Industrial Land on the I-65 Corridor: An Exit-by-Exit Guide (Elizabethtown to Horse Cave)
The Elizabethtown-to-Horse-Cave stretch is Kentucky’s hottest industrial spine. An exit-by-exit read on acreage, utilities, and the diligence that matters.
The Elizabethtown-to-Horse-Cave stretch is Kentucky’s hottest industrial spine. An exit-by-exit read on acreage, utilities, and the diligence that matters.
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.