Kentucky’s Data Center Incentives & Opportunity Zones: The 2026 Investor Playbook
How Kentucky’s HB 775 sales-tax tiers and Qualified Opportunity Zones stack for a data-center development play โ the 2026 investor math, county by county.
How Kentucky’s HB 775 sales-tax tiers and Qualified Opportunity Zones stack for a data-center development play โ the 2026 investor math, county by county.
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.