Power
Power and the grid
None energized or contracted yet
LG&E grid service (planned)No contract signed
utility pipeline figure; the 335 MW initial and 402 MW expansion are developer and utility claims; no service contract signed Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
Proposed
Other sources, size not disclosed
- New LG&E switch station and on-site substation Under constructionutility construction to serve the site started by Aug. 2026; switch station due Sept. 2026 Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- Jan. 16, 2025Utility partnership announcedLG&E names the campus its first hyperscale customer, with 335 MW secured and up to 402 MW possible. Company · Jan. 2025
- Oct. 28, 2025State approves new gas plants for the utilityThe Kentucky commission grants Mill Creek 6 and Brown 12 (645 MW each), justified by data-center load growth, with Mill Creek 6 due in 2031. Utility regulator · Oct. 2025
- Feb. 16, 2026Large-load tariff approvedThe commission approves a rate for customers above 50 MVA with a 15-year term and 80% minimum billing. Utility regulator · July 2026
- Aug. 31, 2026Utility: no service agreement yetLG&E tells regulators it is waiting on a tenant agreement before a service contract can follow. Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
- Sept. 2026Switch station dueLG&E's announced completion for the new switch station serving the site. Company · Jan. 2025
- Not setNo on-site generation permitPress describes diesel backup generators; no air permit for them is on file, and backup units are not supply. News report · Oct. 2026
- A planned expansion to 402 MW (developer and utility) and the utility's 525 MW figure differ; the page uses 525 MW only as the utility's pipeline number. Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
- The tariff requires a filed service agreement, a year of collateral and 60 months notice to leave. Utility regulator · Feb. 2026
What is next door
Distances from mapped lines and plants. OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
Permits
Permits checklist
1 draft · 3 granted · 3 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup or on-site generators), and what we found.
- ◷Concrete batch plant air permit DraftLouisville Metro Air Pollution Control District · Oct. 2026: draft; comment period through Nov. 11, 2026; covers the contractor's plant, not the campus News report · Oct. 2026
- ✓Development plan, original GrantedLouisville Metro Development Review Committee · June 2025: approved administratively News report · March 2026
- ✓Development plan, revised (seven added lots) GrantedLouisville Metro Planning Commission · March 5, 2026: approved 6-1 (press); site is industrially zoned, so no rezoning or council vote was needed News report · March 2026
- ✓Construction stormwater coverage GrantedKentucky Division of Water · as of Oct. 2026: coverage listed under Poe at an adjacent address State agency · Oct. 2026
- –Checked, nothing on file: Electric service agreement, Tax exemption for data center equipment, Air permit for campus generators
Risks
What could slow it down
- HighNo tenant, no power contractLG&E says service follows a tenant agreement, so the Oct. 2026 first-power target has nothing signed behind it. Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
- MediumLocal opposition and rules tighteningA citywide moratorium and a congressman's opposition surround the site, though press says the campus is grandfathered under the moratorium. News report · Oct. 2026
- MediumState incentive riskThe governor has called for repealing data-center tax incentives, and no exemption has been sought for this campus. News report · Aug. 2026
- WatchRatepayer scrutinyThe congressman demanded protections for existing customers, and LG&E points to the tariff's long-term commitments. News report · Aug. 2026
Money
Money on record
$68M a year
local tax revenue projected by developers
includes $45.8M a year for the school district; developer claim News report · March 2026
$450M
minimum investment for Kentucky's data center sales tax exemption
within five years; exemption up to 50 years; none applied for News report · April 2025
$11B
lifetime cost estimate by Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (third-party estimate)
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- Jan. 16, 2025Site PowerHouse, Poe and LG&E announce a 400 MW campus; first 130 MW promised Oct. 2026. Company · Jan. 2025
- June 2025Permits City review committee approves the original development plan. News report · March 2026
- Oct. 2025Legal Opposition group No Data Center 502 forms. News report · Sept. 2026
- Feb. 16, 2026Power State approves LG&E's large-load tariff. Utility regulator · July 2026
- March 5, 2026Permits Planning Commission approves the revised plan 6-1 after 90 minutes of mostly opposing comment. News report · March 2026
- Aug. 13, 2026Legal Metro Council passes a 180-day moratorium on new data-center applications 24-1; this campus is unaffected. News report · Aug. 2026
- Aug. 31, 2026Power LG&E reports no tenant agreement or service contract yet; site construction under way. Utility regulator · Aug. 2026
- Sept. 3, 2026Construction Press says construction is under way, with the first phase due late 2026. News report · Sept. 2026
