Developer proposes hyperscale data center at former Eastern Kentucky steel mill

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 22, 2026

Words: 566

Last Updated: 4 weeks, 1 day ago

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An international company wants to build a hyperscale data center — consuming the equivalent of more than 10% of the electricity produced in the state of Kentucky during the summer — at the site of the former site of the AK Steel mill in Eastern Kentucky.

The data center developer Rubix Data Centers is a subsidiary of the privately-held company Submer Group based in Barcelona, Spain. That’s according to a list of questions …

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