Department of Energy

“Department of Energy named Brookfield and NextEra Energy as its partners at the Paducah site in Kentucky, behind more than $100 billion of announced private investment and a 1.8 gigawatt campus.”

“The energy package is roughly 2 gigawatts of new grid-connected gas plus up to 2.6 gigawatts of battery storage, with completion expected in 2031.”

“DOE describes a 1.8 gigawatt campus. The coalition's own announcement that day puts compute load above 1.2 gigawatts, with 1.8 gigawatts the utility capacity standing behind it, up to 4.6 gigawatts o…”

“In March it announced a 10 gigawatt campus at the Portsmouth site in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy and AEP Ohio, backed by 9.2 gigawatts of new gas, and construction on an initial 800 megawatt phase…”

“The Department of Energy is also looking to build 16 new data centers under guidance from the Trump administration.”

“To help the grid cope with more residential cooling demand, business owners are being asked to set their thermostats to 78 degrees, which the Department of Energy recommends during peak summer months.”

“The Mark-0 reactor built by Torrance, Calif-based Antares Energy, in early June became the 53rd-ever reactor ever to achieve criticality at Idaho National Lab, according to the DOE, but the first pri…”

“According to the DOE, Deployable achieved criticality June 30.”