- Nov. 11, 2026Permits Public comment closes on the concrete plant's draft air permit. News report · Oct. 2026
The buildings
Specs
153 acres
seven data center buildings plus office, utility and security buildings
- Louisville Water: water supply cited; no water-use figure published Company · Jan. 2025
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Owners
- PowerHouse Data Centers (division of American Real Estate Partners): developer
- Poe Companies: Louisville developer that assembled the land
Power
- LG&E (PPL): utility building the switch station and substation
Decision-makers
- Louisville Metro Planning Commission and Development Review Committee: development plan
- Louisville Metro Council: moratorium
- Kentucky Public Service Commission: tariff and utility plants (a utility regulator, not a zoning body)
Opponents
- No Data Center 502: community group founded Oct. 2025
- U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey: publicly opposed, Aug. 2026
Builders on site
- NexGen Contracting: applicant for the temporary concrete batch plant permit (APCD…
Still unknown
Open questions
- A named tenant and a signed electric service contract.
- Whether the first 130 MW opens in late 2026.
- Any air permit or plan for on-site generators.
Where this comes from
157 records from 37 documents
Drawn from news reports, company statements, utility regulator dockets, public and commercial datasets, state agency records and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 20Company 5Utility regulator 5Dataset 3State agency 3Local government 1
Evidence
Every quote behind this page
Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.
Power (33)
- Utility service: 525 MW“A data center project (525 MW, Imminent stage) continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement, which would enable progression to a contract for electric service”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- Electric service agreement signed: not stated“continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement, which would enable progression to a contract for electric service”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- Interconnection status: LG&E building a new switch station (announced completion Sep 2026) and a dedicated on-site substation; utility construction to service the site commenced by Aug 2026“Construction has commenced to service the project site”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- Power plan: grid“Construction has commenced to service the project site”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- LG&E/KU economic-development pipeline: data centers account for ~12.5 GW of 15.4 GW of identified potential demand, this 525 MW campus is the largest single LG&E-territory project in the report“Data centers continue to dominate the pipeline, accounting for approximately 12.5 GW of the 15.4 GW in total identified potential demand”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- Utility service: 525 MW“The Camp Ground Road project (525 MW, Imminent stage) continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement, which would enable progression to a contract for electric service.”Utility regulator · May 2026 · grade A
- Interconnection status: position found in the PSC record: LG&E/KU's CPCN Case No. 2025-00313 (approved Oct 28, 2025) is the supply-side case for the data-center load growth this campus anchors, and LG&E's May 29, 2026 up“Substation construction has commenced at the project site.”Utility regulator · May 2026 · grade A
- large load interconnection request: CPCN case (LG&E/KU generation build-out) - MC6 Project Update Report filed May 29, 2026 naming the Camp Ground Road project at 525 MW; substation construction commenced; CPCN itself ap“The Camp Ground Road project (525 MW, Imminent stage) continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement, which would enable progression to a contract for electric service.”Utility regulator · May 2026 · grade A
- Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 2.23 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 2.32 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest gas pipeline: 10.43 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- IT capacity: not stated“The joint venture is developing Kentucky's cutting-edge 400-megawatt data center campus which will be located in Louisville”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Rate class: LG&E Standard Rate EHLF (Extremely High Load Factor Service), P.S.C. Electric No. 14, Sheet No. 26“Available only for new Customers: 1) with a contract capacity greater than 50 MVA, and 2) an expected average monthly load factor above 85%”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- Utility service: 402 MW“PowerHouse and Poe have secured access to an initial power capacity of 335 megawatts for this campus with near-term expansion up to 402 megawatts”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility: Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E, PPL) - serving utility; a new LG&E switch station (to be completed September 2026) and a dedicated on-site substation support the campus“The power supply will be supported by a new LG&E