Data center fact sheet
Kentucky
As of . Latest dated change shown: Sep 8, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 2
- 1 proposed, 1 cancelled
- Planned capacity
- None published
- 0 projects publish a figure; 1 project publishes none; 1 cancelled or denied not counted
- Moratorium actions
- 3
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Lincoln Oldham County | Cancelled | 600 MW | Western Hospitality Partners |
| Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County | Proposed | none published | Panattoni Data Centers |
Pauses and local rules
Upcoming votes and hearings
No upcoming hearing on record. Agendas change; check with the body before attending.
Latest changes
- Sep 8, 2026 On the mayor's tie-breaking vote, Burgin City Council approves on first reading an ordinance for the city to rejoin the joint Mercer County, Harrodsburg and Burgin Planning and Zoning Commission (Project Bluegrass)[4]
- Sep 8, 2026 A planned council vote on directing the city attorney to draft an ordinance annexing the data center site does not happen after council member Melinda Wofford walks out and the council loses its quorum (Project Bluegrass)[5]
- Sep 8, 2026 Mercer County Fiscal Court gives a first reading of the commission's data center regulations (Project Bluegrass)[5]
- Aug 18, 2026 Fiscal Court votes 5-4 to deny revised data center regulations and hire a consultant; Judge-Executive calls Aug. 24 special meeting for a new first reading (Project Lincoln)[6]
- Aug 2026 Mercer County Fiscal Court passes a temporary pause on data center construction that does not apply in Burgin (Project Bluegrass)[5]
- Jul 2026 Burgin officials give a first reading, on a favorable but not unanimous vote, to annexing some 500 acres into the city for the project (Project Bluegrass)[7]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- WUKY / Kentucky Lantern, “A Kentucky county becomes first in state to permanently ban data center construction”, Sep 14, 2026. https://www.wuky.org/wuky-news/2026-09-14/a-kentucky-county-becomes-first-in-state-to-permanently-ban-data-center-construction
- Louisville Public Media, “A Kentucky county passes a data center moratorium — with a city-sized hole”, Aug 12, 2026. https://www.lpm.org/news/2026-08-12/a-kentucky-county-passes-a-data-center-moratorium-with-a-city-sized-hole
- Louisville Public Media, “Oldham County passes sweeping data center moratorium, executive fired over recording”, Jul 2, 2025. https://www.lpm.org/news/2025-07-02/oldham-county-passes-sweeping-data-center-moratorium-executive-fired-over-recording
- WKYT, “Burgin votes to rejoin zoning commission amid data center fight”, Sep 8, 2026. https://www.wkyt.com/2026/09/09/burgin-votes-rejoin-zoning-commission-amid-data-center-fight/
- Kentucky Lantern, “Burgin city council member walks out to stop a vote for a proposed data center project”, Sep 9, 2026. https://kentuckylantern.com/2026/09/09/burgin-city-council-member-walks-out-to-stop-a-vote-for-a-proposed-data-center-project/
- The Oldham Era, “Oldham leaders in dispute over data center regulations”, Aug 24, 2026. https://www.pmg-ky1.com/oldham_era/news/dispute-over-proposed-data-center-regulations-oldham/article_5ba3bfdc-8486-56ec-ae85-0a44117f4e07.html
- DatacenterDynamics, “900-acre data center project proposed outside Lexington, Kentucky”, Jul 28, 2026. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/900-acre-data-center-project-proposed-outside-lexington-kentucky/
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: Kentucky,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/kentucky.