Massive data center reshapes tiny Homer City coal town
Millionaires are being minted overnight as a massive energy and AI campus takes shape in tiny Homer City — boom town or breaking point?
INDIANA, Pa. — Giant plumes of steam venting from the cooling towers of Homer City’s coal-fired electric generation plant served as a local landmark and a weathervane for decades.
Visible across multiple counties, the cloud-like emissions foretold the day ahead. One direction meant sunshine, the other rain.