Dermody Properties data center at 3615 Kramers Lane (Rubbertown)
Dermody Properties wants to turn a 350,000 square foot warehouse it is building on Kramers Lane into a data center. The loading dock area would hold generators, and a new electric substation would be added. The plans do not say which tech company would use it. The city has paused the application.
Where things stand: Plans filed August 11, 2026. The mayor put the application on hold; Metro Council then passed a 6-month pause on new data centers.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 13, 2026): Louisville Metro Council approved a 6-month pause (moratorium) on new data center applications, 24-1.
What we know
- 📍 Where3615 Kramers Lane, Rubbertown industrial area, next to River Oaks Mobile Home Park (geocoded), Louisville Metro, Jefferson County
- 🏢 CompanyDPIF4 KY 6 KRAMERS, LLC
- 🏛️ Owned byDermody Properties
- 🌳 Size20 acres
❓ Still unanswered
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- Which tech company would use the Kramers Lane data center? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much power would it use? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many diesel generators are planned? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- May 2024Louisville approved the site as a distribution warehouse.
- Aug 11, 2026Dermody filed plans to turn the 350,000 sq ft warehouse into a data center, with generators, an electric substation and security fencing.
- Aug 13, 2026Louisville Metro Council approved a 6-month pause (moratorium) on new data center applications, 24-1.
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.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Another data center proposed for Louisville's Rubbertown neighborhood · Louisville Public Media · Aug 12, 2026
- Second data center proposed in Louisville · Spectrum News 1 · Aug 14, 2026
- Louisville Metro Council approves 6-month moratorium on data centers · WAVE · Aug 14, 2026
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