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location for the data centers is still up in the air, with Salem Township and Falls Township as the frontrunners, but other Pennsylvania
communities are under consideration, according to a June 9 statement from Amazon.The AI arms race between companies has been heating up this
year, with Meta reportedly in talks back in February to build a data center campus for AI projects and OpenAI announcing in January it was
investing $500 billion for new AI infrastructure over the next four years.Training and education programs part of the dealAlong with the
data centers, Amazon said it has partnered with Pennsylvania educational institutions and workforce organizations to create training centers
center technician programs, fiber optic fusion splicing workshops and STEM awareness and learning opportunities for K-12 schools.Amazon said
infrastructure and specialized AI hardware are building the technology backbone for the next generation of generative and agentic AI, and
expansionThe tech giant also made similar commitments in North Carolina on June 4, with a $10 billion investment to expand its data center
infrastructure to support AI and cloud computing technologies.US firms have begun ramping up AI expansion
On May 29, social media giant Meta joined the growing list of firms developing AI-powered technology for the US military, entering a deal to
companies shift resources to AIBitcoin (BTC) mining companies have also been diversifying their income streams to include AI, converting
some of their crypto mining operations to help run compute-intensive large language models.Riot Platforms appointed three new directors to
its board in February, one of whom has experience converting Bitcoin mining assets toward HPC
Hive Digital, Hut 8 and Iris Energy converted part of their operations to HPC and AI last year.Related: Why tech giants like Amazon may
hesitate to adopt BitcoinTeraWulf sold its stake in a Bitcoin mining facility for $92 million in October, with the proceeds marked for
companies shifted 20% of their energy capacity to AI and HPC by 2027, they could increase additional yearly profits by $13.9 billion over 13
