The Energy Mixx Radio Show Host - Kym Bolado

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:16):
Welcome to the Energy Mix Radio Show. I'm your host
Kimbalato and I had a great opportunity to attend the
Pennsylvania AI and Energy Summit as part of the White
House press pool. You know, as an independent media company,
being granted access to this level of coverage is deeply meaningful.
It reflects a recognition of our hard work that we

(00:40):
have been doing for many years and the importance of
diverse voices at the national conversation around energy and technology.
To give you a little bit of some insight, the
room was packed with power, and I don't mean just megawatts,
but the kind that moves markets and inflouend nations. I

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want to give you a list of just a few
people that were in attendance so you understand the significance
that's unfolding in Pennsylvania. John Gray, President CEO of Blackstone,
David Sachs AI and Cryptos are for the White House.
Renee Has CEO of Arms and board director at SoftBank,
Senator Kim Ward of Pennsylvania, Bruce Flatt, CEO of Brookfield

(01:23):
Asset Management, the Honorable Howard Lucknik who is the US
Secretary of Commerce. Mike Growe we all know him, CEO
of Works Foundation, Governor Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Matt Garman,
CEO of Amazon Web Services, Larry Fink CEO of black Rock,
Darren Woods, CEO of ex On Mobile, Brandon Bechtel CEO

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of Bechtel, the Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, and Secretary
of Interior Doug Berghum. That's just a few folks. It
was a massive one day conference that there was a
lot of energy in that room. So I am going
to today try to break it all down for you.
So from massive AI power demands to the skilled labor crisis,

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the summit laid out a blueprint of America's next industrial way.
And while Pennsylvania is moving fast with billions of investment
in bipartisan cooperation, the question I keep asking myself is
where's Texas? And can Texas still catch up? At the
end of today's show, I'll break down President Trump's speech

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and his vision on how to power these AI data centers,
build nuclear reactors, and revitalize his steel and energy infrastructure
across Pennsylvania. He called it the largest investment package in
the state's history and said it marks the beginning of
a new golden age for the American worker, and laid
out his Bowld vision for national energy dominance. So stick

(02:51):
with me, We're going to unpack the whole summit and
what it means for oil, gas, carbon captures, small business,
and the future of energy in North America. You know,
as I walked through the halls of Carnegie Millon at
the summit, I kept thinking this wasn't just another conference.
It started to quickly show a blueprint, a vision of

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how energy, AI and skilled labor will come together to
shape the next chapter in America's industry. And I've got
to say that I was genuinely impressed by what Senator
McCormick has accomplished in just a short window of time.
He has been in office for a few months, but
by the way he brought together global leaders, energy giants,

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and political leaders from both sides of the aisle. Well, folks,
I saw leadership, I saw momentum, and I saw that
the citizens of Pennsylvania should be very proud of Senator
McCormick because he's doing a fine job, you know, because
he didn't just host another summit, he hosted and launched
a movement, one that says Pennsylvania isn't just about participating

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in the AI revolution, it's positioning itself to lead it.
So let's dive into what I learned from the opening session,
which started with Governor Rick Perry's powerful message about energy
and the workforce. Now, the summit opened with a powerful
message that AI revolution is no longer on the horizon,
but it's here, but its success depends on two foundational pillars,

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energy and skilled labor. Governor Perry and several panelists made
it clear that building and operating AI data centers isn't
just about advanced chips and servers. It's going to be
about electricians, welders, technicians who will make the infrastructure possible.
And listening to that, I couldn't help but reflect on

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a time in America when vocational training was held in
high regards. You'll probably remember it too, and college wasn't
the only path to success. Trade schools were thrive and
young people could graduate with real, sellable skills, skills that
led to stable, well paying careers and a sense of
pride in their work. And somewhere along the way that

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narrative shifted and we began to undervalue the trades. Perry's
call to action was clear that state legislators need to
refocus educational priorities. He advocated for incentivizing trade programs in
high schools so students can graduate ready to work and
with no student debt and the potential to earn six

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figures in feels like plumbing, welding, and electrical work. The
message was unmistakable that powering the AI revolution isn't just
going to be about innovation in Silicon Valley. It's about
investing in human infrastructure that supports it and workforce readiness. Well,
that's going to be national readiness. And the trades are

