Kentucky’s data centers, mapped county by county.

Every project on the map, by status

This is the same data the map uses, checked October 14, 2026. Each project is placed by county, because most proposals do not publish a surveyed parcel; power and investment are written the way the cited source states them, and different kinds of numbers (electrical service, leased IT load, generation) are never added together.

Under construction (2)

• Justified Data Campus. Hancock County; first phase 401 MW; investment as reported: approximately 4.0 billion to 4.5 billion in site development and initial data halls, excluding customer computing equipment; latest status 2026-08-21. Sources: investors.terawulf.com, investors.terawulf.com.
• PowerHouse Data Centers - Louisville (Camp Ground Road). Jefferson County; first phase 130 MW, up to 400 MW; latest status 2026-03-05. Sources: powerhousedata.com, lpm.org.

Approved (2)

• Mason County hyperscale data center and technology campus (Meta). Mason County; first phase 396 MW; investment as reported: 10 billion capital investment, with potential for more in future phases; latest status 2026-10-13. Sources: wcpo.com, maysville-online.com.
• TenKey LandCo Project Lionsgate - Franklin Data Center. Simpson County; investment as reported: nearly 5 billion for total campus; latest status 2026-04-14. Sources: wkyufm.org, lpm.org.

Proposed (13)

• Rubix Ashland Works Data Center Campus (also listed as Rubix Russell Campus). Greenup County, Boyd County; first phase about 155 MW initial phase (Kentucky Power talks targeting Nov 2027), up to 2,000 MW; investment as reported: 8-12 billion developer infrastructure estimate, excluding computing equipment; other published scopes differ; latest status 2026-10-13. Sources: glasgownews1.com, dailyindependent.com.
• Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus. McCracken County; 1,800 MW; investment as reported: more than 100 billion, privately funded, for the whole data-center and energy project; latest status 2026-07-29. Sources: energy.gov, newsroom.nexteraenergy.com.
• Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus. Mercer County; 1,300 MW; latest status 2026-08-13. Sources: kentuckylantern.com, wkms.org.
• Muskie Data Campus. Boyd County, Greenup County; first phase 500 MW, up to 1,000 MW; latest status 2026-10-05. Sources: investors.terawulf.com, sec.gov.
• Core Scientific Calvert City future colocation capacity. Marshall County; approximately 100 MW; latest status 2026-05-06. Sources: investors.corescientific.com.
• North Campbell Land Co. Hopkinsville 50 MW Data Center. Christian County; 50 MW; latest status 2026-08-25. Sources: datacenterdynamics.com, hoptownchronicle.org.
• Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park Data Center. Pike County; 25-30 MW; investment as reported: 250 million proposed; latest status 2026-06-05. Sources: wymt.com, wymt.com.
• North Campbell existing-mine computing conversion. Christian County; 15 MW; latest status 2026-07-29. Sources: hoptownchronicle.org.
• Carroll County Digital Campus (Ghent). Carroll County. Sources: carrollcountydc.com, madisoncourier.com.
• Carrollton Industrial Campus. Carroll County; investment as reported: 9.6 billion proposed investment; latest status 2026-09-18. Sources: carrolltonindustrialcampus.com, finance.yahoo.com.
• Dermody Properties Kramers Lane Data Center. Jefferson County; latest status 2026-08-12. Sources: lpm.org, lpm.org.
• Gateway Business Park off-grid computing / generation feasibility project. Letcher County; latest status 2026-07-17. Sources: wymt.com.
• Western Hospitality Partners Commerce Parkway Data Center. Oldham County. Sources: yahoo.com, kentuckylantern.com.

Paused (3)

• Cave Point Commerce Center. Barren County; 1,200 MW; latest status 2026-08-27. Sources: bgdailynews.com, wbko.com.
• DartPoints Lexington Data Center Campus. Fayette County; first phase 20-30 MW, up to 70 MW; investment as reported: 29 million acquisition price; not total development investment; latest status 2026-10-08. Sources: prnewswire.com, weku.org.
• Murray Industries Pineville Data Center. Bell County; latest status 2026-07-02. Sources: kentuckylantern.com, wymt.com.

