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DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands (press release, July 24, 2025)

U.S. Department of Energy

Press release in which the US Department of Energy names four DOE sites selected to host private AI data centres and new power generation.

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Overview

In this press release of 24 July 2025, the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced four DOE sites selected to host private-sector AI data centres and new power generation. The sites are Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and Savannah River Site.

The selection was informed by responses to DOE's April 2025 request for information (RFI) on AI infrastructure on DOE lands. The release frames the effort under the executive orders on data-centre permitting, advanced nuclear and energy. The sites are intended for large-scale data centers plus new power generation and supporting infrastructure.

Scope, eligibility and submission guidelines are to come in site-specific solicitations; the release does not give these details. The document is a press announcement: it carries no technical or engineering content and does not predict programme outcomes. Related items are EO 14318 and the DOE RFI.

Key points

  1. Selected sites: Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and Savannah River Site.
  2. Selection was informed by responses to DOE's April 2025 RFI on AI infrastructure on DOE lands.
  3. Sites are intended for large-scale data centers plus new power generation and supporting infrastructure.
  4. Scope, eligibility and submission guidelines are to come in site-specific solicitations.
  5. The release frames the effort under executive orders on data-centre permitting, advanced nuclear and energy.
  6. The document is an announcement, not technical content.

Using it in design

  • Track as a regulatory and site news item linked to the DOE RFI and EO 14318 records.
  • Add a 'federal site solicitation' flag to US site candidates.
  • Treat the announcement as an opportunity to monitor in site selection, not a design rule; make no assumptions until solicitation terms are published.

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Who should read it

Investors planning US site selection and grid connection, and planners following regulatory developments.

Related standards

  • EO 14318
  • DOE RFI on AI Infrastructure on DOE Lands (2025)

Publication details

Authors
U.S. Department of Energy
Publisher
U.S. Department of Energy
Year
2025
Document language
English
Source type
Government / public
Access
Free to read
Licence
U.S. public domain — U.S. Government work; free to reuse
Original licence note

DOE press release (U.S. government work); recorded as citation, not archived.

Citation

U.S. Department of Energy (2025). DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands (press release, July 24, 2025). U.S. Department of Energy. https://www.energy.gov/articles/doe-announces-site-selection-ai-data-center-and-energy-infrastructure-development-federal

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