Pennsylvania electric and gas utility PPL and Blackstone Infrastructure have formed a joint venture to build natural gas generation stations to power data centers under long-term energy services agreements,

PPL Corp. (NYSE:PPL) and Blackstone (BX) said Tuesday they have formed a joint venture to build, own and operate natural gas generation stations to power data centers in Pennsylvania under long-term energy services agreements.

PPL said within its service territory in Pennsylvania alone, data center interest has reached over 60 gigawatts (GW) of potential projects, with over 13 GW in advanced stages of planning. If all 13 GW come online, PPL estimated a 6 GW generation shortfall in PPL Electric Utilities’ service territory in the next five to six years.