Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus
Brookfield · Kevil, KY · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 5501 Hobbs Road
- Coordinates
- 37.11389, -88.81028
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation / Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative / Paducah Power System
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 1800 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
No dated operational history is established in this record. Publication, discovery and source-update dates are not opening dates.
Source notes
Announced 2026-07-29 on part of DOE's former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (a Superfund site). Brookfield develops/operates the AI/HPC campus; NextEra builds dedicated adjacent generation (see the linked power-generation record, NextEra Paducah Site Dedicated Generation). First components could come online as soon as 2028; construction expected complete 2031. Investment reported as 'more than $100 billion' — recorded as $100,000,000,000.
Paired with dedicated NextEra Energy generation (2 GW new grid-connected natural gas-fired generation plus up to 2.6 GW battery energy storage) built adjacent to the site; campus supports 'up to 1.8 GW of utility-delivered capacity' by 2032. Power service agreements require Kentucky Public Service Commission approval; follows a Request for Offers issued November 2025.
Sources and provenance
- Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky · source retrieved 2026-09-10
- AI data center coming to Western Kentucky · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (USDOE) | Superfund Site Profile · source retrieved 2026-09-10
- DOE Site in Western Kentucky Revitalized with Data Center Campus and Dedicated Energy Project · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- Paducah American Energy Hub — project site (1.8 GW utility load, 4.6 GW dedicated generation, 2032) · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- DOE Site in Western Kentucky Revitalized with Data Center Campus and Dedicated Energy Project · source retrieved 2026-09-22
- DOE, Private Partners Launch $100B Data Center Project in Kentucky · source retrieved 2026-10-22
- $100B data center campus coming to DOE land in Kentucky · source retrieved 2026-10-22
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.