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Carrollton Industrial Campus
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Carrollton Industrial Campus is a proposed data center in Carrollton, Kentucky (Carroll County), operated by PowerHouse Data Centers / Poe Companies. The public record puts it at 500 acres, a reported $9.6 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- PowerHouse Data Centers / Poe Companies
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Greens Bottom Road, Carrollton, Carroll County, KY
- Coordinates
- 38.6800, -85.1658 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 500 acres
- Investment
- $9.6 billion
- 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
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Carrollton Industrial Campus in Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Carroll County/Ghent-area residents organized opposition (group 'No Data Center 502') after learning the Carrollton Industrial Campus had reportedly been in development for over a year before its public announcement.
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.
Carroll County/Ghent-area residents organized opposition (group 'No Data Center 502') after learning the Carrollton Industrial Campus had reportedly been in development for over a year before its public announcement. Reporting says the Carrollton mayor signed an unrecorded real estate option contract in July 2025 to sell 340 acres of public land for the project. Residents cite lack of transparency: 'There's been no transparency from our local government' (Laura Beth Austin); 'I don't trust the jobs numbers. I don't trust the tax numbers' (Amy Wright). State Sen. Gex Williams (R) said the city 'made some serious mistakes in terms of their NDAs'; Sen. Keturah Herron (D) said 'If you are not being open and honest ... then we can only assume that it's shady business happening.' A Kentucky State Senate District 20 candidate (Stella Pollard) and the Louisville group opposing a separate PowerHouse/Poe project have joined the organizing.
Notes on the record
Developers (Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers, the same partnership behind the existing record powerhouse-louisville-ky) have secured purchase options and completed initial site studies but had not started construction as of the 2026-09-10 source check; 'it's unclear when construction ... will begin.' Data center footprint is reported as roughly 300 of the 500 total acres; 342 acres of the site are owned by Carrollton Utilities, adjacent to its regional wastewater treatment plant. An economic-impact analysis projects about $93.2M in local tax revenue, over $64M of it to Carroll County Public Schools; the developer also received $3.7 million in Kentucky Business Investment (KBI) incentive funding (year not stated in source, so omitted from the subsidies field).
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.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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.
- Jefferson Proving Ground Data Center · Madison · Undisclosed16 mi · Permitted · Opposed
- Project Lincoln: OC Data Center · La Grange · Western Hospitality Partners22 mi · Cancelled · 600 MW · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Carrollton Industrial Campus in Carrollton?
Yes. Carrollton Industrial Campus in Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Carroll County/Ghent-area residents organized opposition (group 'No Data Center 502') after learning the Carrollton Industrial Campus had reportedly been in development for over a year before its public announcement.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Carrollton Industrial Campus?
No lawsuit over Carrollton Industrial Campus appears in the record we track as of September 10, 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 Carrollton Industrial Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Carrollton Industrial Campus 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 Carrollton Industrial Campus, and how big is it?
PowerHouse Data Centers / Poe Companies is the operator on record. We hold 12 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 500 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Carrollton Industrial Campus," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/powerhouse-poe-carrollton-industrial-campus-carroll-county-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/powerhouse-poe-carrollton-industrial-campus-carroll-county-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.Louisville-based developer plans $9.6B data center in Carroll County · retrieved September 10, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
- 2.Carroll County residents push back against data center project in Ghent community · WAVE3 · retrieved September 10, 2026
- 3.Neighbors to Kentucky hyperscale data centers demand transparency · Louisville Public Media · retrieved September 10, 2026
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