Key facts
- Brookfield Asset Management and NextEra Energy are developing a $100 billion data center campus in Paducah, Kentucky.
- The project involves transforming a former uranium-enrichment facility.
- The campus will include its own power plant.
- The development aims to supply electricity for artificial intelligence data centers.
Brookfield Asset Management and NextEra Energy are collaborating on the development of a massive $100 billion data center campus in Paducah, Kentucky. The project aims to repurpose a former uranium-enrichment facility into a hub for data centers and includes plans for an integrated power plant.
This initiative is positioned to meet the growing electricity demands of artificial intelligence data centers. NextEra Energy, in particular, sees this development as a significant opportunity to secure long-term power supply contracts and drive infrastructure growth beyond its traditional utility operations. The company has noted surging power demand and the expansion of data-center hubs as key factors supporting its growth objectives.
