsylvania, with Salem Township, Luzerne County and Falls Township, Bucks County confirmed as the first two sites. More are expected.
Amazon said the campuses would create at least 1,250 high-tech jobs.
“Our team worked closely with local leaders and Amazon to land this deal, and we continue to be actively engaged on securing additional sites in Pennsylvania,” said
Governor Josh Shapiro, calling it the biggest private sector investment in the state’s history.
The future of AI, he added, “runs right through Pennsylvania”.
David Zapolsky, Amazon’s chief global affairs and legal officer, said: “By expanding our cloud computing infrastructure, we’re investing in Pennsylvania’s future through new jobs, workforce development programs, and community initiatives.”
Rick Siger, secretary of the state’s Department of Community & Economic Development, said: “The company’s data centre campuses will drive enormous positive tax impacts for our Commonwealth, counties, and municipalities, and will create at least 1,250 high-paying, high-tech jobs as well as thousands of construction jobs.”
He added: “Every state wants to win projects like this one.”
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