State utility regulator approves contract for hyperscale data center in Hancock County

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: August 24, 2026

Words: 598

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Kentucky’s utility regulator has approved an electricity service contract for a hyperscale data center wanting to set up shop at a former Hancock County aluminum smelter that shuttered years ago, a key step forward before the power-intensive data center can begin operating.

In a Friday afternoon order, the Kentucky Public Service Commission wrote the electricity service contract between investor-owned data center developer TeraWulf and utility Big Rivers Electric Corporation provides “adequate protections” for ratepayers, …

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