Sites and water
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Its Powered Land Bank: Harworth's Update on Its Data Center Pipeline
On August 19, 2026, Harworth, a land and development business, said it had entered into an exclusivity agreement with a data center provider for a powered land sale at a second site. Its update lists up to six hyperscale data center land sales it says it can target, and where their power stands, from accepted power connection offers to anticipated power availability.
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Powered Land Sale, Turnkey, Powered Shell: Stockland's Data Center Slides for FY26
Stockland's presentation of its FY26 results sets data center business models side by side, among them a powered land sale and a powered shell, and says its partnership with an operator is focused exclusively on turnkey. Another slide reports the power secured across three of its sites, a figure its footnote makes subject to final design, documentation and customer negotiations.
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A Data Center Campus and Its Dedicated Energy Infrastructure: The Energy Department's Paducah Partnership
On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a partnership to turn parts of its Paducah Site in Kentucky into a data center campus, with new gas-fired generation and battery storage planned at or near it. The power service agreement still needs a state commission's approval, and construction is expected to be completed in 2031.
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Selection for Negotiations: NNSA on an AI Data Center and Energy Project at the Savannah River Site
The National Nuclear Security Administration announced on July 20, 2026 that it had selected a company "to enter negotiations for a phased lease" for an AI data center with on-site energy generation at the Savannah River Site, and said the selection "does not constitute a final lease award."
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Before Construction and Every Year After: Utah's Water Reporting Law for Large Data Centers
Utah's H.B. 76, which takes effect on May 6, 2026, requires the operator of a new large data center to report its estimated water withdrawal before construction and its actual withdrawals each year after it begins operation. The state's Division of Water Rights is to publish each center's withdrawal data.
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Secured, and in Advanced Stages of Procurement: Goodman's Power Bank in Its Half-Year Results
Goodman Group's results for the half year ended December 31, 2025 report a "power bank" on its sites, part of it secured power and part of it in advanced stages of procurement. Its chief executive called the scale and locations of the group's "powered land bank" rare.
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Properties Affected by Contamination: EPA's Guidance on Superfund and Brownfield Sites as AI Data Centers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's guidance of January 2026 gives introductory information on how Superfund and Brownfield sites may be redeveloped as AI data centers. Its table of initial criteria sets power, water and the state of a site's cleanup beside size and location, and it says local conditions and regulations will determine whether a site is suitable.
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Partners Must Secure Utility Interconnection Agreements: NNSA Seeks Proposals for AI Data Centers at Savannah River Site
On September 30, 2025, the National Nuclear Security Administration asked U.S. private sector partners for proposals to "build and power" AI data centers on federal land at Savannah River Site. The partner is responsible for building, operating and decommissioning each project, and the release says partners "must secure utility interconnection agreements."
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Details at Each Site to Follow: The Energy Department Selects Four of Its Sites for AI Data Centers and Energy Generation
On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy named four of its sites where it plans to invite private partners to develop AI data center and energy generation projects. The details, it says, will come with a release for each site.
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All, Some, or None of the Sites: The Energy Department's Request for Information on AI Infrastructure on DOE Lands
A request for information by the U.S. Department of Energy, signed on March 21, 2025, seeks to assess industry interest in developing, operating and maintaining AI infrastructure on select land the department owns or manages, and lists sites. It is not a solicitation, and the department may choose to make available all, some or none of the listed sites in potential future solicitations.
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Evidence of Utility Partnerships for Power Enablement: OpenAI's Request for Site Proposals of January 2025
OpenAI's request for proposals of January 30, 2025, made on behalf of Stargate, sought "Site (land and power) proposals" for large AI data centers, and set out what a proposal should show about its power, including a "Clear power ramp and max power availability" and "Evidence of utility partnerships for power enablement, both as a power supplier and as an interconnect partner."