switch station, to be completed in September 2026, and a dedicated on-site substation”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 402 MW“The collaboration has secured an initial power capacity of 335 MW, with plans for near-term expansion up to 402 MW”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 335 MW“The collaboration has secured an initial power capacity of 335 MW, with plans for near-term expansion up to 402 MW”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Stated campus size: 400 MW“are pleased to announce plans for their new 400 MW data center campus in Louisville, Kentucky. The first 130 MW will be available in October 2026”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 402 MW“PowerHouse and Poe have secured access to an initial power capacity of 335 megawatts for this campus with near-term expansion up to 402 megawatts”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 335 MW“The collaboration has secured an initial power capacity of 335 MW, with plans for near-term expansion up to 402 MW”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Stated campus size: 400 MW“are pleased to announce plans for their new 400 MW data center campus in Louisville, Kentucky. The first 130 MW will be available in October 2026”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Name: PowerHouse Louisville Hyperscale Campus“Louisville Gas and Electric Company, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation, announced today its first hyperscale data center electric customer”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Developer: PowerHouse Data Centers / Poe Companies joint venture“A joint venture between PowerHouse Data Centers, a leading real estate developer for next-generation hyperscale data centers and division of American Real Estate Partners (AREP), and Poe Companies”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Operator: PowerHouse Data Centers (division of American Real Estate Partners, AREP)“PowerHouse Data Centers, a leading real estate developer for next-generation hyperscale data centers and division of American Real Estate Partners (AREP)”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Announced: Jan. 16, 2025“LG&E's new utility partnership with Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers sets stage for Kentucky's first hyperscale data center campus”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 402 MW“PowerHouse and Poe have secured access to an initial power capacity of 335 megawatts for this campus with near-term expansion up to 402 megawatts”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 335 MW“secured access to an initial power capacity of 335 megawatts for this campus with near-term expansion up to 402 megawatts”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility service: 130 MW“The first 130 megawatts will be available in October 2026”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Stated campus size: 400 MW“The joint venture is developing Kentucky's cutting-edge 400-megawatt data center campus which will be located in Louisville”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Utility: Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E, PPL subsidiary)“We are proud to serve Kentucky's first hyperscale data center campus, said John R. Crockett, president of LG&E and KU”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- PowerHouse/Poe joint venture announced with LG&E as the utility's first hyperscale data center electric customer; billed as Kentucky's first hyperscale campus“announced today its first hyperscale data center electric customer”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Registry status: Under construction at 6001 Camp Ground Rd, southwest Louisville (Poe Companies + PowerHouse Data Centers JV; seven buildings, 153 acres; construction commenced before the Aug 13, 2026 Louisville Metro mo“they had secured an initial power capacity of 335Mw for the campus, with a near-term expansion of up to 402MW”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- On-site generation: not stated“This facility is proposed to be two stories, and will include multiple diesel generators, backup generators, and onsite fuel storage to power the facility”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (33)
- Stage: building, construction and utility service works under way, but no tenant agreement or electric service contract executed as of Aug 2026“continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement, which would enable progression to a contract for electric service”Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- Tenants: not stated“A data center project (525 MW, Imminent stage) continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- Tenant status: no tenant agreement executed; LG&E in detailed discussions with builder and potential customers“LG&E is engaged in detailed discussions with builder and potential customers”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- electric service agreement: status, NO executed ESA (finding)“continues to advance toward execution of a tenant agreement, which would enable progression to a contract for electric service”Utility regulator · Aug. 2026 · grade A
