Planning Commission recommends approval for 1.6m sq ft planned data center in Louisville, Kentucky
Developers estimate construction will start in 2025
Developers estimate construction will start in 2025
Identity of prospective end-user still unknown
City Council has final say; will vote on March 16
Locals and officials call for moratorium
Pinewood Studios gets approval for data center project
But its fate rests in the hands of the City Commission
Proposals to be considered on March 31
Will span approximately 400 sqm
But nothing officially filed yet
Calls for pause grow louder
Opposers set to challenge decision
Reportedly adds 155MW of capacity to portfolio
Alleges that campus is not a "heavy industrial use"
Applicant chooses to wait and see
Informal criteria has been in place since sometime in 2024
Could see around $2.8bn in investment
Responses to the Request for Information due by March 13
Local planning commission not in favor of scheme
Project in predevelopment stage
A park to be built instead
Second time unlucky
Charged with trespassing