Jefferson County, Kentucky
Jefferson County, Kentucky has 525 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 7 records, against 2.5 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 740 MW of planned generation across 1 project. That is 9.1% of Kentucky's data center MW.
Jefferson County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 525 MW of data centers against 2.5 GW of plants, with 740 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
7 records, 525 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 7 records lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Jefferson
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| PowerHouse | 7 | 525 |
Power generation in the county
16 plants operate inside Jefferson County, 2.5 GW. The queue adds 740 MW across 1 project.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Jefferson County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 5 | 1,017.6 |
| Natural Gas | Planned | 1 | 740 |
| Coal | Operating | 3 | 1,361.7 |
| Hydro | Operating | 8 | 109.6 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 1 | 740 |
Jefferson County against its neighbors
None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Oldham County has the most operating generation among them, 581.4 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County this page | 7 | 740 | 0.21x | ||
| Oldham County | 0 | 0 | 0x | ||
| Hardin County | 0 | 82 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
3 counties shownEvery record in Jefferson County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 24 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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