- generation CPCN: scope, CPCNs granted; battery storage denied 645 MW per NGCC unit“LG&E/KU's request for a CPCN for Mill Creek 6 is granted conditional on its compliance with the monitoring requirements discussed in this Order”Utility regulator · Oct. 2025 · grade A
- generation CPCN: condition, PSC monitoring of Mill Creek 6 (60-day reports, Case 2025-00313)“In accordance with the Kentucky Public Service Commission's order on December 4, 2025, in Case No. 2025-00313, the Companies submits the fourth 60-day project update report for the Mill Creek Unit 6 NGCC project”Utility regulator · Oct. 2025 · grade A
- tax incentive program: incentive, sales and use tax exemption on data center equipment“Sales and use tax exemption for the sale, purchase, use, storage, consumption, installation, repair and replacement of Data Center Equipment associated with the Qualified Data Center Project”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- tax incentive program: term, exemption up to 50 years from preliminary approval at the top investment tier 50 years“Term of Agreement: Up to 15 Years from Preliminary approval; Up to 50 Years from Preliminary approval”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- tax incentive program: clawback, failure to meet minimum investment in five years revokes the exemption and the tax becomes payable“The Department of Revenue will revoke the certificate of exemption, and the approved company shall immediately pay the tax that was not paid as a result of the sales and use tax exemption”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: scope, availability“Available only for new Customers: 1) with a contract capacity greater than 50 MVA, and 2) an expected average monthly load factor above 85%”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: scope, anti-circumvention aggregation“if Company determines a Customer is attempting to circumvent the availability of Rate EHLF by siting multiple electric consuming facilities, Company will serve each such facility under the terms of Rate EHLF”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: term, minimum initial contract term 15 years“Contracts under this rate schedule shall be made for an Initial Contract Term of not less than fifteen (15) years”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: minimum billing, 80% of contract capacity 80 % of contract capacity“80% of the contract capacity based on the maximum load expected on the system or on facilities specified by Customer”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: rates, maximum load / energy / basic charges 19.98 USD per kVA-month (max load charge)“Basic Service Charge per day: $63.55. Energy Charge per kWh: $0.03175. Maximum Load Charge per kVA: $19.98”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: termination, 60 months notice; billing starts regardless of service 60 months notice“Either party shall give at least 60 months advance written notice to the other party of its intention to discontinue service under the terms of this rate schedule”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- electric service tariff: condition, Electric Service Agreement must be filed with the PSC“All EHLF Electric Service Agreements will be filed with the Kentucky Public Service Commission”Utility regulator · Feb. 2026 · grade B
- generation CPCN stipulation: scope, Mill Creek 2 coal unit life extended until Mill Creek 6 is in service (2031); Cane Run battery storage withdrawn“extended the operation of the Mill Creek 2 coal unit beyond its previously planned 2027 retirement date until Mill Creek 6 is in-service in 2031”Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
- electric service tariff: exit fee, recovery of 15 years of nonfuel revenues (stipulation terms) 15 years of nonfuel revenue“termination provisions that ensure recovery of at least fifteen years of nonfuel revenues based on the original contract capacity requirement”Utility regulator · Oct. 2025 · grade B
- electric service tariff: collateral, at least one year of nonfuel revenue at signing (stipulation terms) 1 year of nonfuel revenue“a collateral posting obligation for at least a full year of nonfuel revenue, which must be posted at the time of service contract signing”Utility regulator · Oct. 2025 · grade B
- Construction stage: foundations“NexGen Contracting proposes using the plant to provide concrete slabs for seven data-center buildings”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Incentives: Kentucky Qualified Data Center Program (KRS 154.20-220): sales/use tax exemption on data center equipment, up to 50 years at the $450M tier, NO KEDFA preliminary approval or application for this project loca“While no data center has applied for the exemption yet, it could cost the state more than originally estimated”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: not stated“The project, an investment in the billions, is expected to support thousands of jobs”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy estimates this campus at ~$11 billion lifetime cost and ~400 MW in its fiscal analysis of the four largest Kentucky projects (third-party estimate, not developer-stated)“The only data center under construction now is in southwest Jefferson County. This