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Westinghouse will construct 10 large nuclear reactors in the U.S., the energy company told President Trump at a roundtable in Pennsylvania this week (CNBC).

What’s going on: “Westinghouse’s big AP1000 reactor generates enough electricity to power more than 750,000 homes, according to the company. Building 10 of these reactors would drive $75 billion of economic value across the U.S. and $6 billion in Pennsylvania,” Westinghouse interim CEO Dan Sumner said Tuesday during Sen. Dave McCormick[’s] (R-PA) inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University.

• The U.S. has built just two nuclear reactors in the past three decades, both Westinghouse AP1000s at Plant Vogtle in Georgia.

Presidential appearance: President Trump also announced at the summit that private companies will invest some $90 billion in Pennsylvania (CBS News).

• “We’re building a future where American workers will forge the steel, produce the energy, build the factories and really run a country like, I believe, this country has never been run before,” the president said, according to CBS. “I think we have a true golden age for America.”

Keeping energy promises: In May, President Trump issued four executive orders that seek “to quadruple nuclear power in the U.S. by 2050,” CNBC reports. “The president called for the U.S. to have 10 large nuclear reactors under construction by 2030.”

The event: The event at which the announcements were made featured panel discussions with energy and technology industry leaders, including Toby Rice, president and CEO of energy company EQT Corporation, and Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman.

• In June, Amazon announced a $20 billion investment in data centers in Pennsylvania, according to CBS.

Why it’s important: With the fast pace of data center construction and the rapid adoption across industries of energy-intensive generative artificial intelligence, the U.S. must expand baseload power generation capabilities, the NAM said.

• “Westinghouse’s announcement of 10 new nuclear reactors in the U.S. marks the start of a fulfillment of a promise made by President Trump,” said NAM Director of Energy and Resources Policy Michael Davin. “Nuclear energy is safe, carbon-free and available 24 hours a day, year-round. It’s a critical component of the energy future we need to keep manufacturing in the U.S. thriving.”