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Project Lincoln: OC Data Center

La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky · All 3 Western Hospitality Partners sites

CancelledOpposedRecord updated September 10, 2026

Project Lincoln: OC Data Center is a cancelled data center in La Grange, Kentucky (Oldham County), operated by Western Hospitality Partners. The public record puts it at 600 MW planned, 267.3 acres, a reported $6 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Western Hospitality Partners
Facility type
Data center
Location
3557 North Highway 53, La Grange, Oldham County, KY
Coordinates
38.3986, -85.3750 (approximate)
Power capacity
600 MW planned
Land
267.3 acres
Investment
$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
150 permanent
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Opposed
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

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.

  1. July 2025
    Cancelled
    Original 267-acre application withdrawn amid opposition; Oldham County Fiscal Court passed a 150-day data-center moratorium 4-2 on 2025-07-02 with no exemption carved out for the pending Western Hospitality application. Developer pursued a smaller, relocated ~100 MW proposal at a different site (the Sauerbeck family drive-in theater property) within the county; baxtel.com's tracking record for this original filing lists status as 'Project cancelled before construction.' Source: Louisville Public Media
  2. March 2025
    Proposed
    Project Lincoln: OC Data Center application announced 2025-03-28 for a 267.3-acre site at 3557 North Highway 53, La Grange; required a Conditional Use Permit as a Private Utility Building since data centers lacked a specific zoning classification in Oldham County. Technical Review Committee was scheduled for 2025-04-16, Board of Adjustments & Appeals hearing expected May 2025. Source: Oldham Era

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Project Lincoln: OC Data Center in La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky is documented in the public record. Organized opposition group 'We Are Oldham County' ('Some of the members of the fiscal court today voted to protect your rights', Nate Oberg).

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.

Organized opposition group 'We Are Oldham County' ('Some of the members of the fiscal court today voted to protect your rights', Nate Oberg). Deputy Judge-Executive Joe Ender was fired by Judge-Executive David Voegele ('The reason for Mr. Ender's termination is my complete loss of faith in him') after secretly recording a 2025-05-22 meeting between county officials and Western Hospitality Partners representatives; Ender's attorney indicated a pending whistleblower lawsuit alleging Voegele made zoning-approval promises to the company in exchange for community amenities. Fiscal Court then passed the 150-day moratorium 4-2 on 2025-07-02.

Source: Louisville Public Media

Notes on the record

This record covers the original 267-acre 'Project Lincoln' filing. Confirmed absence: no source fetched in this run documents the final disposition of the smaller, relocated ~100MW alternative proposal, a maintainer should re-check before treating the whole Western Hospitality Partners effort in Oldham County as fully closed.

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.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Lincoln: OC Data Center in La Grange?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Project Lincoln: OC Data Center in La Grange, Oldham County, Kentucky is documented in the public record. Organized opposition group 'We Are Oldham County' ('Some of the members of the fiscal court today voted to protect your rights', Nate Oberg).

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Lincoln: OC 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 Project Lincoln: OC Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Lincoln: OC Data 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 Project Lincoln: OC Data Center, and how big is it?

Western Hospitality Partners is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 600 MW. The site is recorded at 267.3 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Lincoln: OC Data Center," updated September 10, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/western-hospitality-partners-project-lincoln-oldham-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/western-hospitality-partners-project-lincoln-oldham-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. 1.$6 billion OC Data Center planned on Highway 53 · Oldham Era · retrieved September 10, 2026
  2. 2.Oldham County passes sweeping data center moratorium, executive fired over recording · Louisville Public Media · retrieved September 10, 2026
  3. 3.Project Lincoln Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved September 10, 2026

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