State lawmakers hear data center concerns from across Kentucky at Frankfort ‘listening session’

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: October 1, 2026

Words: 1,026

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 2 days ago

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More than 60 people filled a committee room for the “listening session” on data centers set up by Rep. Adam Moore, D-Lexington, with speakers coming from counties including Barren, Boyle, Boyd, Carroll, Daviess, Breckinridge, Madison, Mercer, Mason, Oldham, Fayette, Franklin, Jefferson, Pike and Woodford.

All but one of the speakers voiced concerns or outright opposition to the construction of hyperscale data centers, those worries ranging from the loss of farmland, the need for …

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