Elon Musk Tells PA Governor He Wants To Invest In Pittsburgh: Report

PITTSBURGH, PA — Tech mogul and prominent Donald Trump supporter Elon Musk and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke Sunday about Musk's desire to expand his factories to the Pittsburgh area.

NBC News reported Tuesday that the conversation occurred Sunday night during the Steelers-Cowboys game, which Musk attended as a guest of Thomas Tull. A Hollywood producer turned investor and a minority owner of the Steelers, Tull is a primary investor in an $81 million project

to bring a manufacturing operation to New Kensington, Westmoreland County.

Tull reportedly arranged the talk with Shapiro a day after Musk spoke at Trump's rally in Butler at the same site where the former president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt in July.

According to NBC, Tull and Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and the X social media platform, began discussing Tull's economic investments in Western Pennsylvania. Musk was intrigued, so Tull called Shapiro; during the talk between Musk and the governor, Musk expressed interest in investing in the state.

Shapiro's office did not return an NBC request for comment.