Data Center Registry
Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex
Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky
Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex is a cancelled crypto mining site in Louisa, Kentucky (Lawrence County), operated by Ebon International. The public record puts it at 250 MW planned, a reported $250 million investment.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Ebon International
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- Louisa, Lawrence County, KY
- Coordinates
- 38.1145, -82.6031 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 250 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- $250 million
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Kentucky Power (AEP)
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- August 28, 2023CancelledThe Kentucky Public Service Commission denied Kentucky Power's special contract to serve the facility, finding that the utility would lack the power to meet existing customers' demand beginning in 2026 and that the risks, including rising energy prices for consumers, outweighed the potential economic benefits. Source: Louisville Public Media
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
Proposed $250 million computing complex on land leased from Kentucky Power at the Big Sandy Generating Station in Lawrence County, under an executed contract for up to 250 MW at a discounted rate subject to PSC approval. Kentucky Power projected the project would create up to 100 jobs; that ceiling is not recorded as a jobs figure because it is a projected maximum, not a committed count. Coordinates are the Louisa city centroid and are approximate, Big Sandy Generating Station is not mapped as a named feature in OpenStreetMap and the leased parcel was never publicly delineated.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex data center in Louisa?
Nothing on record as of September 15, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex in Louisa, Lawrence County, Kentucky appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex data center?
No lawsuit over Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex appears in the record we track as of September 15, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex use?
No water withdrawal figure for Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex, and how big is it?
Ebon International is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 250 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Ebon International Big Sandy Cryptomining Complex," updated September 15, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/ebon-international-big-sandy-lawrence-ky.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/ebon-international-big-sandy-lawrence-ky, retrieved October 1, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Regulators reject Kentucky Power contract for $250M cryptomining facility · Louisville Public Media · retrieved September 15, 2026
- 2.Cryptocurrency Mining in Kentucky (references the 250 MW cryptomining facility in Louisa whose rate request was denied) · Earthjustice · retrieved September 15, 2026
- 3.OpenStreetMap/Nominatim geocode of Louisa, Lawrence County, KY · OpenStreetMap · retrieved September 15, 2026
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