A Virginia developer is planning to build Kentucky’s first “hyperscale” data center in Louisville, an operation that could eventually use as much electricity as one of the state’s power plants produces.

The Menlo Park, California-based tech giant plans to open a new 700,000-square-foot data center at the industrial park, employing 100 workers. Meta has about 20 data centers across the country.

The group of prospective tenants for the Camp Ground Road site includes 'hyperscalers' — tech giants that handle massive amounts of data from cellphones, computers and other gadgets

AREP-owned PowerHouse this week revealed plans for a 400MW data center campus in Louisville alongside real estate firm Poe Companies. PowerHouse and Poe have secured an initial power capacity of 335MW for the campus with near-term expansion of up to 402MW.

The project will require a staggering 400 megawatts once it is fully online. For context, that’s enough to power about 400,000 homes every month.

PowerHouse Data Centers, a developer for hyperscale data centers, along with Poe Companies announce plans for a 400 MW data center campus in Louisville.

PowerHouse Data Centers, a leading real estate developer for next-generation hyperscale data centers and division of American Real Estate Partners (AREP), along with Poe Companies are pleased to announce plans for their new 400 MW data center campus in Louisville,