LANCASTER, Pa. — Amid Pennsylvania’s booming interest in artificial intelligence and advanced data infrastructure, a joint venture of Turner Construction and Wohlsen Construction has secured a landmark contract to deliver one of the region’s largest AI data centers yet.

The $6 billion project, announced in a July 21 press release, will see the two contractors partner to build a cutting-edge facility for CoreWeave, an AI hyperscaler based in Livingston, New Jersey. The data center, located in Lancaster County, will kick off with an initial capacity of 100 megawatts, with plans to triple that to 300 megawatts as demand grows.

Turner estimates the project will generate around 600 construction jobs during the build phase — a significant workforce boost for the region’s construction trades at a time when tech-related infrastructure is expanding rapidly across Pennsylvania.

State Backs Investment in AI Infrastructure

‍Speaking about the new facility, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro emphasized the broader economic ripple effect.

“Pennsylvania is competing again and bringing in billions of dollars in new investment to the Commonwealth to support our technology sector, and CoreWeave’s $6 billion investment will continue to build on that work — creating good-paying jobs as Pennsylvania workers build, maintain, and operate a new AI data center in Lancaster County,” Shapiro said in the announcement.

The project highlights Pennsylvania’s aggressive push to capture a bigger slice of the AI and energy transition market. The news was first teased at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on July 15, where companies unveiled plans for a staggering $92 billion in combined AI and energy investments statewide.

At the same summit, tech giant Google revealed plans to invest $25 billion into the Pennsylvania-based PJM Interconnection power grid — an infrastructure backbone that will help power new facilities like CoreWeave’s.

The event drew national attention and was promoted by the White House, with President Donald Trump in attendance to tout the state’s positioning as a hub for AI and clean energy infrastructure growth.

A New Era for Pennsylvania Data Centers

‍CoreWeave’s planned Lancaster facility will be one of the largest AI-optimized data centers in the northeastern U.S., designed to support the soaring compute demands of generative AI, high-performance computing, and cloud-based innovation.

The partnership also cements Turner’s and Wohlsen’s roles as major players in the next wave of large-scale, energy-intensive hyperscale builds. Both contractors bring extensive experience managing complex, fast-paced data center projects — a capability increasingly in demand as AI investments accelerate nationwide.

For Pennsylvania’s construction workforce, the facility represents not just immediate job creation but longer-term economic benefits tied to ongoing operations and future expansions.

With shovels set to hit the ground soon, local leaders see the project as a signal that the state is serious about competing for next-generation tech infrastructure. And for the building trades, the Lancaster project is the latest in a series of big-ticket wins showing that Pennsylvania’s construction sector is ready to meet the needs of the AI era.

Originally reported by Matthew Thibault in Construction Dive.