Beshear says Trump did not brief him before Kentucky data center plan

Published August 13, 2026 2:19pm ET | Updated August 13, 2026 2:19pm ET



Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) said President Donald Trump’s administration did not brief him on the scope of a planned $100 billion data center campus before announcing the project.

The massive data center campus, which is slated to be built on federal land in Kentucky, is backed by energy company NextEra Energy and investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.

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