Data-Center-Ready Land on the I-65 Corridor: A Kentucky Owner and Investor Guide
The hub guide to data-center-ready land on Kentucky’s I-65 corridor: why central KY is a magnet now, what hyperscalers require, and the seller’s path.
The hub guide to data-center-ready land on Kentucky’s I-65 corridor: why central KY is a magnet now, what hyperscalers require, and the seller’s path.
How Kentucky’s HB 775 sales-tax tiers and Qualified Opportunity Zones stack for a data-center development play — the 2026 investor math, county by county.
Do you own data-center-ready land in Kentucky? A six-point checklist — scale, power, gas, water, fiber, and zoning — to self-assess your acreage.
Power, not acreage, is the binding constraint on Kentucky data center siting. Substation headroom, load studies, the extremely-high-load-factor tariff, and the 300-400 MW commitment that closes a corridor deal.
Edge data centers (40-100 acres, 80-100 MW) need MSA-adjacent sites with fiber and ready power — exactly what central Kentucky’s I-65 corridor counties have.
Glendale’s 345 kV transmission, $250M of public infrastructure, and the Ford Energy pivot now make Hardin County and the I-65 corridor Kentucky’s tier-1 data center market.
Kentucky now has 30 data center projects under discussion, a new tiered tax exemption, and Ford Energy’s pivot. What it means for KY commercial real estate.