Denied, withdrawn or closed (4)

• Project Lincoln: OC Data Center. Oldham County; 600 MW; investment as reported: 6 billion original proposal; latest status 2025-07-02. Sources: lpm.org, pmg-ky1.com.
• Ebon International Big Sandy cryptomining / data processing complex. Lawrence County; 250 MW (225 MW interruptible under demand-response terms); investment as reported: 250 million dollars (LPM / Kentucky Public Radio); about 50 million dollars on the facility (Utility Dive, citing Kentucky Power); latest status 2023-08-28. Sources: lpm.org, utilitydive.com.
• Artemis Power Tech Wolfe County Data Center. Wolfe County. Sources: lex18.com, lexingtonky.news.
• Ekron Joe Prather Highway data center proposal. Meade County; latest status 2025-10-14. Sources: datacenterdynamics.com.

Status unclear (1)

• Elliott County Bitcoin mining operation near Little Sandy Correctional Complex. Elliott County. Sources: kentuckynewera.com.

Local rules: moratoriums, bans and zoning

Counties and cities are writing their own rules faster than the state. A moratorium pauses new applications for a set time; a zoning ordinance decides where a data center may go; a city inside a county can have different rules from the county around it.

• Allen County. Moratorium, Allen County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-06-10). Two-year pause, Ordinance 26-03.
• Barren County. Moratorium, Cave City (adopted, 2026-05-20). One-year city zoning moratorium challenged by Kentucky Industrial Alliance; not a whole-Barren-County prohibition.
• Bell County. Moratorium, Bell County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-07-02). Two-year moratorium; residents question continuing site activity, which is not proof of permitted construction.
• Boyd County. Moratorium, City of Ashland Board of Commissioners (replaced, 2026-02-26). 180-day pause on accepting new data center applications to study impacts; ended about August 2026 and was replaced by the July 2026 zoning ordinance. Moratorium, Boyd County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-07-21). Six-month (180-day) moratorium on construction, development and operation of new data centers and data storage facilities in county jurisdiction (first reading at July 9 special meeting, unanimous final reading July 21). Excludes property owned by or within the Northeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Park Authority (EastPark), so TeraWulf's Muskie campus is exempt. In place until about the end of 2026/Jan 2027. Ordinance, City of Ashland Board of Commissioners (adopted, 2026-07-24). Data centers allowed only as a conditional use in I-2 heavy industrial; prohibited in all other districts; 1,500 ft from residential zones; server-building gross floor area capped at 50,000 sq ft; 45-ft height; 55 dB at property line; closed-loop cooling; Leaves about 14 acres at former coke plant and about 20 acres of Ashland Works developable. Passed unanimously on first and second readings (Thursday-Friday, July 23-24). Ordinance, City of Ashland Board of Commissioners (adopted, 2026-07-24). Water capacity management ordinance for high-water-demand digital infrastructure facilities on the Ashland water system: aggregate maximum authorized demand of 2 million gallons per day; applicants pay hydraulic modeling, engineering review and infrastructure costs; temporary/permanent variance procedures.
• Boyle County. Moratorium, Boyle County (unincorporated) (adopted, 2026-06-09). Resolution 2026.06.09: a 12-month pause on applications and permits to establish, expand or build data centers in unincorporated Boyle County. Small accessory computer rooms are excluded.
• Breckinridge County. Moratorium, Breckinridge County Fiscal Court (unverified). The county ordinance index lists Ordinance 2025-1117A as a data center measure. Its text, length and vote date are not posted, so it is not counted as active here.
• Bullitt County. Moratorium, Bullitt County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-07-21). One-year pause on data-center development.
• Butler County. Moratorium, Butler County Fiscal Court (unverified, 2026-06-22). A one-year pause was reported in June 2026, but local reports disagree on whether it passed a first reading or a final vote, so it is not counted as active here.
• Christian County. Ordinance, Hopkinsville (proposed, 2026-10-08). Hopkinsville’s Plan Review Committee sent draft data center rules, limited to I-2 heavy industrial zones, to the full planning commission ahead of City Council. Not adopted yet.
• Daviess County. Moratorium, Daviess County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-05-28). One-year application moratorium; city attorney reports that it applies within Owensboro.
• Edmonson County. Moratorium, Edmonson County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-06-08). One-year pause under EC26-18.
• Fayette County. Moratorium, Lexington-Fayette Urban County (adopted, 2026-10-08). Council suspended second-reading rule and extended application/permit pause through October 31, 2027. Other zoning proposals were not enacted in that vote.
• Fleming County. Moratorium, Fleming County Fiscal Court (proposed, 2026-09-08). Magistrates discussed a possible data center moratorium and asked the county attorney to look into the process. No vote has been reported.
