12+ hour, 29+ min ago   (1629+ words) Kentucky could forgo billions of dollars in state sales tax revenue if even a handful of the massive data center projects proposed across the commonwealth qualify for a tax exemption lawmakers expanded statewide last year, according to a new analysis....

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (901+ words) As data centers become one of the hottest issues affecting cities across the U.S., Lexington’s local government has adopted a data center moratorium through Oct. 31 and has been working on regulations that would prohibit large-scale facilities. Both of the candidates for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (630+ words) Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday that he will sign an executive order establishing new standards for data center developers seeking to build in the commonwealth, requiring them to demonstrate they can pay their own way without shifting costs or environmental…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (810+ words) Editor’s note: This story is from the Kentucky Lantern. A construction contractor says a hyperscale data center developer asked him to continue to clear Bell County land where a data center is planned, despite a two-year temporary ban on data…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (498+ words) Kentuckians are right to worry that data centers will drive up their electric bills. When a single facility demands as much power as Owensboro, someone pays for the new plants and wires that serve it. The General Assembly is still…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1000+ words) The company that wants to build a $4.8 billion hyperscale data center just outside the entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park is taking local city leaders to court, challenging their attempts to delay a project that has become a flashpoint in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (565+ words) The Kentucky developer already building a hyperscale data center in southwest Louisville is now planning another $9.6 billion computing center in nearby Carroll County, the second major project to take shape in the rural river community between Louisville and Cincinnati. Louisville-based…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (595+ words) Legislation designed to ensure rapidly developing data centers don’t raise residential power bills sailed through a key Congressional committee Tuesday, teeing up a full vote on the House floor. The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Kentucky Republican…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (586+ words) A data center broker based in the United Kingdom is eyeing a former steel mill near Ashland to house a record-breaking $12 billion computing campus capable of consuming the same amount of energy as nearly 2 million homes. Rubix Data Centers, part…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1197+ words) Tucked into industrial parks and planned along major corridors across Kentucky with its cheap land and central locale, data centers are causing controversy. As more companies look to invest in the Bluegrass State amid the artificial intelligence boom, residents are…...