Data centers will come to Kentucky; EKPC is prepared
News ClipKentucky Living·KY·3/13/2026
The story discusses how East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) is prepared to support the arrival of data centers in Kentucky. EKPC states that data centers will bring new jobs, investment, and tax revenue to Kentucky communities, and that EKPC has established rules to ensure data centers cover the costs of any electric grid upgrades needed to serve them, protecting existing cooperative members from additional costs.
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Kentucky finds itself at the heart of the next revolution of the Information Age. Data centers are coming, and East Kentucky Power Cooperative (EKPC) is ready. Because of their role in digital computing, data centers are as vital to our nation’s economy as factories, stores and office buildings. Th