{ "schema_version": 1, "source_compilation_context": { "ky": { "attribution": { "research": "Data Centers Atlas research from county and city records, Public Service Commission filings, company announcements and local news, linked on each record.", "inventory": { "name": "Compute Atlas", "creator": "Edward Kubiak", "url": "https://www.compute-atlas.com/api", "license": "CC BY 4.0", "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" }, "counties": "U.S. Census Bureau county boundaries (public domain)", "geocoder": "U.S. Census Bureau geocoder (public domain)", "geometry": { "license": "ODbL 1.0", "credit": "OpenStreetMap contributors", "url": "https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright", "note": "Matched building centers are adapted separately from the inventory; not surveyed parcels" } }, "source_data_url": "https://datacentersatlas.com/data/ky.json", "updated": "2026-10-24" } }, "scope": "Retained county context, which can be broad or unresolved. 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Russell 180-day moratorium in force until Dec 2026; Boyd County moratorium also covers its about 110 acres; Ashland ordinance limits its portion to about 20 developable acres; Russell zoning amendments pending" ], [ "Expected opening", "First about 155 MW targeted Nov 2027 (developer aspiration)" ] ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://glasgownews1.com/2026/07/22/developer-proposes-hyperscale-data-center-at-former-eastern-kentucky-steel-mill/", "host": "glasgownews1.com", "date": "2026-07-22" }, { "url": "https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/rubix-to-russell-it-s-ultimately-up-to-you/article_eeb4e2d1-07a1-43e5-acce-38c007fefc33.html", "host": "dailyindependent.com", "date": "2026-07-22" }, { "url": "https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/rubix-deadline-pushed-to-oct-15/article_8610bab4-cddd-4daa-81d4-d3e85cf9fbbd.html", "host": "dailyindependent.com", "date": "2026-09-25" }, { "url": "https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/russell-at-standstill-in-zoning-process-mayor-adjourns-meeting-after-residents-speak-out-against-council/article_fd5f5982-14c8-4679-b3f9-93d427e229af.html", "host": "dailyindependent.com", "date": "2026-10-01" } ], "loc": { "lat": 38.54579, "lng": -82.92278, "precision": "county", "basis": "Shown at county level only. The dot is placed inside the county for the map and is not the site, its address or a parcel." }, "state": "KY", "precision_label": "Exact site not published; shown at county level", "summary": "Greenup County, Boyd County · 2,000 MW · Rubix Data Centers", "location_display": { "policy": "reviewed-map-references-2026-10-23", "decision": "withheld_unreviewed_point", "scope": "The available point evidence does not establish a supported site location. No site pin, nearby distance or aerial destination is published. The original coordinate and its provenance remain in research history.", "county_display": "21089" } }, { "id": "terawulf-muskie-eastpark-ky", "kind": "project", "name": "Muskie Data Campus", "group": "proposed", "status": "Proposed", "raw_status": "proposed", "crypto": false, "type": "hyperscale AI", "counties": [ "Boyd", "Greenup" ], "city": "near Ashland (unincorporated; EastPark off I-64, about 12 miles from Ashland)", "who": "TeraWulf Inc. (Nasdaq: WULF); site assembled by Industrial Equity Partners (IEP) from the Northeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Park Authority (EastPark board)", "end_user": "Undisclosed AI/HPC tenant (TeraWulf builds and owns buildings; tenant brings servers)", "mw": 1000, "power": "first phase 500 MW, up to 1,000 MW", "power_note": "Contracted gross electrical service; additional 1000 MW is aspiration; amended ESA remains subject to PSC approval", "investment": "", "jobs": "construction: Around 1,000 at peak (TeraWulf VP Pace Ralli), permanent: 80-100 in Phase 1, excluding tenant jobs", "acres": "about 285 acres owned/controlled (TeraWulf); TeraWulf website cites 308 acres; buildings on 164 acres (Lots 2B and 1A); optional adjacent acreage for expansion", "utility": "Kentucky Power (AEP), Industrial General Service large-load tariff; PJM", "water": "Ashland supply proposed; source water, cooling circuit and operational consumption need a dedicated current technical record", "incentives": "Operator proposes winter bill credits and bearing project power costs, subject to PSC approval.", "note": "", "date": "2026-10-05", "events": [ [ "2026-07-14", "Greenup County moratorium adopted, exempting industrial parks/EastPark; Boyd County follows 2026-07-21 with EastPark exemption" ], [ "2026-08-05", "Q2 earnings call: CEO Paul Prager says Muskie could expand to as much as 2 GW" ], [ "2026-10-05", "Amended Kentucky Power ESA (executed Oct 1) doubles contracted capacity to 1 GW, moves phase 2 to 2029, adds 100 million dollars bill credits (PSC approval required)" ], [ "2026-10-15", "Kentucky Power open house on Muskie transmission line routes (scheduled)" ], [ "2026-10-29", "Kentucky Power asks landowners for route feedback by this date" ] ], "timeline": [ [ "Announced", "2026-05-26" ], [ "Approvals", "Site already zoned industrial; ESA executed at closing (May 2026) and amended 2026-10-01; PSC approval of amended contract pending; Kentucky Power to file substation application Oct 2026 and transmission-line application early 2027, PSC decision expected spring 2027" ], [ "Construction", "Kentucky Power substation construction expected early 2027 if approved; transmission lines Nov 2027; campus construction date not announced" ], [ "Expected opening", "First 500 MW ramp 2H 2028 (Kentucky Power facilities in service Oct 2028); second 500 MW 2029" ] ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://investors.terawulf.com/sec-filings/all-sec-filings/content/0001628280-26-064757/wulf-20261001.htm", "host": "investors.terawulf.com", "date": "2026-10-05" }, { "url": "https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001083301/000108330126000109/wulfeasternkypr5-26x26.htm", "host": "sec.gov", "date": "2026-05-26" }, { "url": "https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/terawulf-says-it-s-eager-to-bring-in-local-workforce/article_8b27725c-8077-4429-b744-59721c5c6f14.html", "host": "dailyindependent.com", "date": "2026-06-16" }, { "url": "https://www.dailyindependent.com/news/plan-in-place-for-muskie-s-1-gigawatt-facility-kentucky-power-terawulf-announce-amended-agreement/article_1ba87f02-6f40-4852-80e9-521662ea8e2e.html", "host": "dailyindependent.com", "date": "2026-10-07" } ], "loc": { "lat": 38.35933, "lng": -82.68782, "precision": "county", "basis": "Shown at county level only. 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