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not just relevant, they're essential. Listening to Governor Abbott's speech
and trades about welder's electrician technicians who will literally build
the future, reminds me of how vital human infrastructure is
going to power AI. As I listened through these conversations,
something remarkable was happening in Pennsylvania and It's not just talk,

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it was action with natural resources, top tier universities, and
bipartisan leadership. Pennsylvania is positioned itself as the Silicon Valley
in energy tech and honestly, the momentum, well, it was
very hard to ignore. Here's the reason why Pennsylvania has
a strategic edge. They are a convergence of resources and leadership,

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and they were spotlighted for it. They were spotlighted for
not only having natural energy resources, but also industrial legacy,
educational institutions, and having the political will and as the
second largest net energy export after Texas, pencil Sylvania is
poised as a strong foundation, and Pennsylvania has a strong

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foundation of natural gas, coal, nuclear, and hydroelectric power. State
leaders and industry experts pointed to the collaborative political climate
in Pennsylvania as a key factor in attracting investment. With
bipartisan cooperation between Governor Shapiro, Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat,

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and Senator Dave McCormick, a Republican, the state offers predictability
and speed for companies that are investing in infrastructure and technology,
and it was with the spirit of cooperation combined with
world class institutions like Carnegie, Mellon and Penn State. It
positioned Pennsylvania as a future national leader in AI driven

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infrastructure and economic renewal and micro that we all know
as very very popular TV hosts and also a workforce
at he delivered a message one of a passionate warning
that America is in the middle of a skilled labor crisis.

(08:09):
He stated that for the last twelve years, of every
five trades person who is retiring and only one will
enter into the same field. This is an alarming trend
that is undermining the national efforts to rebuild manufacturing, infrastructure
and AI development. He blamed cultural messaging and public education
for stigmatizing blue collar work. Removing shop class from schools

(08:35):
sent a message that the trades are less valuable, and
Rowe argued that this must be reversed with storytelling that
makes skilled work again aspirational. His foundation, Microworks, offers scholarships
to students who are pursuing trades, and they saw just
this year alone a ten x increase in applicants. So

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he urged the public and private leaders to invest in
marketing the trades in the same way that we market colleges,
show them what work looks like, he said, because welders
are not being replaced by AI, but coders are. Don't
you love that? Let me repeat it one more time,
he said, and I quote welders are not being replaced

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by artificial intelligence, but coders are. It's a very important
message and I think he made his point now. Bruce Flatts,
the CEO of Brookfield Asset Management, announced a thirteen billion
dollar deal with Google to power AI data centers in
Pennsylvania using revitalized hydroelectric facilities. Brookville is pouring tens of

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billions into infrastructure, including the Colonial Pipeline and renewable expansion,
to build out what Flats calls what Flat calls the
backbone of globe, the back bone of the global economy.
His message was clear that data centers require reliable, massive power,

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and locations like Pennsylvania that have both the physical infrastructure
and access to transmission lines are becoming prime targets for
high tech development. Beyond AI, these investments will support manufacturing, steal, transportation,
and more. Brookville's example demonstrates how private capital is ready

(10:28):
to fund America's next industrial way, but only in places
with the right policy, environment and energy infrastructure now we
have to take a quick break. When we return, I
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Speaker 2 (13:02):
And we're back. You're listening to the Energy Mixed radio show.
I'm your host Kimblatto, and today I am covering the
Pennsylvania AI and Energy Summit. It was a seismic gathering
that just shook the innovation landscape at Carnegie Mellon University.
And this was not your average conference. It was a
who's who of tech titans, energy moguls, and political heavyweights

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from President Donald Trump to Governor Josh Shapiro to Senator
Dave McCormick. All shared the stage with the CEO of Google,
Amazon's web services, Blackstone, and Westinghouse as the summit views
together cutting edge AI with America's energy backbone and pledges
nothing short of historical. Over ninety billion in private sector

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investments were announced. So let's cover Senator Howard Lucknick as
he shared a bold and innovative strategy used to allow
foreign investment in America's industry while safeguarding national interest. The
Nepal Us Steel Deal, a fourteen billion dollar investment in Pennsylvania,

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was enabled by a golden share model. This ensured NAPON
can't move assets or abandon its obligation without losing control
of the venture. Now. Lucknik also emphasized the Trump administration's
use of strategic tariffs to reverse eighty years of unfair
trade policies and countries that flooded the US with cheap

(14:36):
steel and aluminum now face corrective tariffs designed to make
American production competitive again. And this isn't protectionism. It's leveling
the plane fill so that US workers and manufacturers can
thrive and the takeaway keys. Our policies are enforced by
accountability and fairness in trade that they are critical for.

