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Data centers in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. Louisville has a scorecard row with no rating yet. The latest decision on the record: Louisville Planning Commission recommended rules prohibiting future hyperscale data centers, September 18, 2026. Jefferson County's own decisions are on the Jefferson County page.

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The data center in Louisville

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

  1. Reported Built from one source

    West Louisville Data Center

    Louisville, Jefferson County

    No dated entry on the record yet.

    Land
    Not disclosed
    Power
    Not disclosed
    Water
    Not disclosed
    Tenant
    Not disclosed

Where

1 data center in Louisville: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Louisville's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

What Louisville has decided

1 body, 7 decisions on the record

What the city has done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own.

  1. Louisvillecity

    Louisville Planning Commission recommended rules prohibiting future hyperscale data centers, reported September 18, 2026.

    yahoo.com national outlet

    no published rating
    7 acts on this row
    1. moratorium

      Louisville Planning Commission recommended rules prohibiting future hyperscale data centers

      yahoo.com national outlet

    2. ordinance

      Planning Commission recommended requiring rezoning for most data center projects to allow scrutiny by Planning Commission and Metro Council with public comment opportunities

      lpm.org local outlet

    3. event

      Planning Commission recommended requiring data centers to use closed loop cooling systems that utilize less water

      lpm.org local outlet

    4. hearing

      Louisville Metro Council debated proposed regulations for data center construction for the first time Tuesday during its Planning and Zoning Committee meeting

      lpm.org local outlet

    5. statement

      Louisville Planning Commission recommended stricter data center regulations

      lpm.org local outlet

    6. event

      Louisville advanced stricter data center rules

      courier-journal.com local outlet

    7. moratorium

      Louisville mayor signs 6 month moratorium on new data center projects on 2026-08-14

      wdrb.com local outlet

    Last verified September 18, 2026.

The rules across Kentucky.

What happened

  1. · Louisville

    Moratorium: Louisville Planning Commission recommended rules prohibiting future hyperscale data centers yahoo.com national outlet

  2. · Louisville

    Ordinance: Planning Commission recommended requiring rezoning for most data center projects to allow scrutiny by Planning Commission and Metro Council with public comment opportunities lpm.org local outlet

  3. · Louisville

    Scorecard event: Planning Commission recommended requiring data centers to use closed loop cooling systems that utilize less water lpm.org local outlet

  4. · Louisville

    Hearing: Louisville Metro Council debated proposed regulations for data center construction for the first time Tuesday during its Planning and Zoning Committee meeting lpm.org local outlet

  5. · Louisville

    Statement: Louisville Planning Commission recommended stricter data center regulations lpm.org local outlet

  6. · Louisville

    Scorecard event: Louisville advanced stricter data center rules courier-journal.com local outlet

Kentucky, year by year · Every milestone, by month

What was said

District 3 Council Member Shameka Parrish Wright agreed with Hawkins in opposing data center development
Shameka Parrish-Wright, District 3 Council Member · September 15, 2026 · paraphrased · Louisville Public Media local outlet
District 1 Council Member Tammy Hawkins expressed concerns about the potential environmental and health impacts of data centers, particularly for her West End constituents where a hyperscale data center is already being built
Tammy Hawkins, District 1 Council Member · September 15, 2026 · paraphrased · Louisville Public Media local outlet
Beshear said that any data center in Kentucky would have to pay for all of its own power
Andy Beshear, Kentucky governor · June 1, 2026 · paraphrased · lexingtonky.news local outlet

Every Kentucky statement, by speaker

The county and nearby counties

The county Jefferson County Its decisions and every record in it 50 miles away Mercer County 2 data centers on the record 73 miles away Boone County 1 data center on the record 134 miles away Christian County 1 data center on the record 162 miles away Boyd County 1 data center on the record

Every Kentucky county.

Disclosed figures

nothing disclosed by 1 record

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

FigureDisclosed totalDisclosedNot disclosedBasis
PowerNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per dayNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Water, stated per yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Permanent jobsNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record
Tax each yearNot disclosed01Not disclosed by any of the 1 record

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

UseRecordsPowerWaterJobsTax each year
Not disclosed1Not disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosedNot disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Louisville is for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Louisville is cooled.

Cite this page

Data Center Record, "Data centers in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ky/jefferson-county/louisville, updated September 18, 2026.

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