• Greenup County. Moratorium, City of Russell (adopted, 2026-06-08). 180-day moratorium on acceptance, processing and approval of data center applications (first reading Sat June 6, unanimous second reading Mon June 8); expires December 2026. City retained attorney Jeff Mando (Adams Law). Rubix developer has pressed the council to lift it. Moratorium, Greenup County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-07-14). Six-month moratorium on construction, development and operation of data centers of any size and data storage facilities in county fiscal court jurisdiction; first reading July 7, unanimous second reading July 14, effective immediately. Does not apply to incorporated cities or industrial parks (EastPark/TeraWulf exempt). Ordinance, City of Russell (proposed, 2026-10-13). Proposed zoning ordinance and map amendments: designate the former AK Steel/Cleveland-Cliffs property (annexed 2022, currently unzoned) heavy industrial and add data center rules (>=1,500 ft from residential zones, no wetlands, height cap in the 60-ft range, noise, lighting, parking, water, utilities). Sept 30 special meeting adjourned without a vote; Oct 13 special meeting held for public comment before referral to the Greenup County Joint Planning Commission.
• Harrison County. Moratorium, City of Cynthiana (proposed, 2026-07-07). Mayor Isaac Dailey proposed that the city commission begin work on a data center moratorium (not in response to any project). No adoption found. Moratorium, Harrison County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-08-11). Unanimous resolution creating a two-year moratorium on data center development in unincorporated Harrison County (not Cynthiana or Berry) so planning and zoning can amend ordinances (concern about conditional uses on A-1 land, as with solar). Judge-Executive Jason Marshall had floated a total ban; July 28 public forum was overwhelmingly opposed.
• Henderson County. Moratorium, Henderson County Fiscal Court (unverified). A moratorium reported in October 2025 appears on a national tracker. The final ordinance and any extension have not been found yet, so it is not counted as active.
• Jefferson County. Moratorium, Louisville Metro (adopted, 2026-08-13). Six-month application pause; includes specified zoning/development applications. It is not a closure of existing data centers. Ordinance, Louisville Metro (proposed, 2026-09-03). Planning Commission recommended hyperscale ban. Recommendation alone is not enactment.
• Mason County. Ordinance, Mason County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-02-27). Ordinance 26-01 (data center zoning text amendment, recommended by Maysville-Mason County Joint Planning Commission) permits data centers in I-3 zones with 750-ft residential setback, 500-ft setback for sensitive uses, 75-ft height limit (pole exception), 50 dB(A) daytime noise, weekly generator testing within noise limits and daytime-only construction; passed 4-0 on second reading. Challenged in We Are Mason County lawsuit filed 2026-03-26. Other, Mason County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-05-22). Site-specific rezoning of 28 properties (about 2,080 acres) of agricultural land outside Maysville to industrial (I-3 / rural industrial) for the hyperscale campus later named as Meta's.
• Meade County. Moratorium, Meade County Fiscal Court (unverified). Ordinance 2025-07 first reading December 9, 2025; second reading on January 13, 2026 agenda. Agenda alone is not proof of adoption.
• Mercer County. Moratorium, Mercer County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-08-11). One-year pause in unincorporated county; does not include Burgin city jurisdiction.
• Oldham County. Moratorium, Oldham County Fiscal Court (historical, 2025-07-02). Original 150-day pause.
• Rowan County. Moratorium, Rowan County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-09-01). Two-year moratorium on large-scale data centers while the county, which has no zoning, studies a conditional-use permit process. Judge-Executive Harry Clark says no developer has approached the county. Reported September 1, 2026; the exact vote date is not published.
• Scott County. Moratorium, Scott County Fiscal Court (adopted, 2026-09-24). County moratorium extended to March 2027 (reported September 24, 2026). Georgetown is weighing its own ban, which the city would adopt separately.
• Shelby County. Moratorium, Shelby County Fiscal Court (unverified). A Shelby County moratorium appears on a national tracker, but no county record of it has been found yet, so it is not counted as active.
• Woodford County. Ban, Woodford County / Versailles / Midway (unverified, 2026-09-08). News reports say Woodford County banned new data centers on September 8, 2026. The signed ordinance has not been posted online yet, and Versailles and Midway may have rules of their own, so it is not counted as active here.

Operating data centers in Kentucky

These 21 operating facilities are confirmed in public sources. Many companies, hospitals and agencies run private server rooms that are never announced, so this is the public part of the picture. The map also shows 10 unconfirmed leads, labeled as such.

