The partnership also includes Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation, Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative, and Paducah Power System. DOE picked NextEra to build and own the dedicated generation resources. “The Department of Energy’s Paducah Site will be the seed of our plan to invest $100 billion in AI infrastructure.” “This project is a proof point for how AI infrastructure should be built in America,” Ketchum said in a statement. “The data center will bring its own power, pay for its own power infrastructure, and create good-paying jobs for local workers.”