The Oak Ridge Reservation and 3 other sites are "well-situated for large-scale data centers, new power generation, and other necessary infrastructure."

Four federal facilities have been selected to host new artificial intelligence-ready data centers, with help from private sector partners.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced Thursday its next steps under the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate AI infrastructure development.

DOE Secretary Chris Wright said the sites are uniquely positioned to host AI data centers to strengthen national security and grid reliability.

President Donald Trump’s AI Action Plan and executive orders called for agencies with “significant land portfolios” to identify sites for data center

Private sector invited to colocate at legacy nuclear facilities The US Department of Energy (DoE) has identified four sites where private sector firms will be invited to colocate datacenters and energy generation projects,