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Kentucky data center moratoriums

As of 31 Oct 2026, we count at least 36 local data center pauses in force in Kentucky, 1 ban and 15 proposals, across its counties and cities. At state level: checked, nothing found.

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Source: Grounded Compute, Kentucky moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/kentucky/moratoriums

Every row below has its source and the date we checked it. For reporters: contact and corrections

State level · Checked, nothing found

We asked about state laws, orders and bills: checked, nothing found (31 Oct 2026).

Expiring by 30 Dec 2026

None in the next 60 days

Moratorium map · counties

Todd County: No pause or ban foundScott County: No government or news source foundLee County: No pause or ban foundMcLean County: No pause or ban foundFranklin County: No pause or ban foundEdmonson County: PauseCarroll County: No pause or ban foundGraves County: No pause or ban foundMonroe County: No pause or ban foundOwsley County: No pause or ban foundJackson County: No government or news source foundWhitley County: No government or news source foundHardin County: No government or news source foundBreckinridge County: PauseUnion County: No pause or ban foundWayne County: No pause or ban foundShelby County: PauseWarren County: No government or news source foundRockcastle County: No pause or ban foundHancock County: No government or news source foundCasey County: No government or news source foundJessamine County: No government or news source foundHenry County: No pause or ban foundCumberland County: No pause or ban foundHopkins County: Pause proposedJohnson County: No pause or ban foundKnott County: No pause or ban foundKnox County: No pause or ban foundLawrence County: No pause or ban foundMadison County: Pause proposedLewis County: No pause or ban foundLivingston County: No pause or ban foundMcCracken County: No pause or ban foundHarlan County: No pause or ban foundMagoffin County: No pause or ban foundMartin County: No pause or ban foundMetcalfe County: No pause or ban foundNicholas County: No pause or ban foundPerry County: No pause or ban foundLarue County: No pause or ban foundPike County: No pause or ban foundPowell County: No pause or ban foundTrigg County: No pause or ban foundFleming County: No pause or ban foundBath County: No pause or ban foundClay County: No pause or ban foundCrittenden County: No pause or ban foundFulton County: No pause or ban foundBoyd County: PauseCarlisle County: No pause or ban foundHenderson County: No pause or ban foundLaurel County: No government or news source foundWolfe County: No pause or ban foundCaldwell County: No pause or ban foundBoyle County: PausePulaski County: No pause or ban foundHart County: No pause or ban foundOhio County: No government or news source foundHarrison County: PauseTaylor County: No pause or ban foundBarren County: Pause proposedMenifee County: No pause or ban foundButler County: PauseMeade County: PauseLincoln County: No pause or ban foundBell County: PauseOwen County: No pause or ban foundGallatin County: No pause or ban foundBourbon County: No government or news source foundBracken County: No pause or ban foundRussell County: No pause or ban foundLyon County: PauseGrayson County: No pause or ban foundDaviess County: PauseCampbell County: No pause or ban foundRowan County: No government or news source foundGreen County: No pause or ban foundMcCreary County: No pause or ban foundAllen County: PauseClinton County: No government or news source foundJefferson County: PauseFloyd County: No government or news source foundMarion County: No pause or ban foundPendleton County: No pause or ban foundBoone County: No government or news source foundLogan County: PauseSpencer County: No pause or ban foundRobertson County: No pause or ban foundMarshall County: No pause or ban foundMorgan County: No government or news source foundMuhlenberg County: No pause or ban foundSimpson County: Ended: permanent rulesBallard County: No pause or ban foundAdair County: Pause proposedGreenup County: No pause or ban foundLeslie County: No pause or ban foundCarter County: Pause proposedKenton County: No pause or ban foundClark County: Pause proposedCalloway County: PauseMason County: No government or news source foundElliott County: No pause or ban foundGarrard County: No government or news source foundLetcher County: PauseTrimble County: Pause, extendedHickman County: No pause or ban foundFayette County: No government or news source foundWashington County: No pause or ban foundWoodford County: BanChristian County: No pause or ban foundEstill County: No pause or ban foundGrant County: No pause or ban foundMercer County: PauseMontgomery County: No government or news source foundWebster County: No pause or ban foundBullitt County: PauseAnderson County: No pause or ban foundNelson County: PauseBreathitt County: No pause or ban foundOldham County: Ended: permanent rulesColumbia (city): PauseScottsville (city): PauseCave City (city): PauseHillview (city): Pause proposedWinchester (city): PauseOwensboro (city): PauseLancaster (city): Pause proposedRussell (city): PauseCynthiana (city): Pause proposedCampbellsburg (city): PauseDawson Springs (city): Pause proposedEarlington (city): Pause proposedHanson (city): Pause proposedNicholasville (city): PauseLudlow (city): PauseLondon (city): PauseAdairville (city): Pause proposedRussellville (city): PauseBerea (city): Pause proposedCamargo (city): Pause proposedBardstown (city): PauseLa Grange (city): Pause, extendedGeorgetown (city): Pause, extendedShelbyville (city): PauseSimpsonville (city): Pause
  • Ban: 1 county
  • Pause (active or extended): 20 counties
  • Pause proposed: 6 counties
  • End date passed, no update found: 0 counties
  • Ended, expired or none found: 73 counties
  • No government or news source found: 20 counties
  • City: ban
  • City: pause
  • City: pause proposed
  • 120 counties checked · 31 Oct 2026
  • Cities on the tracker drawn as dots (25)
  • Schematic; outlines: US Census