facility, being built by Powerhouse Data Centers/Poe Companies, will have the capacity to use about 400 megawatts (MW) of power”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- ordinance, moratorium: effect on this campus, none: development plan approved Mar 5, 2026 and construction commenced before the moratorium“While this project on Campground Road began construction before the moratorium, the council continues to weigh future zoning amendments”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- ordinance, moratorium: duration, 180 days from the effective date unless repealed, extended, or superseded by final action on Land Development Code changes 180 days“the Metro Council voted Aug. 13 to enact a moratorium on data center development to last 180 days or until proposed regulations are finalized”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- tax incentive program: status, no preliminary approval or application located for this project (finding)“While no data center has applied for the exemption yet, it could cost the state more than originally estimated”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- ordinance, moratorium: scope, pauses acceptance and processing of rezoning, conditional-use and Category 2B/3 development-plan applications for telecommunications hotels / data centers, including building permits to re“Metro Council voted 24-1 for a six-month moratorium barring planners from approving new data center proposals until the council adopts comprehensive zoning rules”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey (Louisville) publicly opposed the campus and wrote LG&E president John Crockett demanding ratepayer protections; LG&E pointed to the PSC-approved EHLF rules requiring long-term commitments and f“LG&E must ensure that this hyper-scale data construction and the development of infrastructure required to serve it do not increase costs for existing ratepayers”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Square feet: 1600000 sq ft“a proposal calling for the construction of a 1.6 million sq ft (148,645 sqm) planned data center”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Jobs stated: 210 direct jobs at $112,000 average salary; 332 indirect/induced jobs (developer claims)“Developers of the project say it will lead to 210 direct jobs with an average yearly salary of $112,000 and 332 indirect or induced jobs”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Developer claims at the Planning Commission hearing: 210 direct jobs at $112,000 average salary, 332 indirect/induced jobs, >$68M/yr local tax revenue including ~$45.8M/yr for Jefferson County Public Schools“It also projects more than $68 million in local tax revenue annually, which includes an estimated $45.8 million per year for Jefferson County Public Schools”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- generation CPCN: condition, do not build if the forecast load does not materialize (PSC expectation in order)“if load growth does not materialize as reasonably anticipated, that LG&E/KU will not build CPCN-approved facilities when it was not least-cost to do so”News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
- tax incentive program: minimum investment, $450 million within five years of preliminary approval 450000000 USD“the owner, operator, or colocation tenant of a data center project must make a capital investment of at least $450 million”News report · April 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (26)
- regulatory monitoring docket: 60-day Mill Creek 6 project update reports ordered (order Dec 4, 2025); Update #4 filed Sep 30, 2026“In accordance with the Kentucky Public Service Commission's order on December 4, 2025, in Case No. 2025-00313, the Companies submits the fourth 60-day project update report”Utility regulator · Sept. 2026 · grade A
- development plan (revised): agenda report issued for the Mar 5, 2026 hearing“Date: March 5, 2026. Case No: 25-CAT3-0015. Request: Category 3 Development Plan. Project Name: Camp Ground Rd Data Center. Case Manager: Tyler Pobiedzinski, Planner I”Local government · March 2026 · grade A
- certificate of public convenience and necessity: final order, CPCNs granted for Mill Creek 6 (645 MW NGCC) and Brown 12 (645 MW NGCC) and Ghent 2 SCR; Cane Run BESS CPCN denied“LG&E/KU's request for a CPCN for Mill Creek 6 is granted conditional on its compliance with the monitoring requirements discussed in this Order”Utility regulator · Oct. 2025 · grade A
- FAA status: No FAA OE/AAA case attributable to the campus: the site-point circle (38.157,-85.868) returned 7 cases, all antenna towers and utility poles; the wider Louisville circles are dominated by Ford LAP, airport (S“FAA OE/AAA circle pull at site point 38.157,-85.868 (5 NM, 2021-2026): 7 cases, all antenna towers/utility poles”FAA · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Construction stormwater general permit coverage (KYR10): Listed in ECHO at the site“ECHO CWA pull at site point 38.157,-85.868: POE 6201 CAMP GROUND RD; permit KYR10T144; 5013 CAMP GROUND RD”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Construction stormwater general permit coverage (KYR10): Listed in ECHO on the campus road corridor“ECHO CWA pull at site point 38.157,-85.868: 5013 CAMP GROUND RD”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- tariff approval: final order approving LG&E rates including new Standard Rate EHLF (per the tariff sheets' authority line)“Issued by Authority of an Order of the Public Service Commission in Case No. 2025-00114 dated February 16, 2026”Utility regulator · July 2026 · grade B
