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Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus
Kevil, McCracken County, Kentucky
Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Kevil, Kentucky (McCracken County), operated by Brookfield. The public record puts it at 1.8 GW planned, a reported $100 billion investment.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Brookfield
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- 5501 Hobbs Road, Kevil, McCracken County, KY
- Coordinates
- 37.1139, -88.8103 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1.8 GW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $100 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation / Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative / Paducah Power System
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 600 permanent; 8,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
The record carries no reception finding for Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus in Kevil, McCracken County, Kentucky, but it does carry this note as of September 10, 2026: No community reaction reporting found as of 2026-09-10; project was announced 2026-07-29 by the Paducah American Energy Hub coalition on part of the DOE's former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site.
Power and water
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.
Notes on the record
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 linked power_generation record nextera-paducah-generation-mccracken-ky). 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.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Land area
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus in Kevil?
The record carries no reception finding for Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus in Kevil, McCracken County, Kentucky, but it does carry this note as of September 10, 2026: No community reaction reporting found as of 2026-09-10; project was announced 2026-07-29 by the Paducah American Energy Hub coalition on part of the DOE's former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Brookfield is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1.8 GW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/brookfield-nextera-paducah-site-mccracken-ky.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/brookfield-nextera-paducah-site-mccracken-ky, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Energy Department Announces Partnership to Expand Reliable, Affordable Energy Access and Power America's AI Future in Western Kentucky · U.S. Department of Energy · retrieved September 10, 2026
- 2.AI data center coming to Western Kentucky · WBKO · retrieved September 10, 2026
- 3.Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (USDOE) | Superfund Site Profile · U.S. EPA · retrieved September 10, 2026
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