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Brookfield (with NextEra Energy)
DOE Paducah AI Infrastructure Site
McCracken County, Kentucky
Proposed
- Capacity1.8 GWannounced: “a 1.8-gigawatt artificial intelligence and high-performance computing campus”
- FootprintCampus scale
The source
“a 1.8-gigawatt artificial intelligence and high-performance computing campus”US Department of Energy
Source-checked, read back against the document on Sep 17, 2026.
What’s happened here
- Jul 29, 2026 Award
DOE awards Paducah to Brookfield and NextEra: 1.8 GW, 2 GW of new gas, over $100 billion
Brookfield will develop and operate a 1.8 gigawatt AI and high-performance computing campus on the former uranium enrichment site in western Kentucky; NextEra Energy will build 2 gigawatts of gas generation and up to 2.6 gigawatts of storage. Construction is expected through 2031.
The first federal site to get a developer, and the largest single announcement in the fight so far.
From the record · Department of Energy · U.S. Department of Energy
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