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Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus

Burgin, Mercer County, Kentucky · All 2 Panattoni sites

ProposedOpposedRecord updated October 4, 2026

Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus is a proposed data center in Burgin, Kentucky (Mercer County), operated by Panattoni. The public record puts it at 1,000 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Panattoni
Facility type: Data center
Location: Burgin, Mercer County, KY
Coordinates: 37.7544, -84.7633 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 1,000 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Closed loop
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

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus in Burgin, Mercer County, Kentucky is documented in the public record. National developer Panattoni's proposed hyperscale AI data center on unincorporated farmland near Burgin would require annexation of 1,000+ acres, roughly doubling Burgin's size.

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.

National developer Panattoni's proposed hyperscale AI data center on unincorporated farmland near Burgin would require annexation of 1,000+ acres, roughly doubling Burgin's size. About 200 residents attended a Mercer County Planning & Zoning Commission hearing on 2026-07-30 (commission voted unanimously to advance data-center-enabling regulations the same day); the Burgin city council had voted 3-2 for a first reading of the annexation ordinance in early July 2026. Grassroots group 'We Are Mercer County' formed with 1,000+ Facebook members; residents wore blue 'no data center' shirts. Resident Stacey Sellers: 'Please, do not let the greed of a few outweigh the wellbeing of our people.' Mercer County Fiscal Court passed a one-year moratorium on 2026-08-12 that explicitly exempts Burgin's pending annexation; residents packed Burgin city hall that day in opposition. Resident Beth Corea: 'They want our land, our water, our electricity.'

Source: WKMS

Notes on the record

No capacity, investment, or named end-user figure found as of 2026-09-10; developer identified only as Panattoni. The record is marked reported pending a primary filing (county P&Z docket) confirming project specifics.

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
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.
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.

DartPoints Lexington Data Center Campus · Lexington · DartPoints27 mi · Proposed · 70 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus in Burgin?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus?

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 Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus, and how big is it?

Panattoni is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1000 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Panattoni Burgin Data Center Campus," updated October 4, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/panattoni-burgin-mercer-county-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/panattoni-burgin-mercer-county-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.Hyperscale data centers provoke bipartisan outrage across Kentucky · WKMS · retrieved September 10, 2026
2.Panattoni: Project Bluegrass · Baxtel · retrieved October 4, 2026

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