NextEra, Brookfield plan $100 billion data center at US uranium site in Kentucky
NEE•Project details and planned capacity
NextEra Energy and Brookfield plan to develop a $100 billion data center campus and power plant at a federally owned former uranium enrichment site in Kentucky, the companies said on Wednesday.
The Paducah, Kentucky, campus is the latest in a string of project announcements that pairs Department of Energy land with server warehouses and large-scale power generation as the U.S. races to expand artificial intelligence infrastructure.
The project is expected to provide more than 1.2 gigawatts of data center compute capacity and up to 1.8 GW of electricity that could be supplied to the grid, the companies said.
Under the deal, NextEra, which is one of the world's largest power companies, will develop up to 2 GW of natural gas-fired power and 2.6 GW of battery storage capacity, while Brookfield will own and operate the 1.8 GW campus, the companies said.
