Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for AI Data Centers
The Energy Department says the $100 billion Kentucky campus will include 2 gigawatts of gas power and 2.6 gigawatts of battery storage.
- The Trump administration announced Wednesday plans to redevelop a retired Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility in Paducah, Kentucky, into a massive AI data center campus, accelerating artificial intelligence development on federal land.
- Officials are leveraging federal properties to overcome growing local opposition that has delayed at least 75 projects worth $130 billion this year, prioritizing AI dominance as essential to winning the technology race against China.
- Private investment exceeding $100 billion will fund the project through partnerships with Brookfield and NextEra Energy; the campus will feature a 2-gigawatt natural gas power plant designed to produce surplus electricity for the local community.
- Environmental groups and local officials have criticized the process, citing a lack of community input, while a Rhodium Group report warns that faster data center growth could slow U.S. emissions declines in coming years.
- Legal challenges from environmental groups continue mounting against federal data center decisions, as critics like Lee argue Trump has pressured tech companies to prioritize fossil fuels over scalable clean energy.
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Hawaii Tribune-Herald
Trump administration is repurposing federal land for AI data centers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is repurposing large chunks of federal land to host enormous data centers and the power plants needed to run them as officials seek to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence and overcome growing local opposition to the facilities. The post Trump administration is repurposing federal land for AI data centers appeared first on Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Im Hwa-seop = The U.S. Donald Trump administration [is] using federal state-owned land, including former nuclear facility sites, to build artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and power plants...
The Independent
The Independent (US)Trump is turning old federal nuclear sites into land for data centers
The Trump administration has pushed to speed AI data center construction and preempt state regulations
Donald Trump's government is redirecting large tracts of federal land to house huge data centers and power plants needed to supply them, as U.S. authorities seek to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and overcome the growing opposition of local communities to these facilities.
Fed land being repurposed for data centers
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is repurposing large chunks of federal land to host enormous data centers and the power plants needed to run them as officials seek to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence and overcome growing local opposition…
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