A hyperscale data center is coming to Jefferson County, and it’s expected to create nearly a thousand jobs while supporting tech-industry advancements.Plans are in place to construct a 153-acre campus off Camp Ground Road in southwest Louisville.Leaders of the project say the cutting-edge facility will process information from around the globe.”Everybody’s phones are advancing and everybody’s computers are advancing, and this is, you know, going to feed into that progress,” said Hank Hillebrand, president of Poe Companies in Louisville.Hillebrand is leading the charge to develop Kentucky’s first hyperscale data center. Poe Companies is partnering with PowerHouse Data Centers to build the facility, which he said will pave the way for the “new world of technology.””Artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud, all those kind of possibilities are possible here with this amount of power and the size of the footprint we have on the campus,” Hillebrand said.Louisville Gas and Electric will power the 400-megawatt facility. In order to support the power supply, the company plans to build a new switch station on the campus.”I’m really excited for LG&E and KU to be the first supplier of energy for the first data center,” said John Bevington, from parent company PPL Corporation.Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said low energy costs, plus a tax incentive program passed by lawmakers last year, made the state an attractive place to build the Poe PowerHouse facility.”It is a sales tax incentive on the equipment because the equipment is so valuable, so expensive,” Stivers said, referring to the technology inside data centers that is frequently replaced.The project is expected to create 300-400 six-figure jobs in tech and security, as well as close to 1,000 jobs in construction.Stivers believes it will drive long-term economic growth in Louisville and beyond.”It will change the economic and business dynamic for this state and how we compete in the United States, but how we compete globally,” Stiver said. Construction is set to start later this year, with the goal of having Kentucky’s first hyperscale data center up and running by the end of 2026.”We think this will be hopefully the first of several in the state and region,” Hillebrand said.Those involved in the project told WLKY the data center will be operated by one of the big names in the tech industry, though they did not specify which companies were a possibility.
A hyperscale data center is coming to Jefferson County, and it’s expected to create nearly a thousand jobs while supporting tech-industry advancements.
Plans are in place to construct a 153-acre campus off Camp Ground Road in southwest Louisville.
Leaders of the project say the cutting-edge facility will process information from around the globe.
“Everybody’s phones are advancing and everybody’s computers are advancing, and this is, you know, going to feed into that progress,” said Hank Hillebrand, president of Poe Companies in Louisville.
Hillebrand is leading the charge to develop Kentucky’s first hyperscale data center. Poe Companies is partnering with PowerHouse Data Centers to build the facility, which he said will pave the way for the “new world of technology.”
“Artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud, all those kind of possibilities are possible here with this amount of power and the size of the footprint we have on the campus,” Hillebrand said.
Louisville Gas and Electric will power the 400-megawatt facility. In order to support the power supply, the company plans to build a new switch station on the campus.
“I’m really excited for LG&E and KU to be the first supplier of energy for the first data center,” said John Bevington, from parent company PPL Corporation.
Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers said low energy costs, plus a tax incentive program passed by lawmakers last year, made the state an attractive place to build the Poe PowerHouse facility.
“It is a sales tax incentive on the equipment because the equipment is so valuable, so expensive,” Stivers said, referring to the technology inside data centers that is frequently replaced.
The project is expected to create 300-400 six-figure jobs in tech and security, as well as close to 1,000 jobs in construction.
Stivers believes it will drive long-term economic growth in Louisville and beyond.
“It will change the economic and business dynamic for this state and how we compete in the United States, but how we compete globally,” Stiver said.
Construction is set to start later this year, with the goal of having Kentucky’s first hyperscale data center up and running by the end of 2026.
“We think this will be hopefully the first of several in the state and region,” Hillebrand said.
Those involved in the project told WLKY the data center will be operated by one of the big names in the tech industry, though they did not specify which companies were a possibility.