NextEra Energy Inc. and Brookfield Corp. announce partnership to develop $100 billion data center campus in Kentucky

Type: Partnership · Technology: Data Center · Country: United States · Capacity: 2 GW · Value: $100B · Announced: 2026-07-28

NextEra Energy Inc. and Brookfield Corp. announced a partnership to develop a data center campus valued at more than $100 billion on 2026-07-28. The project will convert the former Cold War uranium‑enrichment facility in Paducah, western Kentucky, into a data center complex with a 2‑gigawatt natural‑gas power plant. The development also includes up to 2.6 GW of battery storage to support the data center’s energy needs. The transformation leverages NextEra’s utility expertise and Brookfield’s infrastructure investment platform to create a high‑performance computing hub in the United States. The $100 billion investment positions the site as one of the largest data‑center campuses in the country, targeting AI workloads and regional cloud services. No external advisors or lenders were disclosed in the announcement.

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