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National Nuclear Security Administration made a government award to ↓ Amentum NNSA announced on 20 July 2026 the selection of Amentum to enter negotiations for a phased lease to develop an AI data centre with dedicated on-site energy generation at the Savannah River Site, a project of a 1 GW data centre and about 2 GW of generation from natural gas bridging to nuclear. Copy claim link
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Date 2026-07-20 · announcement Figure measures generation capacity Stage announced Quantity approximate · 2 gigawatts of on-site energy generation (as worded: 'approximately 2-gigawatts'); data centre 1 gigawatt Scope and limits Selection for negotiations only; NNSA states it does not constitute a final lease award. Capacities are project descriptions, not built facilities.
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NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site ↗ U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration · 2026-07-20
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Source excerpt “the selection of Amentum to enter negotiations for a phased lease” Location in source paragraph beginning “WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of…”
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Source details and check notes Authors U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 14ec85e91770dcb50141caf93810485980e8e543824b546880d07a1758a6bf9f). energy.gov/nnsa article as served on 2026-10-28; displayed date July 20, 2026. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 39d901a6bc898d2e1c29269817d994e2b487ee70af6b26cc3fe081092e6b7b3f). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, “NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site”, 2026-07-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (11 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 39d901a6bc898d2e1c29269817d994e2b487ee70af6b26cc3fe081092e6b7b3f; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 55) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site ↗ U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration · 2026-07-20
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Source excerpt “The project includes a 1-gigawatt data center and approximately 2-gigawatts of on-site energy generation consisting of natural gas bridging to nuclear energy.” Location in source paragraph beginning “Consistent with the Trump Administration’s Ratepayer…”
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Source details and check notes Authors U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 14ec85e91770dcb50141caf93810485980e8e543824b546880d07a1758a6bf9f). energy.gov/nnsa article as served on 2026-10-28; displayed date July 20, 2026. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 39d901a6bc898d2e1c29269817d994e2b487ee70af6b26cc3fe081092e6b7b3f). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, “NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site”, 2026-07-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (22 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 39d901a6bc898d2e1c29269817d994e2b487ee70af6b26cc3fe081092e6b7b3f; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 55) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. primary source Supports the claim
NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site ↗ U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration · 2026-07-20
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Source excerpt “Selection for negotiations does not constitute a final lease award.” Location in source paragraph beginning “In April 2025, DOE identified 16…”
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Source details and check notes Authors U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Version Retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 (SHA-256 14ec85e91770dcb50141caf93810485980e8e543824b546880d07a1758a6bf9f). energy.gov/nnsa article as served on 2026-10-28; displayed date July 20, 2026. Retrieved again at admission on 2026-10-30 (SHA-256 39d901a6bc898d2e1c29269817d994e2b487ee70af6b26cc3fe081092e6b7b3f). Its wording can change; earlier wording is not authenticated. Canonical address Open the canonical source ↗ Accessed 2026-10-28 Language English (en) Attribution U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, “NNSA Selects Amentum for AI Data Center and Energy Project at Savannah River Site”, 2026-07-20. Reuse No open redistribution licence asserted. Bibliographic metadata, editorial paraphrases and short attributed quotations (at most 50 words each). Recheck terms before wider redistribution. Check notes Candidate pack passage, compute, power and orbit (research/compute-power-orbit). The quotation (10 words) matched the text retrieved for the candidate pack on 2026-10-28 and again at admission on 2026-10-30, in a fresh retrieval (SHA-256 39d901a6bc898d2e1c29269817d994e2b487ee70af6b26cc3fe081092e6b7b3f; the bytes differ from the pack’s retrieval). Matching ignored differences of whitespace, case, quotation marks, dashes and Unicode compatibility forms, so the source’s typography can differ. A cross-family machine check (2026-10-29/30, item 55) answered the record’s question blind from fresh retrievals and agreed with the record. No human editorial review. Status and meaning Editorial status. Not reviewed by an editor . An exploratory record that no editor has accepted. This status does not say whether a person has read any linked passage. Each evidence record above shows how it was checked.
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