Kentucky’s two largest cities take action to address concerns over hyperscale data centers

Lexington and Louisville have begun the process to control or ban hyperscale data centers.

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: June 10, 2026

Words: 474

Last Updated: 1 day, 20 hours ago

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Kentucky’s two largest cities took action Tuesday afternoon to begin considering zoning regulations to control — or potentially ban — power-intensive hyperscale data centers.

On Tuesday, Lexington Urban County Council suspended legislative rules to enact a moratorium on applications for data centers through Oct. 31 and work on zoning amendments to regulate data centers.

Lexington council member Emma Curtis told the Lantern concern surrounding a data center developer buying a local data center …

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