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The revital is a of domestic manufacturing and bringing foreign
capital home in a way that strengthens the US industry.
I was also seen a cultural change and shift making
blue collar work cool again. So beyond no no, no,
let me start over again, I also witnessed cultural change

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Beyond policy and economics, a cultural transformation was underway, a
desperately needed cultural change. Now speakers emphasized that if America
wants to be competitive in AI energy and manufacturing, it
must shift how it views labor now Micro, along with
Jake Lucerian of Get Go Robotics, said that the key

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to getting young people into trades is not just better pay,
but better branding because today's youth are drawn in to innovation.
They want mission driven careers and status, So presenting trades
as high tech, essential and future proof is the only

(16:04):
way to shift the tide. Remember what rose comments were
in the first segment that he said that we have
to look at that AI will be replacing coders, but
they will not be replacing welders and engineers and electricians
and welders, So shifting the tide is mandatory. And get

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Go Robotics, for example, used smart sensors and AI to
monitor critical infrastructure. And Row added that Pennsylvania could lead
this cultural renaissance by treating tradespeople like rock stars, which
they are showing them that the media can play a
part in using storytelling to redefine success. And Amazon Web

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Services commits twenty billion dollars into Pennsylvania's tech future. Now
ASWCEE Matt Garman unveiled a transformational twenty billion dollar investment
to building data centers and Pennsylvania. And you might ask
yourself why Pennsylvania, Well, he listed three main reasons. The first,

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the state has energy abundance and a very strong grid.
It also has skilled workforce that is supported by penn
State and other trade schools, and the fact that Pennsylvania
showed it had bipartisan government that acts fast, especially in permitting.
Now German described that asw's project as a long term

(17:38):
partnership and not a one off, and thousands of jobs
will be created from construction to energy engineering to the
highest level data technicians, and ASW is also investing in
upskilling local communities, and supporting educational programs. Now this investment
serves as a beacon for other major tech companies to followsuit,

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reinforcing Pennsylvania's position that they are at the crossroads of
AI and energy, but the clock is ticking and seizing
the opportunity well roughly they have about twenty four months
to thirty six months. Both Senator McCormick and Governor Shapiro
stress the urgency. With the AI and energy boom moving

(18:24):
at lightning speed, Pennsylvania's has a window of about twenty
four to thirty six months to cement its leadership position.
If it acts quickly, streamlining permitting, supporting training programs, and
continuing by partisanship alignment, it can also attract billions more
investment and become a global hub. If it hesitates well, capital, talent,

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and innovation will go elsewhere. Matt Garman put it simply,
speed matters. It's not just about who has the most
energy and the best talent. It's about who can move
the fastest to capture this moment in time, and that
will be determined whether Pennsylvania leads the next industrial revolution

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Speaker 2 (21:22):
And welcome back to the Energy Mix radio show. I'm
your host Kimpalato, and today I'm drilling down into the
Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit that was held at Carnegie
Mellon University. You know, I feel like there was so
much that was covered, it's really hard to put it
into a show to help everyone understand the level and

(21:44):
the amount of investment that is going into Pennsylvania. And
I just have to say good for them. But there
were strategic reasons as well as to why the state
of Pennsylvania was selected, and I'm going to get into
that a little bit later on in the show, because
I want President Trump's remarks to come through first before

(22:06):
I close out the show, but before I get back
on topic and drill down a little bit more to
Governor Shapiro and Senator McCormick and Matt Garman, who who
were involved in a panel that was moderated by doctor
Ben Apoti. I'd like to just say that I appreciate
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to the show. A powerful panel featuring Governor Shapiro, a Democrat,
Senator Dave McCormick, and ASW CEO Matt Garman, and the

(23:14):
moderator was doctor bend was doctor Ben Dapuny, and they
tackled the intersection of energy, artificial intelligence, and economic development.
The conversation centered around Pennsylvania's emerging role as a national
leader in artificial intelligence, infrastructure and energy innovation, and with

