Kentucky Record
Louisville
Sunday, November 1, 2026
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Data Center Land Development Code Text Amendment (Case No. 25-LDC-0014)

Description

This is a text amendment to Louisville's Land Development Code setting rules for data centers — where they can locate, required studies, separations, setbacks and a 500,000-square-foot cap. The committee discussed it at length but left it held in committee with no vote.

Impact summary

Whatever the council passes — or fails to pass — determines whether data centers can open in far more parts of the county than the current moratorium allows.

At a glance

Hearings
1
Public comments
0
Total mentions
1

Last vote · Planning & Zoning Commission

Tabled

Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 27, 2026.

Meeting timeline (1)

Oct 27, 2026Tabled

Planning and Zoning Committee — October 27, 2026

This is a text amendment to Louisville's Land Development Code setting rules for data centers — where they can locate, required studies, separations, setbacks and a 500,000-square-foot cap. The committee discussed it at length but left it held in committee with no vote.

Related issues (1)

Data center zoning regulations (Case No. 25-LDC-0014)

Louisville is writing its first real rules for data centers after a nearly million-square-foot facility slipped in before any regulation existed. Experts warned about low-frequency noise that can pierce walls and triggered a federal class action against Microsoft in Wisconsin, plus rising power demand and water use. The committee is weighing whether to apply uniform performance standards, keep the 500,000-square-foot ban, and require a new dedicated zoning district with rezoning and a conditional use permit.

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