Lg&e Ku System Control & Data Center
55 KINGBROOK PKWY · SIMPSONVILLE, SHELBY County, KY
Source: Primary source
Lg&e Ku System Control & Data Center is an operating data center in SHELBY County, KY.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkNo description yet.
In the news
source: Google News- 365 Data Centers and Carter Funds to develop 200MW of data centers in the USData Center Dynamics· May 7, 2026
- Greenville's $200M data center 'will not be the last' DC Blox investment in SCPost and Courier· Mar 31, 2026
- GPC Fiber By Great Plains Communications Partners with Aphorio Carter to Deliver Redundant, High-Capacity Connectivity and Advanced Colocation in KentuckyYahoo Finance· Nov 20, 2025
- FOCUS: Will more data centers raise your electric rates?WHAS11· Oct 2, 2025
- Oldham County looks to pause data center deals amid pushback over $6B projectWDRB· Apr 15, 2025
- Aphorio Carter acquires 2 Ky data centers for $35MThe Lane Report· Mar 3, 2025
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- LG&E KU SYSTEM CONTROL & DATA CENTERKYR10G023
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Louisville), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Simpsonville Elementary in Simpsonville, is 0.4 mi from this site (430 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.