A 2,000-acre land parcel has been rezoned for data center use in Mason County, Kentucky.
The Mason County Fiscal Court voted on May 22 to rezone 28 properties totaling 2,080 acres of land north of Germantown Road for rural industrial use, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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It was previously reported in November 2025 that an anonymous developer was surveying around 5,000 acres of land near the same area. Twenty residents were offered deals to sell their land for significantly above market value.
This generated a great deal of opposition from local residents, who formed a public Facebook group called “We are Mason County, KY” that has around 4,300 members at time of writing. They have proposed that county officials impose a moratorium on data centers, and a petition against the proposed campus has gathered more than 1,200 signatures at time of writing.
