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    "ky": {
      "attribution": {
        "research": "Data Centers Atlas research from county and city records, Public Service Commission filings, company announcements and local news, linked on each record.",
        "inventory": {
          "name": "Compute Atlas",
          "creator": "Edward Kubiak",
          "url": "https://www.compute-atlas.com/api",
          "license": "CC BY 4.0",
          "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
        },
        "counties": "U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries (public domain)",
        "geocoder": "U.S. Census Bureau geocoder (public domain)",
        "geometry": {
          "license": "ODbL 1.0",
          "credit": "OpenStreetMap contributors",
          "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright",
          "note": "Matched building centers are adapted separately from the inventory; not surveyed parcels"
        }
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      "source_data_url": "https://datacentersatlas.com/data/ky.json",
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    }
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  "scope": "Retained county context, which can be broad or unresolved. No parcel or municipal jurisdiction is inferred. Research records retain their sources, dates and location limits. Counts are not a census of operating buildings. Company name links alone do not establish ownership or operation.",
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    "key": "21145",
    "label": "McCracken County, Kentucky"
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      "kind": "project",
      "name": "Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus",
      "group": "proposed",
      "status": "Proposed",
      "raw_status": "proposed",
      "crypto": false,
      "type": "data center",
      "counties": [
        "McCracken"
      ],
      "city": "Kevil",
      "who": "Brookfield / NextEra Energy Resources",
      "end_user": "",
      "mw": 1800,
      "power": "1,800 MW",
      "power_note": "planned AI/HPC campus; separate 2000 MW gas generation and up to 2600 MW battery storage power",
      "investment": "more than 100 billion, privately funded, for the whole data-center and energy project",
      "jobs": "construction: approximately 8,000, permanent: 600",
      "acres": null,
      "utility": "Big Rivers Electric Power Corporation / Jackson Purchase Energy Cooperative / Paducah Power System",
      "water": "",
      "incentives": "",
      "note": "Federal partnership announcement; no claim that all power and construction permits are approved",
      "date": "2026-07-29",
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          "date": "2026-07-29"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://newsroom.nexteraenergy.com/2026-07-29-DOE-Site-in-Western-Kentucky-Revitalized-with-Data-Center-Campus-and-Dedicated-Energy-Project,-Creating-Jobs-and-Protecting-Residents-and-Businesses-from-Costs",
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        "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel."
      },
      "state": "KY",
      "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level",
      "summary": "McCracken County · 1,800 MW · Brookfield / NextEra Energy Resources",
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      }
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