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Jul 30, 2026

U.S. Department of Energy to Convert Kentucky Uranium Plant into $100 Billion AI Data Center with Gas Power Complex

The Department of Energy plans to transform a Cold War-era uranium enrichment site in Paducah, Kentucky into a massive AI data center complex powered by new natural gas and battery storage facilities, funded through private equity investment.

Jul 30, 2026·1 source
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  • ▪The Trump administration is prioritizing artificial intelligence superiority over China as a top national security and economic priority
  • ▪The U.S. Department of Energy previously announced similar artificial intelligence data center projects at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina
  • ▪The new power plant at the Paducah site will support a 1.8 gigawatt artificial intelligence data center campus, with construction expected to be complete in 2031

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Public-private partnershipsNuclear energyCompute, chips & AI infrastructureAIEnergy security & geopolitics

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