2 data center projects in Unincorporated Jefferson County
Who decides here: the Jefferson County Fiscal Court decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.
In Unincorporated Jefferson County
PowerHouse / Poe data center campus on Camp Ground Road
Louisville Metro, Jefferson County
153 acres
🕒 July 9, 2026: U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey wrote to LG&E opposing the project and asking that Louisville …
ProposedDermody Properties data center at 3615 Kramers Lane (Rubbertown)
Louisville Metro, Jefferson County
20 acres
🕒 Aug 13, 2026: Louisville Metro Council approved a 6-month pause (moratorium) on new data center applic…
Local votes and rules
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Louisville Metro Council voted 24-1 to pause new data centers for six months, or until it passes full zoning rules. Planners will not accept or process new data center plans. The council added a change so that turning an existing building into a data center is also paused.
📜 Data center rules
Louisville Metro is writing new zoning rules for data centers (case 25-LDC-0014). The June 2026 draft, revised in July, would ban the biggest data centers (over 500,000 square feet) and keep new ones in industrial areas. The Kentucky Resources Council says the draft lets many data centers up to 250,000 square feet be approved by staff with no public hearing. The Metro Council has not voted yet.
✅ Approved
Louisville's Planning Commission voted 6-1 to approve revised plans for a 1.6-million-square-foot data center on Camp Ground Road near Shively, by Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers. The land was already zoned heavy industrial, so the Metro Council did not have to vote. More than 20 residents spoke against it over pollution, water and power.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Jefferson County. - Go to county meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Kentucky.
🙋 Open tasks here
- Which tech company will use the Camp Ground Road data center?
- How much water will it use per day, and from which water utility?
- How many diesel backup generators will be on site?
- Did the project get any state or local tax breaks?
- Which tech company would use the Kramers Lane data center?
- How much power would it use?
- How many diesel generators are planned?