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Pittsburgh could be a green energy hub. But does it have the workers?
“People want fossil-free generation,” said Jim Spencer, one of the co-founders and CEO of Exus. With so much emphasis on data centers and AI, and the associated spike in demand for energy, he said, “thinking that we’re going to be an AI hub without pairing that with renewables is foolish.”
PublicSource, with Technical.ly, is exploring the landscape of work in Pittsburgh as it is pressure-tested by changes in governmental policy, technology and economics.
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