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Data centers in Kentucky: projects, fights & moratoriums
Projects tracked3
Blocked or withdrawn2
Moratoriums / limits3
Upcoming hearings0
Projects
- Project Bluegrass (950 acres) (Mercer County): proposed. Fiscal Court passed one-year moratorium (doesn't cover land annexed into Burgin); later rejected zoning rules for data centers near E.W. Brown plant
- Joe Prather Hwy data center (138 acres) (Meade County): blocked. Planning commission and fiscal court rejected rezoning; 150 speakers, 2,500+ petition signatures
- Project Lincoln (Oldham County) (Oldham County): withdrawn. Western Hospitality Partners withdrew $6B application after opposition and a county moratorium
Moratoriums & local limits
- Mercer County (unincorporated): moratorium, adopted 2026-08-11
- Woodford County, Versailles & Midway: ban, adopted 2026-09 (week of Sept 7)
- Oldham County: moratorium, adopted 2025-07