Kentucky counties weigh data center growth as moratoriums spread

KENTUCKY — Data center projects are drawing debate across Kentucky as some local governments move forward with major developments while others pause any development to study potential impacts on electricity, water, land use and utility costs.

In Nelson County, Fiscal Court officials passed a one-year moratorium “on the acceptance, processing and approval of all applications related to the establishment, development or expansion of data centers of any size.”

The vote came as local officials and residents questioned whether a data center project was being discussed in the county…

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