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Paducah, Kentucky is located in the western part of the state near the Ohio River, approximately 250 miles northeast of major Texas datacenters and outside the Texas electrical grid jurisdiction.
August 3, 2026
Meta's El Paso Campus Hits 1 GW Without Buying a Single ServerIn Kentucky, Brookfield and NextEra are pairing a $100 billion Paducah complex with 2 GW of new gas, contingent on state utility approval and a federal cleanup running to 2065.
July 30, 2026
Ride-Through Rules Bind New Texas Loads August 1; Old Specs Won't Retrofit CheapBrookfield and NextEra are moving on a $100 billion AI campus at the DOE's former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky, targeting more than 1.2 GW of compute with up to 2 GW of gas generation, up to 2.6 GW of battery storage, and up to 1.8 GW of utility-delivered capacity by 2032.
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