The Cost and Promise of AI; What Are the Concerns?

The Cost and Promise of AI: Why Paducah?

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that ground will break in June of 2026 for an Artificial Intelligence data center in Paducah — one of four sites selected.

The Cost and Promise of AI; Why Paducah?

The U.S. Department of Energy chose Paducah for its new AI data center because the site sits in the MISO power grid with abundant unused electric capacity and an existing high-volume water pump ideal for cooling. Local officials say the…

From Uranium to Algorithms: How Paducah, Kentucky Became Ground Zero for America’s Next Great AI Gamble

In the rolling farmland of western Kentucky, where the Ohio River bends lazily past a city of roughly 27,000, a transformation of almost incomprehensible scale is taking shape. The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that ground will break in June 2026 on an artificial intelligence data center in Paducah, Kentucky — a facility that could eventually consume more electricity than some small nations and reshape the economic identity of a commun…