See where data center developers are looking to build in Kentucky

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 7, 2026

Words: 1,177

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 1 day ago

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Ever since Kentucky lawmakers approved statewide sales tax breaks for hyperscale data centers, developers are eyeing the state as a place to build these potentially massive, electricity-intensive operations.

The state has long been home to smaller data centers that power various online services such as digital cloud storage. But with the surge of billions of dollars of artificial intelligence investment from technology companies, expansive data centers coined as “hyperscale” that can consume …

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