Data center fact sheet · county
Mercer County, Kentucky
As of . Latest dated change shown: Sep 8, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 1
- 1 proposed
- Planned capacity
- None published
- 0 projects publish a figure; 1 project publishes none
- Moratorium actions
- 1
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Bluegrass Burgin | Proposed | none published | Panattoni Data Centers |
Pauses and local rules
| Jurisdiction | Action | When | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercer County[1] | Adopted | Aug 2026 | one year |
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)[2]
- 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)[3]
- Sep 8, 2026 Mercer County Fiscal Court gives a first reading of the commission's data center regulations (Project Bluegrass)[3]
- Aug 2026 Mercer County Fiscal Court passes a temporary pause on data center construction that does not apply in Burgin (Project Bluegrass)[3]
- 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)[4]
- Jul 2026 Mercer County Joint Planning and Zoning Commission votes to advance data center zoning regulations restricting where large data centers can locate (Project Bluegrass)[3]
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
- 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
- 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/
- 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: Mercer County, Kentucky,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/kentucky/mercer-county.