Kentucky
Datacenter Source tracks 6 data centers in Kentucky. Facilities that disclose power add up to 0 MW online and 0 MW in the pipeline. These are floors, not market size: 17% of facilities have a power figure. Largest operators by tracked MW: Flexential, CyrusOne and PowerHouse Data Centers. 400 MW has been announced; 0 MW is documented as operational.
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Datacenter Source. “Kentucky data centers.” /states/KY. Data as of 2026-10-12. Accessed 2026-10-12.
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title = {{Kentucky data centers}},
author = {{Datacenter Source}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{/states/KY}},
note = {Data as of 2026-10-12; accessed 2026-10-12. Compiled from cited sources, including OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0)},
}Please also cite the original source of any specific figure (linked beside it).
Online = operating sites; pipeline = remaining planned MW at sites under construction or planned. Percentages under each total show how much of it is backed by each evidence level. Average industrial electricity price: 7.51¢/kWh (EIA).
ConfirmedBacked by a filing, deed, permit, interconnection-queue record, or a government or utility record. filing, deed, permit or grid recordAnnouncedStated by the company or reported in the press; not yet backed by a filing or grid record. company or press claimEst.Modeled, measured from satellite imagery, inferred from community mapping, or computed by this site. Not a disclosed figure. satellite, model or map inferenceHow levels are assignedConstruction pipeline by expected completion
MW from phases with a projected completion date
No dated pipeline yet.
Power reality
Announced capacity vs. what grid records, construction and operation document. Facility-level sums; sources differ in coverage.
How to read this
Each bar sums one kind of evidence across facilities. Announced is the largest MW a company, utility, government or press source reported. Interconnection requests are MW in active large-load queue requests. Of the grid operators we ingest, only NYISO publishes these project by project. Contracted / approved means an executed interconnection agreement or a reported utility or power contract. Under construction and Operational come from construction records, imagery or operator reports.
The gap between announced and documented MW is capacity that has been claimed but not yet backed by a grid, construction or operating record. It is not proof a project won't happen. On-site generation is listed separately and never added to grid capacity. Method
Time to power puts each site's pending MW (announced minus operational) into a bucket by the midpoint of its evidence-based window. The window starts at the furthest documented stage and adds editorial ranges for what remains (e.g. announced: 2–5 yrs; land acquired: 2–4.5 yrs; planning / zoning: 1.75–4 yrs). Insufficient evidence means no dated stage evidence, not a delay. Windows are ranges, not forecasts. All ranges and rules
- Announced400 MW
- Interconnection requests—
- Contracted / approved130 MW
- Under construction—
- Operational—
Bucketed by the midpoint of each site's evidence-based window. Windows are ranges, not forecasts.
- PowerHouse / Poe Louisville400 MW / 130 MW
Interconnection queues
Active requests to connect to the grid (MISO, PJM). Requests are applications, not commitments.
How to read this
A queue request asks a grid operator (ISO/RTO) to connect a new generator or large load to the transmission system. It then moves through studies (feasibility, system impact, facilities) before an interconnection agreement, construction and service. Filing is an application, not a commitment to build. Generation totals here are active requests only.
Why most aren't built: in the queue files we ingest, PJM: 33% of 224 requests withdrawn, 4% in service; MISO: 73% of 63 requests withdrawn, 0% in service. These are shares of each published file, not completion rates. Queue sources
Data-center load requests are shown only where an ISO publishes them project by project (NYISO). Elsewhere, large loads go through utilities, and the ISO figures above (e.g. ERCOT's large-load tracking) are quoted from the operator's own documents.
Coverage
How much of this scope our sources describe. Low coverage means data isn't disclosed or not yet collected, not that there's nothing there.
Confirmed evidence = at least one fact about the facility itself from a filing, deed, permit, interconnection record, or government or utility record. Regional context (state prices, nearby plants, utility territory maps) doesn't count. Most facilities come from OpenStreetMap, which records that a building exists but rarely its power, owner or status.
Largest operators & owners
Online + pipeline MW at linked facilities
- Flexential— · 2 sites
- CyrusOne— · 1 sites
- PowerHouse Data Centers— · 1 sites
Largest customers & end users
Tenants and workload owners, where sourced
None identified.
Utility exposure
Most likely retail utility by location (approximate)
- LG&E and KU Energy— · 3 sites
- Duke Energy— · 1 sites
- Kenergy Corp— · 1 sites
- Kentucky Power CO— · 1 sites
Grid operators (ISO / RTO)
By facility location
- None (non-RTO region)— · 3 sites
- PJM— · 2 sites
- MISO— · 1 sites
Largest facilities
By online + pipeline MW; badge = evidence behind each figure
| Facility | Status | Online | Pipeline |
|---|
Facilities by status
- Operating5
- Unknown1
Counties
Local impact
Water, on-site generation and air permits, incentives, regulatory events and large-load tariffs, where a source documents them. Counts are of sourced records, not of the state's totals.
Not yet collected
Not yet collected
Not yet collected for this state's utilities.
Not yet collected