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Recent Kentucky data center news

• Aug 4, 2026

  New Data Center Developments: August 2026

  This article is a curated monthly roundup of data center news, summarizing multiple announcements, reported deals, and policy actions across regions.

  • It highlights several new project announcements and construction updates, including Meta’s 5 GW Hyperion expansion, OpenAI’s Project Camellia in Georgia, Iron Mountain’s 48 MW RCH-1 break ground, and Meta’s 1 GW Canadian campus in Alberta.
  • It also covers policy and market developments such as New York’s permit pause for sites over 50 MW, Texas’s ERCOT queue audit, North Carolina’s tax change, Nebraska’s incentive block, plus large capital figures including €1.5 billion, $38.4 billion, $500 million, $400 million, and $10 billion across various projects.
• Aug 2, 2026

  Energy Department to Turn Kentucky Uranium Plant into Data Center and Gas Complex

  The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that it selected Brookfield Asset Management to develop and operate a $100 billion AI data center complex at the government-owned Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky.

  • The project will include a 1.8 gigawatt AI data center campus, 2 gigawatts of natural gas-fired generation, 2.6 gigawatts of battery energy storage, and transmission upgrades; NextEra Energy will build and own the power components.
  • The DOE said construction was expected to be complete in 2031; the site is undergoing cleanup and decommissioning, and the department previously announced a similar project at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Ohio and picked Amentum for a separate AI data center and power plant project at Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
• Jul 29, 2026

  Brookfield, NextEra to Develop $100B Data Center Campus at DOE’s Paducah Site, Paired With 4.6 GW of Dedicated Generation

  Brookfield and NextEra Energy have announced a $100 billion plan to develop a privately funded AI data center campus at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Paducah Site in Kentucky, paired with up to 4.6 GW of dedicated generation.

  • The campus is expected to be fully built out in 2032 and support up to 1.8 GW of utility capacity and more than 1.2 GW of compute load; Brookfield will lease land from DOE and develop and operate the campus.
  • NextEra Energy will own and operate up to 2 GW of natural gas generation and up to 2.6 GW of BESS added in stages; the project also involves Big Rivers Electric, Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, and Paducah Power System, with KPSC approval still required for the power service agreement.
• Jul 24, 2026

  The Gigawatt Buildout Faces the Execution Test

  The article is an analysis and commentary piece about the data center and AI infrastructure market, highlighting several recent announcements and deals rather than a single new announcement by one entity.

  • Alphabet raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to $195 billion-$205 billion, while OpenAI said it is developing Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia with 3.2 GW of power to be delivered from 2028 through 2032.
  • The piece also cites the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers by BlackRock, MGX and GIP, Hut 8‘s 15-year, 352 MW lease in Texas, and several financing and permitting pressures, including a possible $7 billion collateral requirement for Oracle in Wisconsin and $12 billion of financing for Meta’s Texas project.
• Jul 23, 2026

  White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections

  The White House expanded its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge to 187 utilities, electric cooperatives, and data-center developers, while Congress advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act from committee 52-0.

  • The White House said the pledge now covers 187 organizations plus 23 governors, and the coalition “protects” 263 million Americans; signatories commit to fund generation and grid upgrades for their data-center loads without shifting costs to other ratepayers.
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 9340 on July 21; the bill would require state regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider a large-load standard for sites with at least 100 MW peak demand and recover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. New York’s Executive Order 62 separately put permits for 50 MW+ data centers on hold pending an environmental review.
• Jul 16, 2026

  TeraWulf’s $19B Anthropic Lease Puts Its Brownfield AI Strategy to the Test

  TeraWulf has announced a 20-year, $19 billion lease with Anthropic for approximately 401 MW of critical IT capacity at its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, while also agreeing to sell its 50.1% interest in the 168-MW Abernathy data center joint venture in Texas.

  • Anthropic lease: TeraWulf says the agreement is expected to generate about $19 billion in contracted revenue over 20 years; initial capacity is slated for 2H 2027 and the full 401 MW ramp by early 2028.
  • Abernathy sale and site details: TeraWulf will sell its 50.1% interest in Abernathy for about $530 million, paid in three installments through April 2027; the Hawesville site includes 250+ buildable acres, multiple high-voltage transmission lines, an energized substation, and direct transmission access.
• Jul 16, 2026

  High-density Data Center and Colocation Footprints

  365 Data Centers has outlined its high-density data center expansion strategy, combining upgrades to existing facilities with a new AI-ready capacity pipeline.

  • The company says organic expansion will upgrade facilities it already owns and operates in Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, and Colorado to support higher-density deployments.
  • Through a partnership with Aphorio Carter, 365 Data Centers says it is developing about 200 MW of AI-ready capacity across key U.S. markets over the next 18-24 months, with initial projects in Colorado and Kentucky and other sites under evaluation in Connecticut, Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, and Tennessee.
• Jul 10, 2026

  TeraWulf seeks $3.5bn in funding for construction of data center for Anthropic

  TeraWulf has announced plans to raise around $3.5 billion in debt financing for its data center campus in Kentucky, with the facility expected to be leased by Anthropic.

  • Morgan Stanley is expected to lead the financing, and the package will likely also include high-yield bonds.
  • The fundraising follows Anthropic’s reported 20-year deal for the Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, with a total estimated value of $19 billion; TeraWulf also said it sold its 50.1% stake in the Abernathy Joint Venture with Fluidstack and previously secured a $250 million revolving credit line.
• Jul 7, 2026

  Sphere 3D enters 30MW co-mining agreements with Bitdeer

  Sphere 3D has announced new co-mining agreements with Bitdeer Technologies Group for 30MW of capacity across three data center sites in Tennessee and Kentucky.

  • Bitdeer will deploy Sealminer A2 Pro Air hardware at Sphere 3D’s sites, with the two companies sharing net mining proceeds under separate agreements.
  • Each agreement has an initial one-year term and may be renewed for one additional year; financial terms were not disclosed. Sphere 3D said the move lets it use available power capacity while evaluating AI and HPC opportunities. The company also said it closed its business combination with Cathedra Bitcoin in June 2026, engaged EA Advisors in June, and plans to rename itself DarkHorse Technologies Inc. subject to shareholder approval.
• Jul 6, 2026

  Anthropic signs $19bn, 20-year lease for Kentucky data center with TeraWulf

  TeraWulf has announced a long-term lease with Anthropic for its Justified Data campus in Hawesville, Kentucky, and separately said it is selling its 50.1% ownership interest in the Abernathy Joint Venture.

  • Anthropic lease: the agreement runs for 20 years and is expected to generate about $19 billion in revenue for TeraWulf; the campus is planned for up to 401MW of IT capacity, with initial capacity in the second half of 2027 and full operations by early 2028.
  • Abernathy JV sale: TeraWulf said it is divesting its entire 50.1% ownership in the JV with Fluidstack in Abernathy, Texas; the JV was formed in October 2025 for a 168MW data center on a 120-acre campus, and TeraWulf said the deal helps it realize value from its $450m investment.