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bipartisan collaboration and private sector investment, it's driving momentum. And
I have to say it was clearly seen from the
entire day of the who was in that room and
who had something to say, and who was pledging billions
in these projects. And Matt Garman opened the discussion by

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highlighting Amazon Web Service's twenty billion dollar investment into Pennsylvania
aimed at building data center infrastructures to support the artificial
intelligence and cloud computing. He emphasized that the state's strong infrastructure,
skilled workforce, and political cooperation as the key factors to

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asw's decision. And Garman also noted the critical energy demands
of AI, which is massive will. They pointed to nuclear
power and potentially small modular reactors as scalable, carbon free
solutions to meet those demands. And Governor Shapiro echoed the

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importance of speed and transparency in permitting and development processes,
asserting that Pennsylvania is on the rise thanks to its
energy exporting status and collaborative spirit. He praised McCormick for
his willingness to work across the aisle and underscore that

(25:02):
while they may differ politically, they share a commitment to
job creation and economic growth. Shapiro also stressed the urgency
of competing globally, particularly against China in the race for
AI dominance. We've heard President Trump speak of this a
lot while he was running for office as forty fifth

(25:26):
president and while he was running as forty seventh. I
also have to remind our listeners that Sarah Week was
also echoing, we have to hurry in the race for
AI dominance before China gets there. This stuff that's happening
in Pennsylvania is so important, folks, keep an eye on Pennsylvania.

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Ninety billion dollars is why you should keep an eye
on it now. Senator McCormick will he reinforced the Deed
for Rapid Action, calling the next twenty four to thirty
six months a critical window for securing energy and artificial
intelligent leadership. He pointed to Pennsylvania's unique blend of technical

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talent and skilled labor as a strategic advantage, and McCormick
emphasized that government should act as the facilitator, not the barrier,
to innovate, and that bipartisan alignment is essential to capitalizing
on this moment. I feel like I attended the red
carpet for Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania is such an important state

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and am very, very happy to see that they truly
get First of all, they understand the opportunity they have
in front of them, and they plan on seizing the moment.
And doctor Bennapuni guided the conversation and kept focused on
education and workforce development.

Speaker 6 (26:50):
Now.

Speaker 2 (26:50):
The panel agreed that preparing Pennsylvanians for high skilled jobs
in artificial intelligent and the energy sector is vital. Incentives
like STEM education grants and regional training facilities, well, they
were discussed as part of the broader strategy to ensure
that the benefits of these investments reached the community across

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the state. We have to take a quick break. You're
listening to the Energy Mix radio show, and we'll be
right back.

Speaker 6 (27:40):
Today the Commonwealth is reclaiming its industrial heritage and taking
its device at the forefront of the AI technological revolution.
And as I said before, it's a the expression I
used all during the all during the campaign, screamed that
a we'll drill baby tilling. People went crazy. We had

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big crowds, as you probably heard, biggest ever, biggest in history.
The investments being announced this afternoon include more than fifty
six billion dollars in new energy infrastructure, more than thirty
six billion dollars in new data center projects, and a
lot more than that are going to be announced in
the coming weeks, not even months, I think we could
say weeks right hour. And the campaign, I promised that

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I would save the former city power plan fifty miles
east of here, that Joe Biden's green new scam forced
to shut down. It's a green new scam, greatest scam
in history, the greatest in history. Well, the Oude open,
I think is a bigger scam if you want to know. Actually,
I do believe that today would place to report that

(28:43):
a fifteen billion dollar investment from Nighthead Capital Management. Who's
here from Nighthead? Well, very impressed with that fifteen billion.
That's pretty good. It's a great location too. Wow, that's
very impressive. Thank you very much. That's a big number. Huh,
that's a big number, and yet it's peanuts relative to

(29:05):
water would get that's a good job. But the Homer
City site is being resurrected as the largest natural gas
fired power plant ever to be built in North America
is that right, that's fantastic. As another example, Google will
be investing billions and billions of dollars to revitalize two
major hydropower facilities in Pennsylvania. Congratulations sale to SERGEI some

(29:30):
dar They've done a pretty hug javat Google, I'll tell you,
and they have their star right here. So congratulations. That's
so fantastic. And under the last year of biton, China
added eleven times as much power generation capacity as did
the United States. That's under Biden, that's not under trud
that's under Sleepy Joe. Under the Trump administration, America is

