Data centers in Kentucky
Every site we track in Kentucky, the jobs each one brings where a public source states them and the officials who represent them.
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Count41sites tracked (22 operating, 2 under construction, 17 announced)
0sites with sourced construction jobs so far
Count4sites with sourced planned permanent jobs
Count24counties with sites
What changed after November 3
Election Day was Nov 3, 2026. These are winners of AP-called races who take office in January 2027. Each links to its AP race call. This box covers races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House only. Other statewide offices, such as lieutenant governor, are not included. Results are unofficial until Kentucky certifies them.
Sites in Kentucky
Sites with sourced job numbers first. Construction and permanent jobs are shown separately and never added together.
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paducah Site AI Data Center Campus Brookfield | McCracken | Announced | not stated | approximately 600 |
| Carrollton Industrial Campus PowerHouse Data Centers / Poe Companies | Carroll | Announced | not stated | 320 |
| Mason County Data Center Campus Undisclosed (Fortune 100 end user; rezoning sought through Mason County officials) | Mason | Announced | not stated | at least 100 |
| Justified Data Campus TeraWulf | Hancock | Under construction | not stated | approximately 95 |
| ACS Owner not yet confirmed | Lee | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Bitiki-KY Bitcoin Mining Facility (Waverly) Bitiki KY, LLC (Alliance Resource Partners) | Union | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Blockware Solutions Pike County Facility Blockware Solutions | Pike | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| BluegrassNet Louisville Data Center Intermart, Inc. (BluegrassNet) | Jefferson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Carroll County Digital Campus (Ghent) Deca Companies | Carroll | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Cave City Data Center Owner not yet confirmed | Barren | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Cave Point Commerce Center Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC | Barren | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Core Scientific Calvert City Data Center (Calvert 1, 2 & 3) Core Scientific | Marshall | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CyrusOne CIN6 (Florence) CyrusOne | Boone | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| CyrusOne Florence Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| DartPoints Lexington Data Center Campus DartPoints | Fayette | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Dermody Properties Kramers Lane Data Center Dermody Properties (DPIF4 KY 6 KRAMERS, LLC) | Jefferson | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Dynamics Mining Owner not yet confirmed | Hopkins | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| East Kentucky Network Data Center East Kentucky Network, LLC | Floyd | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Energynet Datacenter Hopkinsville Electric System | Christian | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Flexential Louisville, Downtown Flexential | Jefferson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
Show all 41 sites
| Site | County | Status | Construction jobs | Permanent jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexential Louisville, East (NAS-equivalent LOU-East) Flexential | Jefferson | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Fortune 500 Owner not yet confirmed | Mason | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Heyburn Building Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Kentucky Enterprise Industrial Park Data Center MD Squared Power LLC | Pike | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| LG&E KU SYSTEM CONTROL & DATA CENTER Owner not yet confirmed | Shelby | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Lost River Data Center WKU Research Foundation / Bowling Green Municipal Utilities (joint venture) | Warren | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Mercer County Data Center Jones Lang Sallee | Mercer | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Murray Industries Pineville Data Center Murray Industries | Bell | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| North Campbell Land Co. Hopkinsville 50 MW Data Center North Campbell Land Co. (Sphere 3D) | Christian | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus Panattoni | Mercer | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| PowerHouse Data Centers, Louisville (Camp Ground Road) PowerHouse Data Centers | Jefferson | Under construction | not stated | not stated |
| QX.Net Lexington Data Center QX.Net | Fayette | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Quad State Internet PAH1 Colocation Quad State Internet LLC | McCracken | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Riot 1 Riot Platforms, Inc. | McCracken | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Riot Platforms Calvert City Facility Riot Platforms | Marshall | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Rubix Ashland Works Data Center Campus Rubix Data Centers (Submer Group) | Greenup | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| Russellvile EPB Smartnet Owner not yet confirmed | Operating | not stated | not stated | |
| Russellville EPB Smartnet Russellville Electric Plant Board | Logan | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| Soluna Project Sophie Soluna Holdings | Calloway | Operating | not stated | not stated |
| TenKey LandCo Project Lionsgate, Franklin Data Center TenKey LandCo I LLC | Simpson | Announced | not stated | not stated |
| TeraWulf Muskie Data Campus (EastPark) TeraWulf | Greenup | Announced | not stated | not stated |
Counties with data center sites
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills, water, housing and taxes in Data centers in Kentucky: sites, jobs and officials: what we know, what remains unknown and who can answer. Statewide figures are context, not forecasts for any one community.
Will my electric bill rise?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No modeled or measured estimate of the effect on household bills has been published for this state.
- What remains unknown
- The effect on household bills in most states.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
- Ask
- Will data centers pay the full cost of the power lines and plants built for them? Where is that written in a rate order?
How much water will it use?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No tracked project in this state has a published water figure in our sources.
- What remains unknown
- Water use for nearly every other project.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
- Ask
- How much water will this project use each day? Where will it come from?
Will housing get more expensive?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No public body we found tracks data center effects on local rents or land prices.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
- Ask
- Has anyone studied what this project will do to local rents and home prices?
What are taxpayers giving up?
No sourced figure yet for this state.
- In writing
- No signed incentive record for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue for most projects.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
- Ask
- What tax breaks does this project get? What must it deliver in return?
What the agreements say
No signed incentive agreement for a project in this state is in our sources yet.
Your officials in Kentucky
- Democrat (D)
- Republican (R)
- Independent (I)
- Party not listed
Mitch McConnell R
U.S. Senator · 41 sites represented
Not on record yet
Call 202-224-2541 · Contact form
Incoming in January 2027
Andy Barr R
U.S. Senator-elect · 41 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"We're going to continue to make sure that local communities have control," source
Zach Dembo D
U.S. Representative-elect · KY-6 · 4 sites represented
QuoteParaphrase
"The federal government needs to stand up for these communities and make sure AI data centers are not only respecting community input, but that if they do come in, rate payers don't pay an extra cent and that water and fertile farmland is protected," source