Meta revealed as company behind controversial Mason County hyperscale data center
The fact that Meta was behind the project had remained secret for more than a year until this week.
Liam Niemeyer
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State lawmakers hear data center concerns from across Kentucky at Frankfort ‘listening session’
Some of the speakers came from organized groups in local communities that have formed over the past 12 months that are expressing strong concerns about active data center proposals.
Economists forecast lower Kentucky revenue growth amid ‘much uncertainty’ in economy
Kentucky economists adopted a more cautious revenue forecast, projecting General Fund growth of 5.7% in fiscal year 2027 and 0.4% in fiscal year 2028 amid economic uncertainty.
A Kentucky county becomes first in state to permanently ban data center construction
A spokesperson for the Kentucky Association of Counties told the Lantern in an email that Woodford County is the first Kentucky county the organization is aware of to pass such a permanent ban on data center construction.
State tax revenues miss target by over $1 billion dollars to allow another income tax cut
Under the current system of fiscal triggers, the soonest the state legislature could vote to reduce the income tax rate would be in 2029.
A county’s data center moratorium doesn’t include a small city considering huge project
A proposed hyperscale data center could bring millions in tax revenue to Burgin and its schools, but newly obtained records reveal the project could also require up to 1.3 gigawatts of power.
A mugshot turns a Kentucky data center dispute personal between an activist and a developer
In a Thursday phone interview with the Lantern, the developer said he had subsequently apologized to the woman and that his intent “was not to intimidate.”
KY lawmakers move ahead with expanded bobcat hunting despite population concerns
The proposed regulations from the wildlife management agency would expand the bag limit.
Kentucky is still not building enough homes to bridge housing gap, says state housing director
To close the housing supply gap entirely by 2035, one leader said, Kentucky builders would have to roughly double their current rate of construction by building 28,712 units a year.