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Kentucky TikTok lawsuit calling app harmful to teens can move forward, judge rules
2+ hour, 49+ min ago (425+ words) Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman's lawsuit against TikTok will move forward, a state judge ruled on Friday, clearing its first major hurdle. Scott County Circuit Judge Kathryn Gabhart ruled against TikTok's arguments, saying that the state court has jurisdiction in…...
Data center developer sues Simpson County government over land use ordinance
3+ week, 5+ day ago (659+ words) After running into multiple roadblocks from city and county government, the company hoping to develop a massive data center in Franklin, Kentucky has now sued the Simpson County Fiscal Court in an effort to clear the way for its project....
Zoning regulators table preliminary development plan for southern Kentucky data center
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (483+ words) "Go away! We don't want you here," chanted some members of the audience of about 100 people who showed up at the meeting held at Franklin-Simpson High School. The Planning and Zoning Commission later decided to table a vote on a…...
The AI data center boom is coming for Kentucky. What will lawmakers do about it?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1742+ words) One of the most significant bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly in 2025 was legislation giving massive tax breaks to data centers " the enormous and energy-guzzling facilities hosting artificial intelligence services that lawmakers want to entice to Kentucky. State lawmakers…...
Louisville officials grapple with how to regulate large data centers
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (1289+ words) Dozens of residents packed into the Locust Grove pavilion Tuesday night to talk about an issue that's quickly becoming a hot-button topic in cities across America: data centers. The United States' AI boom has created a demand for new, large-scale…...
Oldham County data center switches sites, reduces size amid local resistance
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (711+ words) A company proposing to build one of the world's largest and most powerful data centers in rural Oldham County has shifted its plans due to local resistance, announcing Monday it would change locations and be significantly smaller. In a press…...
‘Hyperscale’ data center project drawing resistance in rural Oldham County
9+ mon, 4+ day ago (1763+ words) Oldham County residents are resisting a company's proposal to build a 2 million square-foot data center complex using 600 megawatts of power on a stretch of rural farm land. One of the largest and most powerful hyperscale data centers in the world…...