The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking proposals from U.S. companies to build and power AI data centers at Idaho National Laboratory. The move is aimed at driving private sector funding to grow the nation’s AI computing capabilities and help meet future energy demands.

DOE’s Idaho Operations Office is now seeking proposals from companies to potentially enter into one or more long-term leasing agreements at the site that would be solely funded by the applicants. Idaho National Laboratory is one of four sites identified by the Department for AI infrastructure and generation projects on federal land. The other locations include the Oak Ridge Reservation, the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant and the Savannah River Site.

The DOE site office previously identified approximately 44,000 acres of land for AI infrastructure projects and for energy generation and storage projects with AI data centers, which could include advanced nuclear reactors, enhanced geothermal systems, and cold underground thermal energy storage.

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