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getting back to the game and we could actually be
doing more than they do. As I said day one,
I edited the green new scam. I also ended Joe
Biden's war on clean beautiful Pennsylvania coal totally ended. Call
has equal, if that greater status. It's a very powerful

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it's a very powerful thing called China. It's sort of
interesting that China makes windmills, but how many wind farms
you see in China haven't seen any lately. Sort of
crazy they buy, they build the windmills, sell them into
our country, some of them all over the world, and
they ruin their fields and ruin their valleys. And then
you look at China, where's your wind for well, we

(30:35):
have one, we're thinking about one. It's the whole thing
is crazy. But they used call and they're building right now.
Got fifty two power plants, all of coal. I signed
historic executive orders to expedite construction of Brandow nuclear power plants,
which is very hot. We've issued an order, as you
probably know, one month ago, making it very easy and

(30:55):
very safe to build nuclear power in Westinghouse. I know
is represented here and there become a whole brand new Westinghouse. Congratulations,
it's a great thing you do. And by some VERNI
and competent people.

Speaker 7 (31:07):
I watch was going on there and the form of
regulators say, we're really growing up for our regulators of
the opposite will be very safe, but we're fast and safe,
and you're going to get a whole different.

Speaker 6 (31:18):
Group of people. But it's announcing plans to build tense,
state of the art nuclear reactors in the United States.
It's great congratulations to Westinghouse and to further accelerate investment
in the industries of tomorrow. Two weeks ago, we enacted
the largest tax cuts in American history, when I signed
that one big, beautiful bill in the law. We're adding

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to it a little bit and we're refining it a
little bit, all to the positive. And that's why the congressman,
I'll pretend I'm really angry at them, but I would
actually be angry at them if they showed up lely right,
I'd be much more if they hear I wouldn't not
be happy. The bill allows one expensing on all new equipments,
something that's never happened before, or factories research, and as

(32:02):
I said before, even structured to further protect Pennsylvania industry.
Two months ago, I came here to announce my approval
of the historic investment deal with Nippon Steel, Nippon Steel
of Japan to keep US Steel right here in Pittsburgh.
But Nippon Steel and we got it, and we have

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all sorts of protections because of the fact that US
Steel was, you people years ago, eighty years ago, was
the biggest company in the world, most powerful company in
the world, and we were very strong. And Nippon's coming in.
They're going to be investing seventeen billion dollars. They're going
to build due plants all over the country music and
q Steel, and we have the absolute control because we're

(32:45):
in order less control of that one name at one
name is very important to the history of this country.
And I think Nipon's going to do a fantastic job.
And you know, some cases, they could take it back
to that country. I sent to people because a lot
of people said, well, what do you think, but he's
companies coming in. They said, well, you know, but they
spend a billion dollars in a steel plant. They're not

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going to put it on a boat and take it away.
It's going to be right here with us no matter what.
But they are going to do a fantastic job, and
they look forward to it and they're so excited about it.
They actually fought very, very hard to get that deal.
And I think when you look at the campus jobs
at the Bond Valley Works in western Pennsylvania, we have
something that's going to be really incredible. And we did

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keep a golden share, you know, as a golden share,
I do I have to golden Does everybody know what
a golden share? A lot of these people from the
Middle East, they don't have to worry about golden shares,
But we have a golden share but Nippon's going to
do a fantastic job. With that historic announcement and the
new commitments being made today, we're building a future where

(33:48):
American workers will ford to steel, produce the energy, build
the factories, and really run a country like I believe,
like this country has never been run before it.

Speaker 2 (33:59):
Well, I have to say that the mood in the
room was very upbeat after Trump spoke. It was electric,
and I believe that the people in the room were
truly understanding just how big this is going to be.
When we heard from President Trump unveil a staggering ninety

(34:22):
billion dollar investment package that is aimed squarely at transforming
Pennsylvania into an epic center of America's AI and energy revolution,
Well this isn't just a number, It's a declaration, a
declaration that the Keystone State is no longer just a
historical cornerstone of American industry, but now a launch pad

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for the future of artificial intelligence, data infrastructure, and energy innovation.
From repurposing the Homer City Power Plant into a natural
gas powered data center, to build ten nuclear reactors and
expanding hydropower facilities, the scale is unprecedented, folks, and It's

(35:13):
not just about machines and megawatts. It's not just about jobs, training,
and a new economic identity for Pennsylvania. But Trump didn't
stop at the summit. After returning to Washington, he signed
three executive orders and initiated sweeping regulatory changes to ensure

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this vision doesn't get bogged down with what we know
is called bureaucracy. When we return from break, I'm going
to go through the legacy defining moves and how they
are designed to kickstart this transformation and position that Pennsylvania
finds itself at as the spearhead of America's AI century.

