Companies create joint venture to build natural gas generation stations in Pa. in support of data center development

ALLENTOWN, Pa., July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) (“PPL”) and Blackstone Infrastructure today announced that they have formed a joint venture to build, own and operate new gas-fired, combined-cycle generation stations to power data centers under long-term energy services agreements (ESA). The announcement was made at the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit hosted by Sen. David McCormick at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.