- JV announced Jan 16, 2025 with construction to begin in 2025 and the first building operational Q4 2026; the queue's stage note (construction commenced before the Aug 13, 2026 Louisville Metro moratorium and grandfathere“With all essential zoning in place, the site will begin construction in 2025, and the first building is scheduled to be operational by Q4 2026”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Opposition: No Data Center 502 (founded Oct 2025); Rubbertown / West Louisville residents; U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey publicly opposed (Aug 2026)“No Data Center 502 members successfully urged the Louisville Metro Council to enact a temporary moratorium on future construction”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Draft FEDOOP construction permit: Draft - public comment period through Nov. 11, 2026“NexGen Contracting proposes using the plant to provide concrete slabs for seven data-center buildings”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- air permit, construction (FEDOOP): draft permit issued for public comment (comment period through Nov 11, 2026)“Jefferson County residents have through November 11 to comment on draft air permit C-2156-26-0018-F for a temporary mobile ready-mix concrete plant at 5300 Camp Ground Road”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- KY HB 544 (2026 session, committee stage): would bar utilities from serving a data center over 100 MW contract capacity unless the PSC approves a tariff with minimum contract terms, early termination fees, ramp terms and“the PSC will be prohibited from approving any such tariff unless it can be demonstrated that all costs for new infrastructure built solely for the data center are borne by the data center customer”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Louisville Metro Council: Public comment, No Data Center 502 protest during council meeting“Protesters played recorded noise at a Metro Council meeting on September 15, 2026”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Louisville Metro Planning Commission: Proposed Land Development Code data-center regulations, business session“Stricter data center rules advance in Louisville”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Gov. Beshear calls for repealing the state data center tax incentives entirely ('I don't think data centers need incentives'); legislative leaders signal the 50-year exemption could be shortened in the 2027 session, inc“I don't think data centers need incentives. I don't think we should be providing them, and so I would certainly support rolling back any of that”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Moratoria: Louisville Metro Ordinance O-135-26 (enacted Aug 13, 2026): 180-day moratorium on new data-center applications; this campus is NOT affected (plan approved Mar 2026, construction commenced)“Metro Council voted 24-1 for a six-month moratorium barring planners from approving new data center proposals until the council adopts comprehensive zoning rules”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- ordinance: 180-day data center moratorium enacted (vote 24-1; signed by Mayor Greenberg)“Advanced 7-1 out of the Planning and Zoning Committee on August 4, 2026. Metro Council voted 24-1 for a six-month moratorium”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Louisville Metro Council: Ordinance O-135-26, 180-day data center moratorium“Metro Council voted 24-1 for a six-month moratorium barring planners from approving new data center proposals until the council adopts comprehensive zoning rules”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Governor Beshear Executive Order 2026-494 takes effect: data center developers must file energy plans, may not shift costs to ratepayers, must pay full local/school taxes and engage communities; EEC directed to deny harm“Governor Andy Beshear issued Executive Order 2026-494 establishing requirements for data center projects seeking to locate and operate in Kentucky. The order took effect on August 6, 2026”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Louisville Metro Council Planning and Zoning Committee: Ordinance O-135-26, data center moratorium“Louisville's Planning and Zoning Committee returned O-135-26 to the table, amended it and voted 7-1 on 4 August to advance it”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Kentucky state legislators' town hall (Louisville): Public concerns over data center development in Louisville and Kentucky“Louisville residents and elected officials shared a number of concerns related to data center development in the city and across the commonwealth during a July 8 public meeting”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Site plan approval date: March 5, 2026“Jefferson County's first hyperscale data center will be coming to southwest Louisville