Data center opponents march to Mayor Craig Greenberg’s home
Opponents of a proposed hyperscale data center in Shively marched to Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg’s home, urging the city to stop the project. The development, backed by Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers, remains under consideration while Louisville officials review regulations intended to limit its effects on residents and utility customers.
Members of No Data Center 502 marched from the Daniel Boone Monument to Mayor Craig Greenberg’s home ahead of Election Day to protest plans for a hyperscale data center on Camp Ground Road in Shively. Protesters said the project would not provide sufficient benefits to Jefferson County residents and raised concerns about health, neighborhood impacts and utility costs.
The project is backed by Poe Companies and PowerHouse Data Centers. Louisville Metro Council is reviewing recommendations from community listening sessions that would allow data centers subject to limits on their impacts, while Greenberg’s administration has proposed regulations that would ban hyperscale data centers and strengthen neighborhood and environmental protections. Opponents, including group representative Nina Powell, say the project could still proceed despite the proposed rules and are making data centers an issue in the mayoral election.