Data Center Registry

Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway)

Meade County, Kentucky

CancelledOpposedRecord updated October 22, 2026

Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway) is a cancelled data center in Kentucky (Meade County), operated by Undisclosed applicant. The public record puts it at 135 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Undisclosed applicant
Facility type: Data center
Location: 25025 Joe Prather Hwy, Meade County, KY
Coordinates: 37.8250, -86.0198 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 135 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: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Opposed
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.

October 14, 2025
Cancelled
The Meade County Planning Commission unanimously declined to send a favorable recommendation on rezoning about 135 acres off Joe Prather Highway from Agriculture-2/Residential-1 to Light Industrial for an 'IT infrastructure facility.' The fiscal court unanimously blocked it the same evening. Source: WDRB/WAVE

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway) in Meade County, Kentucky is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. More than 150 people signed up to speak, nearly all opposed.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

More than 150 people signed up to speak, nearly all opposed. A Change.org petition drew 2,500+ signatures. Concerns cited utility costs, well water, health and property values.

Source: WDRB/WAVE

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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

PowerHouse Data Centers, Louisville (Camp Ground Road) · Louisville · PowerHouse Data Centers27 mi · Under construction · 402 MW · Opposed
Dermody Properties Kramers Lane Data Center · Louisville · Dermody Properties (DPIF4 KY 6 KRAMERS, LLC)28 mi · Proposed · Opposed

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway) in Meade County, Kentucky?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway)?

No lawsuit over Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway) appears in the record we track as of October 22, 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 Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway) 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 Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway), and how big is it?

Undisclosed applicant is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 135 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meade County Data Center (Joe Prather Highway)," updated October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meade-county-joe-prather-highway-data-center-ky.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/meade-county-joe-prather-highway-data-center-ky, retrieved October 29, 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.Meade County zoning commission votes against data center · WDRB/WAVE · retrieved October 22, 2026
2.Meade County Data Center (25025 Joe Prather Hwy), listed as withdrawn · Baxtel · retrieved October 22, 2026
3.OpenStreetMap/Nominatim point for Joe Prather Highway, Meade County, KY · OpenStreetMap · retrieved October 22, 2026

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