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Coreweave stock pops after company announces $6 billion AI data center in Pennsylvania

Coreweave stock pops after company announces  billion AI data center in Pennsylvania

CoreWeave Inc. signage in Times Square in New York, US, on Friday, May 9, 2025.

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Coreweave stock climbed more than 9% on Tuesday after the company announced a $6 billion artificial intelligence data center project in Pennsylvania.

The commitment includes an initial 100 megawatt data center built in Lancaster, a city about 70 miles west of Philadelphia. The data center will be able to expand to 300 MW.

“The demand for high-performance AI compute is relentless,” said CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator in a release, “and CoreWeave is scaling a cloud purpose-built for AI to meet it and strengthen US leadership.”

The announcement comes as part of the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh hosted by Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Penn., where President Donald Trump, members of his administration and executives are meeting to discuss AI and investment opportunities in the state.

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Google announced a $25 billion data center and AI infrastructure deal Tuesday in conjunction with the summit, and pledged $3 billion to upgrade two hydropower plants in Pennsylvania.

CoreWeave, which rents out access to Nvidia AI chips, has been on a tear since it went public at the end of March. Shares opened at $39 and are up more than 250% since then.

The company announced a $9 billion acquisition of data center infrastructure provider Core Scientific last week, a deal that will boost CoreWeave’s access to power and real estate.

CoreWeave was already a major customer of Core Scientific and the deal will cut $10 billion in future lease commitments, according to the company.