Tracker · 52 bans, pauses and proposals

JurisdictionStatusCoversEndPermanent rulesSource
Bans (1)
Woodford CountyBanAll data centers–Rules adoptedwkyt.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Pauses in force (36)
Allen CountyPauseAll data centers––wnky.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Bardstown (city, Nelson)PauseAll data centers: Any size; one-year moratorium––pmg-ky2.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Bell CountyPauseAll data centers––wymt.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Boyd CountyPauseOther––dailyindependent.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Boyle CountyPauseAll data centers––boylecountyky.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Breckinridge CountyPauseAll data centers: Data centers of any size––messenger-inquirer.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Bullitt CountyPauseAll data centers––spectrumnews1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Butler CountyPauseAll data centers––beechtreenews.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Calloway CountyPauseOther––callowaycountyky.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Campbellsburg (city, Henry)PauseAll data centers17 Jan 2028–pmg-ky1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Cave City (city, Barren)PauseAll data centers––glasgownews1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Columbia (city, Adair)PauseAll data centers––adairvoice.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Daviess CountyPauseAll data centers––14news.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Edmonson CountyPauseAll data centers––edmonsonvoice.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Harrison CountyPauseAll data centers––news-graphic.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Jefferson CountyPauseOther–Rules draftedlouisville.legistar.com
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Letcher CountyPauseOther: Two-year moratorium on new AI data centers. A local report says the county attorney believes it may be unenforceable because the county has no planning and zoning.––themountaineagle.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Logan CountyPauseOther––wnky.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
London (city, Laurel)PauseAll data centers30 Sep 2028–londonky.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Ludlow (city, Kenton)PauseAll data centers––ludlow.org
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Lyon CountyPause–––wpsdlocal6.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Meade CountyPauseAll data centers––meadeky.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Mercer CountyPauseOther–Rules draftedmercercounty.ky.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Nelson CountyPauseAll data centers: Any size; 12-month moratorium on accepting, processing, and approving applications––wlky.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Nicholasville (city, Jessamine)PauseAll data centers––wkyt.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Owensboro (city, Daviess)PauseAll data centers––owensborotimes.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Russell (city, Greenup)PauseOther–Rules drafteddailyindependent.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Russellville (city, Logan)PauseAll data centers––kvom.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Scottsville (city, Allen)PauseAll data centers––wnky.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Shelby CountyPauseAbove a size threshold: Large-scale data centers; no numeric threshold stated31 Dec 2026–pmg-ky1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Shelbyville (city, Shelby)PauseAll data centers31 Dec 2026–pmg-ky1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Simpsonville (city, Shelby)PauseAll data centers––pmg-ky1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Winchester (city, Clark)PauseAll data centers––lex18.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Georgetown (city, Scott)Pause, extendedAll data centers30 Jun 2027Rules draftedlex18.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
La Grange (city, Oldham)Pause, extendedAll data centers––pmg-ky1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Trimble CountyPause, extended–––courier-journal.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Proposed (15)
Adair CountyPause proposedAll data centers––columbiamagazine.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Adairville (city, Logan)Pause proposedOther––franklinfavorite.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Barren CountyPause proposed––Rules draftedglasgownews1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Berea (city, Madison)Pause proposedAll data centers: Any size–Rules draftedthekentuckyedge.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Camargo (city, Montgomery)Pause proposedAll data centers–Rules draftedcamargo.ky.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Carter CountyPause proposedAll data centers––cartercountytimes.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Clark CountyPause proposedOther––wincityvoices.org
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Cynthiana (city, Harrison)Pause proposedAll data centers––news-graphic.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Dawson Springs (city, Hopkins)Pause proposedAll data centers–Rules draftedthe-messenger.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Earlington (city, Hopkins)Pause proposedAll data centers–Rules draftedthe-messenger.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Hanson (city, Hopkins)Pause proposedAll data centers–Rules draftedthe-messenger.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Hillview (city, Bullitt)Pause proposedAll data centers–Rules draftedpmg-ky1.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Hopkins CountyPause proposed–––tristatehomepage.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Lancaster (city, Garrard)Pause proposed–––garrardcentralrecord.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Madison CountyPause proposed–––wkyt.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026

– = not found in the sources we checked

Source: Grounded Compute, Kentucky moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/kentucky/moratoriums

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