after the Metro Government Planning Commission approved a revised development plan during a March 5 meeting”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- development plan: original Category 3 development plan approved“The plans date back to a January 2025 announcement for the project and had previously been approved by Louisville's Development Review Committee in June 2025”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- development plan (revised): revised Category 3 development plan approved (vote 6-1)“The 6-1 vote allows a partnership between the Louisville-based Poe Companies and Virginia-based PowerHouse Data Centers to move ahead with the data center”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Louisville Metro Development Review Committee: Original Category 3 development plan, Camp Ground Road campus (Case 25-CAT3-0015)“had previously been approved by Louisville's Development Review Committee in June 2025”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Louisville Metro Planning Commission: Revised Category 3 Development Plan, Case 25-CAT3-0015 (Camp Ground Rd Data Center)“The commission meeting March 5 featured more than 90 minutes of public comments from opponents of the data center”News report · March 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
- Louisville anti-data-center activists have filed numerous complaints, including with the U.S. EPA Office of Civil Rights (reported in coverage of Poe/PowerHouse projects statewide)“anti-data center activists have filed numerous complaints, including with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Civil Rights”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (13)
- County: Jefferson County (Louisville Metro)“Case No: 25-CAT3-0015 Request: Category 3 Development Plan Project Name: Camp Ground Rd Data Center”Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- Aliases: Camp Ground Road campus; 6001 Camp Ground Road; Camp Ground Rd Data Center (Louisville Metro Case 25-CAT3-0015)“Case No: 25-CAT3-0015 Request: Category 3 Development Plan Project Name: Camp Ground Rd Data Center”Local government · March 2026 · grade A
- County code: 21111“FCC census block find for latitude 38.195114 longitude -85.865297 returned County FIPS 21111, name Jefferson County”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Original target date: Oct. 2026“The first 130 megawatts will be available in October 2026”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- Water use stated: Louisville Water Company supply with Ohio River capacity cited by developers; no quantified water-use figure published“The campus will also benefit from access to the Louisville Water Company's strong infrastructure system and excess capacity with its water treatment system as well as the Ohio River”Company · Jan. 2025 · grade B
- No Data Center 502 founded (October 2025) to oppose the Camp Ground Road campus; Rubbertown/West Louisville environmental-justice framing; group later won the 180-day moratorium“The organization No Data Center 502 was founded in October 2025”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Construction stage: foundations / under construction - construction is underway along Camp Ground Road per Courier Journal (Sep 3, 2026), with the initial phase expected operational in late 2026; the project was approved“construction on Jefferson County's first hyperscale data center is underway in southwest Louisville along Camp Ground Road, with the initial phase expected to be operation in late 2026”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Current target date: late 2026 (initial phase)“construction on Jefferson County's first hyperscale data center is underway in southwest Louisville along Camp Ground Road, with the initial phase expected to be operation in late 2026”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Construction under way on Camp Ground Road; initial phase expected operational late 2026 (Courier Journal). Utility-side construction to service the site also commenced (LG&E PSC report, Aug 2026)“construction on Jefferson County's first hyperscale data center is underway in southwest Louisville along Camp Ground Road”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Address: 6001 Camp Ground Road, Louisville, KY“Officials for the data center set to be built at 6001 Camp Ground Road said they planned to put up a 7-warehouse campus on more than 150 acres”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Acres: 153 acres“the campus will comprise seven 219,534 sq ft data center buildings, an office building, a utility building, and a security building across 153 acres at 6001 Camp Ground Road”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Buildings: 7 data center buildings (plus office, utility and security buildings)“the campus will comprise seven 219,534 sq ft (20,395 sqm) data center buildings, an office building, a utility building, and a security building”News report · March 2026 · grade C
- Land control date: assembled before Jan 2025 (multiple parcels purchased in recent years); seven additional lots purchased after Jun 2025“Poe Companies has purchased multiple parcels along that stretch in recent years, deed records show”Company · March 2026 · grade C