The US Department of Energy has selected Brookfield Asset Management to develop a $100 billion AI data centre complex at the former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky. The project will include a natural gas power plant, battery storage and a 1.8-gigawatt AI campus. It aims to boost AI infrastructure, create jobs and repurpose a former nuclear site.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected investment firm Brookfield Asset Management to develop and operate a $100 billion artificial intelligence (AI) data centre complex at the government-owned Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky. The project, which includes a natural gas-fired power plant and battery storage facility, is the latest effort to repurpose Cold War-era uranium enrichment sites. A similar initiative was announced in March for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio.
The Paducah and Portsmouth facilities are undergoing extensive cleanup, decontamination and decommissioning after decades of supporting the country's nuclear weapons programme and commercial nuclear power generation. The initiative aligns with the Trump administration's strategy of making AI leadership over China a key national security and economic objective.
Government Highlights Economic Benefits
The federal government is transforming former DOE sites into "engines of innovation and economic growth" to "ensure the United States wins the A.I. race," Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a statement on Wednesday.
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