Burgin City Council, in Mercer County, Kentucky, adopted a data-center moratorium on July 9, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is pending.
The record reads: "Burgin City Council voted 3-2 to give first reading to an ordinance annexing farmland from Mercer County -- roughly doubling the town's size (pop. ~1,000) -- to enable a hyperscale data center project; a moratorium amendment failed. Second… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | pending | July 9, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Mercer County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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Kentucky context
Kentucky has 25 documented local actions across 25 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Kentucky in this snapshot.
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.