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You're listening to the Energy Mix radio show. Stay with us.
We'll be right back and welcome back to the Energy
Mix Radio Show. I'm your host Kimbalato. Today I'm covering
what I learned when I attended the Pennsylvania AI and
Energy Summit. Now I want to dive into what happened

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after President Trump returned from Pennsylvania. The summit may have
been the spark, but the real fuel came from the
executive actions he took immediately afterwards. They weren't symbolic gestures.
These were structural shifts designed to accelerate AI deployment, energy infrastructure,

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and regulatory reform. The first executive order was accelerating federal
permitting of data center infrastructure. This order is all about
speed and scale. President Trump directed federal AA agencies to
streamline the permitting process for large scale AI infrastructure projects,
especially data centers and semiconductor fabrication facilities. These facilities, which

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consume massive amounts of energy and require complex zoning and
environmental approval, have historically faced years of delays. Under the
new directive, any project, any project exceeding five hundred million
in capital investment or one hundred megawatts in energy consumption

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will be fast tracked through a new federal permitting framework.
The order also opens up federal lands for AI infrastructure development,
including transmission corridors and energy hubs. This is particularly relevant
for Pennsylvania, where the repurposing of legacy coal and gas

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sights into AI ready energy centers is already underway. By
removing the bureaucracy bottleneck, Trump's administration is signaling that America's
AI future won't be held hostage by outdated permitting systems.
The goal is to clear, build fast, build big, and

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build smart. The second Executive Order was preventing woke AI
in the federal government. The order is perhaps the most
ideologically charged title preventing woke AI in the federal government.
It mandates that all systems procured or promoted by federal

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agencies must adhere to principles of ideological neutrality. Trump's directives
explicitly bans references to diversity, equity and inclusion better known
as DEI, that we're all familiar with climate change, unconscious bias,
and other socio political concepts, and federally funded AI models.

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology has been ordered
to revise its AI risk management framework to reflect these changes.
The rationale, according to President Trump, is that AI should
be a tool of truth and not social engineering. He
argued that woke Marxism lunacy undermines the reliability and objectivity

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of AI systems, especially in critical areas like defense, law enforcement,
and public service. And while critics say that the order
politicizes technology, supporters argue it restores scientific rigor and removes
ideological in references. Either way, it makes a dramatic shift

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into how the federal government approaches AI ethics and procurement,
and the last Executive Order is promoted the export of
the American AI technological stack. Now, this order positions the
United States as a global exporter of AI, and not

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just in software, but in full stack solutions. President Trump
directed the Commerce and State Departments to work with private
industries to develop export ready packages that include hardware, models, applications,
and standards. And these packages are designed for allied nations

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seeking to build their own AI ecosystems using American technology
rather than relying on you guessed it, the Chinese or
European alternatives. The move is strategic as well. By exporting
American AI infrastructure, the US not only strengthens diplomatic ties,

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but also sets global norms around AI governance, cybersecureity, and
intellectual property, something that's been lost for a long time.
It's a bid to win the AI race, not just
at home, but abroad. Trump emphasized that this initiative would
help allies leapfrog into AI era where reinforcing America's leadership

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in science, technology, and economic influence. It's a bold play
for global dominance. In Pennsylvania, with its new AI hub,
is poised to be the key manufacturer and deployment center
for these exports. So what does this mean for Pennsylvania.
It means that Pennsylvania isn't just participating in the AI revolution.

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It's going to lead it, folks. And with these executive
orders and regulatory shifts, the Trump administration has laid the
groundwork for a new industrial era, one powered by data,
driven by energy, and built by America inuity. I hope
that today's show gave you a quick peek into what

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is going to be happening to the great state of Pennsylvania.
Their future is bright, and this ensures that the United
States will be leading the AI charge instead of being
behind it. I hope you enjoyed the show. I'd like
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