What is the scale and location of the new data center campus being developed by NextEra Energy and Brookfield?

NextEra Energy Inc. and Brookfield are developing a more than $100 billion data center campus on the 3,556-acre former Cold War uranium-enrichment facility in Paducah, western Kentucky — a site previously used to produce weapons-grade uranium and nuclear reactor fuel, where gaseous diffusion operations ceased in 2013.

What power infrastructure will be built alongside the data center campus, and how does it compare to conventional power sources?

The project includes construction of 2 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power generation and up to 2.6 gigawatts of battery storage capacity at or near the Paducah site; for context, one gigawatt is roughly equivalent to the output of a traditional nuclear power plant and can power about 750,000 homes at any given moment.

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