Data Center Construction in Kentucky

North Campbell Land Co. is requesting to convert its existing 15MW Bitcoin mining operation near Holland Substation to an AI computing facility and develop a separate 50MW data center site in Hopkinsville, KY. Hopkinsville Electric System (HES) presented the proposal at the Aug. 21 committee of the whole meeting, noting TVA can approve the increased capacity without affecting service to existing 1

Nebius has broken ground on a new data center in Independence, Kentucky, in the greater Cincinnati metro area, marking the project as confirmed and actively under construction. The project has been described as controversial, suggesting it faced local opposition or zoning challenges during the approval process. No general contractor or specific project size details were provided in the available s

The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will hold a special public hearing Oct. 6 to discuss zoning rules for data centers. The planning commission recommended banning data centers larger than 40,000 sq ft at its July 30 meeting. Council passed a moratorium on data center development pausing permitting and zone change requests until at least Oct. 31. The amendment process was triggered after Da