• CyrusOne CIN6 Florence (colocation, Boone County). Florence. Source: cyrusone.com.
• Soluna Project Sophie (crypto/HPC, Calloway County). Murray. Source: solunacomputing.com, solunacomputing.com.
• North Campbell Land Co. Hopkinsville Bitcoin Mine (crypto/HPC, Christian County). Hopkinsville. Source: hoptownchronicle.org.
• BluegrassNet OW facility (colocation, Fayette County). Lexington. Source: bluegrass.net.
• Cogent Lexington Edge Data Center (edge, Fayette County). Lexington. Source: cogentco.com.
• QX.Net Lexington Data Center (colocation, Fayette County). Lexington. Source: qx.net.
• University of Kentucky Coldstream Data Center (university, Fayette County). Lexington. Source: coldstream.uky.edu.
• East Kentucky Network Ivel Data Center (colocation, Floyd County). Ivel. Source: ekn.com.
• Aphorio Carter enterprise facility (enterprise, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: carterfunds.com, carterfunds.com.
• BluegrassNet 321 facility (colocation, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: bluegrass.net.
• BluegrassNet Fourth Street facility (colocation, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: bluegrass.net.
• Cogent Louisville / 332 West Broadway carrier hotel (carrier hotel, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: cogentco.com.
• Cogent Louisville Edge Data Center (edge, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: cogentco.com.
• Flexential Louisville Downtown (colocation, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: flexential.com.
• Flexential Louisville East (colocation, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: flexential.com.
• IgLou data center (colocation, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: iglou.com.
• University of Louisville Miller IT Center (university, Jefferson County). Louisville. Source: louisville.edu.
• KUSI SUBTAC (colocation, Jessamine County). Wilmore. Source: kentuckyunderground.com, kentuckyunderground.com.
• Core Scientific Calvert City Data Center (Calvert 1, 2 & 3) (crypto/HPC, Marshall County). Calvert City. Source: corescientific.com, areadevelopment.com.
• Aphorio Carter Simpsonville facility (enterprise, Shelby County). Simpsonville. Source: carterfunds.com, 365datacenters.com.
• Lost River Data Center (colocation / university, Warren County). Bowling Green. Source: bgmufiber.com.

Kentucky data centers by the numbers

• Projects on this map: 25 proposal, approval, construction and history records in 21 counties; 20 are still active (proposed, approved, building or paused).
• Local rules: 15 counties have an adopted data center moratorium or ban on record here, and 18 counties have some adopted or proposed rule.
• Tax incentive: Kentucky’s qualified data center sales and use tax incentive began with 2024 House Bill 8 in the largest counties, and 2025 House Bill 775 opened it statewide. Approval is not automatic; projects must meet investment minimums set in state law.
• Electricity price: Kentucky averaged 10.43 cents per kilowatt hour across all customers in 2025, against 13.56 cents for the United States; for industrial customers it was 6.78 cents against 8.51 (EIA 2025 state retail sales). Big users negotiate their own contracts, so this is a comparison, not a data center rate.
• Where the power comes from: about 65 percent of Kentucky’s utility-scale electricity came from coal and 26 percent from natural gas in 2025 (EIA).
• Utility pipelines: LG&E and KU reported 29 potential large-load projects in March 2026, 11 of them at 50 percent or better odds and about 3.5 gigawatts together; East Kentucky Power Cooperative reported 11 data center inquiries seeking more than 10 gigawatts (University of Kentucky EPIC report). Inquiries are not commitments, and the totals overlap, so they are not added together.
• New power plants: regulators approved two 645 megawatt gas units, Mill Creek 6 and E.W. Brown 12, in October 2025 (Kentucky PSC order).
• Nationally: United States data centers used about 4.4 percent of the country’s electricity in 2023, and a 2024 Berkeley Lab report projected 6.7 to 12 percent by 2028 (Berkeley Lab).

How this map is made

Sources. County and city meeting records, Kentucky Public Service Commission filings, state law, company announcements and local news, each linked beside the record it supports. Checked October 14, 2026.

Placement. Projects are placed by county. Where a proposal has no published parcel, the map does not invent a pin on a building or a city center.

Status. Approved means a public body approved something specific, like a rezoning or an agreement; it is not a promise of construction. Building means public reporting of construction or approved service. Stopped covers denied, withdrawn and closed.

Numbers. Megawatts can mean electrical service, leased computing load or generation, and the map says which. Investment figures are what developers or officials announced, not audited spending.

The data. Download the map data as JSON for your own reporting or research; a link back to this page is appreciated. Spot something wrong or missing? Send the source through the contact form and I will update it.