Facts at a glance
- Record ID
brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky- Record type
- campus
- Developer
- Brookfield
- Operator
- Brookfield
- Owner
- Owner of record not established
- Tenant
- Not named in the cited records
- Capacity
- 1.8 GW company design · campus scope
DOE describes a new 1.8 GW AI/HPC campus but does not label the figure critical IT load, gross facility load, approved utility service, measured load or current consumption. It is retained only as an announced campus design. - Location
- KY
approximate — The announcement limits the location to portions of DOE's Paducah Site in western Kentucky. The federal site's proper name is not converted into a city, street address, county, parcel or coordinate. - Physical scale
- Physical scale: Unknown. The announcement provides no data-center building count, floor area, site acreage or parcel boundary. The announced investment and job estimates are not physical scale.
What the sources support
The U.S. Department of Energy's July 29, 2026 announcement establishes a partnership and says Brookfield was selected to develop and operate a data center campus on portions of the Paducah Site. It does not say campus construction started, and the power-service agreement remained subject to Kentucky Public Service Commission approval. The expected 2031 completion is a forecast.
Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.
What remains unknown
- street address
- parcel
- city and county situs for the selected campus portions
- coordinates
- data-center land or building owner
- tenant
- critical IT capacity
- gross facility load
- approved utility-service amount
- measured load
- Kentucky PSC case number and decision
- building count or floor area
- construction-start evidence
- completion or opening evidence
Sources
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Exact location Opening paragraph; ratepayer-protection paragraph; participant-selection paragraph; final construction-forecast sentence
What it supports Campus proposal and Paducah Site location boundary; Brookfield's selected future developer/operator roles; announced 1.8-GW AI/HPC campus design; separate generation and storage roles; pending PSC approval; forecast 2031 completion.
Record history
Record history · 29 July 2026 · DataCenterData review
brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky → Record
Why DOE announced the Paducah partnership and participant selections; the power-service agreement remained subject to Kentucky PSC approval.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
DataCenterData record added · 13 September 2026 · DataCenterData review
brookfield-paducah-site-ai-campus-ky → Publication
Why Added as one proposed campus; the 1.8 GW remains an announced design figure and separate generation and storage figures were excluded.
Evidence No additional evidence link; see the linked record or claim.
Data + actions
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