Data centers
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A Kentucky law meant to increase housing is now being wielded by a data center developer
A 2025 Kentucky law was meant to limit who could sue to block a housing development. Could it also be used to make it easier to greenlight a data center?
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Does Beshear’s data center executive order have ‘teeth’ without state law to back it up?
The Democratic governor has argued he has authority over data centers. Experts aren’t so sure.
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Louisville Metro Council clears six-month data center moratorium
Louisville’s new data center moratorium comes as the city continues to weigh potential regulations on data centers.
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Beshear signs executive order to crack down on data centers in Kentucky
Gov. Andy Beshear’s executive order comes months after Kentucky lawmakers ended the 2026 legislative session without passing any data center regulations.
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Federal government to turn a Kentucky uranium plant into an AI data center and gas power complex
Another data center is being proposed for Kentucky, this time a $100 billion federally backed project in Paducah.
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Data center tax breaks could cost Kentucky billions, new analysis finds
Data centers are being proposed across Kentucky, and if they come to fruition, a policy analyst says the data center tax breaks could become the largest tax expenditure on the state’s books.
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A Mercer County city wants to annex land for a potential data center. Another city has concerns.
Burgin wants to annex land so a data center can build there, but neighboring Harrodsburg—which helps supply water—has some concerns.
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Data center battles are brewing across Kentucky. Help us report on them
From Cave City to Carter County, fights over where to put data centers—or whether they should exist at all—are cropping up across Kentucky.
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Kentucky’s largest cities act to regulate data centers
Kentucky has no statewide data center regulations, leaving local leaders to figure out next steps for their cities and counties.
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Who lobbied Kentucky lawmakers on data centers?
Kentucky lawmakers failed to pass data center regulations, despite bipartisan support for some form of ratepayer protections.
