PowerHouse / Poe data center campus on Camp Ground Road
Also called: PowerHouse Data Centers Louisville Campus
A campus of seven two-story data center buildings, about 1.6 million square feet, on about 150 acres on Camp Ground Road in west Louisville. It could use about 400 megawatts of power when finished; a state report puts the first phase at 130 megawatts in late 2026 and lifetime investment at about $11 billion. Each building gets diesel backup generators. Many neighbors oppose it over air, water and power bill worries.
Where things stand: Planning Commission approved the site plan in March 2026 (6-1). Site work is underway; first phase was expected to start running in late 2026.
🕒 Latest update (July 9, 2026): U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey wrote to LG&E opposing the project and asking that Louisville families not pay for the power upgrades.
What we know
- 📍 Where6001 Camp Ground Road, west of Shively (geocoded with the Census geocoder), Louisville Metro, Jefferson County
- 🏢 CompanyPoe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers
- 🏛️ Owned byAmerican Real Estate Partners (PowerHouse)
- 🌳 Size153 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs400 megawatts (about as much as 320,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromLG&E power. LG&E is building a new switching station; the campus gets its own substation.
- 🗼 New power linesYes
- 💵 Cost$11 billion
❓ Still unanswered
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What happened so far
- Jan 2025Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers announced plans for Kentucky's first hyperscale data center on Camp Ground Road.
- March 5, 2026Louisville Metro Planning Commission approved the revised site plan 6-1 after more than 20 residents spoke against it. No Metro Council vote was needed because the land is already zoned heavy industrial.
- July 9, 2026U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey wrote to LG&E opposing the project and asking that Louisville families not pay for the power upgrades.
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
- West Louisville data center approved despite opposition · Louisville Public Media · March 5, 2026
- Planning commission recommends approval for 1.6m sq ft planned data center in Louisville, Kentucky · Data Center Dynamics · March 2026
- Rep. McGarvey opposes Camp Ground Road data center in letter to LG&E · Office of U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey · July 9, 2026
- Developers plan to build Kentucky's first 'hyperscale' data center in Louisville · Kentucky Lantern · Jan 2025
- EPIC Report No. 2026-001: Data Centers in Kentucky · Kentucky Energy Planning and Inventory Commission (UK CAER) · June 2026
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