Moratorium tracker

Data center moratoriums in Kentucky

3 moratorium actions in 3 jurisdictions in Kentucky, newest first: 3 adopted, extended or announced. Each entry links to its source.

Is there a data center moratorium in Kentucky?

No statewide pause for Kentucky is in the tracker; the actions on this page are local. Locally, 3 jurisdictions adopted, extended or announced a pause: Woodford County, Mercer County and Oldham County. By their own stated length or end date, the pause in Oldham County (150 days, Jul 2025) has run out unless extended; the tracker has no extension on record.

Statuses are as of each source’s date; check with the jurisdiction before relying on one.

Moratorium actions: 3
Jurisdictions: 3
Adopted, extended or announced: 3
Rejected, lifted or set aside: 0

Every tracked Kentucky moratorium

Jurisdiction	Action	Length	What the source says
Woodford County Kentucky · county	Adopted Sep 8, 2026	permanent	Fiscal Court unanimously banned the construction of data centers, landfills and large battery storage systems in the county, becoming the first Kentucky county to permanently ban data centers; no specific developer proposal was pending at the time. The county seat, Versailles, had separately adopted a temporary moratorium in July 2026. WUKY / Kentucky Lantern Source excerpt “Our rolling pastures, our historic farms, our agriculture, are not just scenic views. They are the backbone of our economy.”
Mercer County Kentucky · county	Adopted Aug 2026	one year	One-year moratorium on all applications to build new data centers in the county's unincorporated areas. Louisville Public Media Source excerpt “The Mercer County Fiscal Court passed an ordinance by a unanimous vote that morning for a one-year moratorium on any application to construct a new data center in unincorporated areas of the county.”
Oldham County Kentucky · county	Adopted Jul 2025	150 days	Puts a 150-day hold on any application to construct a data center in the county. Louisville Public Media Source excerpt “pauses any application to build a data center in the county for 150 days”

Dates are the date of the vote or order where the source gives one; otherwise the entry shows when it was reported. Lengths, end dates and scope appear only where the cited source states them. Expand any row for a verbatim excerpt from its source.

Tracked projects in these jurisdictions

Project	Status	Jurisdiction and action
Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY	Cancelled	Oldham County: adopted Jul 2025
Project Bluegrass Burgin, Mercer County, KY	Proposed	Mercer County: adopted Aug 2026

Matched by county, city or the project a source names. Being inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered; many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide. Some entries above note an exemption their source reports; check each entry’s source for others.

Moratorium actions in Kentucky project records

Date	Action	Project
Mar 25, 2026	Planning Commission reworking regulations; moratorium remains in effect WAVE / WDRB	Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY
Nov 18, 2025	Fiscal Court approves new moratorium lasting until regulations are approved The Oldham Era	Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY
Jul 1, 2025	Fiscal Court passes 150-day moratorium on data centers 4-2 with no exemptions; Deputy Judge-Executive Joe Ender fired over secret recording Louisville Public Media	Project Lincoln Oldham County, KY

Permanent rules in Kentucky

No Kentucky ordinance or state law written for data centers is in the rules tracker yet.

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Kentucky data center moratoriums: common questions

Is there a data center moratorium in Kentucky?

How many Kentucky communities have paused data centers?

The tracker records 3 local governments in Kentucky that adopted, extended or announced a data center pause. The tracker lists actions confirmed in a published notice or news report, so it is a floor rather than a complete census.

How long do data center moratoriums in Kentucky last?

Where the source states a length, Kentucky pauses run from 150 days (Oldham County) to one year (Mercer County). 1 other action has no stated fixed length or runs until a set date or condition.

Which tracked data center projects are in Kentucky jurisdictions with a moratorium?

Project Lincoln and Project Bluegrass. Sitting inside a jurisdiction with a moratorium does not mean a project is covered: many pauses exempt applications already filed or approved, and a county pause usually leaves incorporated towns free to decide.

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Last updated Sep 25, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APA	`Data Center Census. (2026). Data center moratoriums in Kentucky. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/kentucky`
MLA	`“Data center moratoriums in Kentucky.” Data Center Census, Sep 25, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/kentucky.`
Link	https://datacentercensus.com/moratoriums/kentucky

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