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Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus

Kevil, McCracken County, Kentucky

ProposedNo reception on recordAI confirmedRecord updated October 22, 2026

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 October 22, 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.

DOE and the project partners state the campus is designed to use less water than the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant did. No cooling method has been published.

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 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.

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?

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 October 22, 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 October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/brookfield-nextera-paducah-site-mccracken-ky.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/brookfield-nextera-paducah-site-mccracken-ky, retrieved October 29, 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 15, 2026
3.Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (USDOE) | Superfund Site Profile · U.S. EPA · retrieved September 10, 2026
4.DOE Site in Western Kentucky Revitalized with Data Center Campus and Dedicated Energy Project · PR Newswire (Brookfield / NextEra Energy / Big Rivers Electric / Jackson Purchase Energy / Paducah Power System) · retrieved September 15, 2026
5.Paducah American Energy Hub, project site (1.8 GW utility load, 4.6 GW dedicated generation, 2032) · NextEra Energy Resources · retrieved September 15, 2026
6.DOE Site in Western Kentucky Revitalized with Data Center Campus and Dedicated Energy Project · NextEra Energy / Brookfield (newsroom release, July 29, 2026) · retrieved September 22, 2026
7.DOE, Private Partners Launch $100B Data Center Project in Kentucky · Rigzone · retrieved October 22, 2026
8.$100B data center campus coming to DOE land in Kentucky · E&E News · retrieved October 22, 2026

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