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26: Pennsylvania Aims to Be AI Capital with US-Made Non-Lithium Batteries. Salena Zito reports on Governor Shapiro's plan to establish Pennsylvania as the AI and data center capital, capitalizing on its energy resources and university system. She focuses on E

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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4.52.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Pennsylvania Aims to Be AI Capital with US-Made Non-Lithium Batteries. Salena Zito reports on Governor Shapiro's plan to establish Pennsylvania as the AI and data center capital, capitalizing on its energy resources and university system. She focuses on EOS, a Turtle Creek company making non-lithium batteries that are 97% US-made, countering reliance on Chinese lithium. AI data centers require high energy reliability, favoring coal and natural gas infrastructure. Governor Shapiro supports this buildout, including a $22 million grant for EOS.

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This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor.

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This is CBS. I on the world. I'm John Batchel, to Pennsylvania, the Keystone State, to Turtle Creek,

0:42.3

Pennsylvania, Turtle Creek, if you're from Indiana.

0:48.6

And Selena Zito of the Washington Examiner and the Washington Post, taking us to an event that looks pretty much like a governor is pleased, but this one has reason to interpret

0:53.6

the future for Pennsylvania and especially for western Pennsylvania.

0:58.2

Selena, a very good day to you.

0:59.8

Governor Shapiro, very popular, very successful, has blessed Pennsylvania with the idea where the AI capital, data center capital of America.

1:08.9

Your story at Turtle Creek underlines the fact that you have plenty of

1:12.7

reason to take on that mantle. What is Eos Mestrangello's company, and what does it represent

1:19.1

in the next phase of energy-dominated businesses in Pennsylvania? Good evening to you.

1:25.4

Good evening. So EOS makes non-Lithium batteries. And lithium

1:30.9

batteries have long been considered not only dangerous. Oftentimes, you'll read about, you know,

1:41.5

lithium batteries. People are not allowed to take them on an airplane.

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