Project Lincoln: OC Data Center
Western Hospitality Partners · La Grange, KY · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- CancelledSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- 3557 North Highway 53
- Coordinates
- 38.39861, -85.375
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Not established
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 600 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-09-10
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Project Lincoln: OC Data Center application announced 2025-03-28 for a 267.3-acre site at 3557 North Highway 53, La Grange; required a Conditional Use Permit as a Private Utility Building since data centers lacked a specific zoning classification in Oldham County. Technical Review Committee was scheduled for 2025-04-16, Board of Adjustments & Appeals hearing expected May 2025.
Underlying source - Cancelled
Original 267-acre application withdrawn amid opposition; Oldham County Fiscal Court passed a 150-day data-center moratorium 4-2 on 2025-07-02 with no exemption carved out for the pending Western Hospitality application. Developer pursued a smaller, relocated ~100 MW proposal at a different site (the Sauerbeck family drive-in theater property) within the county; baxtel.com's tracking record for this original filing lists status as 'Project cancelled before construction.'
Underlying source
Source notes
Covers the original 267-acre 'Project Lincoln' filing. WAVE reported on July 3, 2025 that Western Hospitality Partners was also withdrawing its alternate application on Commerce Parkway at the Sauerbeck Drive-In property, quoting the company: "the project will be withdrawn and will not proceed."
Sources and provenance
- $6 billion OC Data Center planned on Highway 53 · source retrieved 2026-09-10
- Oldham County passes sweeping data center moratorium, executive fired over recording · source retrieved 2026-09-10
- Project Lincoln Data Center · source retrieved 2026-09-10
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.