Paducah AI/HPC campus (Brookfield and NextEra; Paducah DOE reservation, Kentucky, US) was promised operations by 31 December 2028; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 1,200 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: not yet due.
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The ledger’s reading is the end of August 2026: the promises and the states as they stood then. Each row’s evidence carries its own date, printed on it.
- Evidence read
- Today
- Promised
The announcement
- Announced or estimated capacity (IT load)
- 1,200 MW
- Where the announcement was read
- reuters.com
- When it was read
The promise
- Promised by
- What was promised
- operations
- Where the promise was read
- reuters.com
At the close of the record
- Evidenced power (IT load), end of August 2026
- 0 MW
- Where the evidence was read
- not on file
- When it was read
- The book’s verdict
- Not yet due
The book’s note
1,200 MW is a Reuters compute estimate; DOE gives 1,800 MW for the campus. First-phase operations targeted for 2028 (August 2026 compilation’s table of promised dates row 25; the August 2026 compilation). The August 2026 compilation records 0 publicly verified and names no source for the zero. The 2028 start is the companies’ as Reuters reported it; the Department’s release gives none, says “Construction is expected to be completed in 2031.” and that “The power service agreement remains subject to approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission.”
Also
- Who is involved
- developer Brookfield
- power supplier NextEra
Campuses near it in the ledger
- Reliance Digital Connexion Visakhapatnam shares a party
Questions about this campus
- Is Paducah AI/HPC campus energized?
- Paducah AI/HPC campus (Brookfield and NextEra; Paducah DOE reservation, Kentucky, US) was promised operations by 31 December 2028; at the end-of-August 2026 reading the public record evidences 0 MW of IT load against 1,200 MW announced or estimated. The book’s verdict: not yet due.
- When was Paducah AI/HPC campus promised to be energized?
- Paducah AI/HPC campus was promised operations by 31 December 2028.
- Who is building Paducah AI/HPC campus?
- Brookfield (developer), NextEra (power supplier).
How to cite this page
Dryburgh, Lee S. “Paducah AI/HPC campus.” In The AI Compute Race. DRYBURGH. https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/paducah-ai-hpc-campus (accessed 2026-11-01).
BibTeX
@misc{dryburgh-paducah-ai-hpc-campus-2026,
author = {Dryburgh, Lee S.},
title = {{Paducah AI/HPC campus}},
howpublished = {In \emph{The AI Compute Race}, DRYBURGH},
year = {2026},
url = {https://dryburgh.com/vol1/ledger/paducah-ai-hpc-campus},
note = {Accessed 2026-11-01}
}