Data Center Registry
Cave Point Commerce Center
Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky
Cave Point Commerce Center is a proposed data center in Cave City, Kentucky (Barren County), operated by Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC. The public record puts it at 1.2 GW planned, 600 acres. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Cave City, Barren County, KY
- Coordinates
- 37.1368, -85.9562 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1.2 GW planned
- Land
- 600 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 360 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Cave Point Commerce Center in Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Cave City enacted a 12-month data-center zoning moratorium 2026-05-20.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Cave City enacted a 12-month data-center zoning moratorium 2026-05-20. Developer Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC sued the city 2026-06-08 in Barren District/Circuit Court, arguing its application should be reviewed under the zoning rules in place 2026-05-11 (before the moratorium) and separately challenging the city's annexation of the tract (alleging improper procedure involving a cemetery on the parcel). The two suits were consolidated; first hearing 2026-08-26, status conference set 2026-11-23, no ruling issued as of 2026-08-27. Site is ~10 miles from Mammoth Cave National Park; residents have raised water-resource and land-use concerns.
Notes on the record
Proposed multi-building hyperscale campus (10 buildings x ~200,000 sq ft, ~2M sq ft total) at the Cave City Industrial Park spanning Cave City and unincorporated Barren County. Combined critical capacity reported as 'about 1,200 megawatts.' Jobs figure of 360 is direct jobs at full build-out (300 data-center operations + 60 power generation, per the source, implying an on-site generation component not independently confirmed or itemized this run -- no separate power_generation record created without a source stating its own capacity/technology). An additional ~569 indirect/induced jobs were estimated (total ~929) but only the direct figure is recorded here. Developer/operator name is the plaintiff of record in the zoning lawsuit (Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC), which the coverage also identifies as the current landowner; no separate development-company name was disclosed in the sources checked. Exact parcel location within the industrial park not confirmed -- coordinates are a Cave City town-center pin.
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
- Which utility serves 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Cave Point Commerce Center data center in Cave City?
Yes. Cave Point Commerce Center in Cave City, Barren County, Kentucky is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Cave City enacted a 12-month data-center zoning moratorium 2026-05-20.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Cave Point Commerce Center data center?
The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.
How much water does Cave Point Commerce Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Cave Point Commerce Center 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 Cave Point Commerce Center, and how big is it?
Kentucky Industrial Alliance LLC is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 1.2 GW. The site is recorded at 600 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Cave Point Commerce Center," updated September 13, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/kentucky-industrial-alliance-cave-point-cave-city-ky.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/kentucky-industrial-alliance-cave-point-cave-city-ky, retrieved September 14, 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.Kentucky Industrial Alliance says proposed Cave City data center could bring millions in tax revenue · WBKO · retrieved September 13, 2026
- 2.Developer sues Cave City over data center zoning moratorium · WBKO · retrieved September 13, 2026
- 3.Barren data center suits proceed · Bowling Green Daily News · retrieved September 13, 2026
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