Dave McCormick: “Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, but also Northeastern…”

“And you sort of have to say those in one sentence because innovation in AI and leadership in AI is dependent on enormous innovation and growth in energy production, energy capability. And on the campaign trail I kept saying, listen, Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, but also Northeastern, is uniquely positioned to lead that charge because we have enormous energy, second largest energy producer in the country, fourth largest natural gas reserves in the world. You have this incredible skilled labor which is necessary to build these big data centers, to build the energy platforms. You have incredible universities, Carnegie Mellon, Penn, and so forth.” (01:47–02:00)

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