{"id":985691,"date":"2026-08-07T00:56:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/985691\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:56:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:56:19","slug":"beshear-takes-executive-action-on-kentucky-data-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/985691\/","title":{"rendered":"Beshear takes executive action on Kentucky data centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beshear takes executive action on Kentucky data centers to prevent &#8216;harmful impacts&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7a293606-e877-4093-ab72-7b498948e3d6_1635101776.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Alex Suckow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><strong class=\"css-ncbpmr\">FRANKFORT, Ky. \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Kentucky&#8217;s governor is taking executive action when it comes to data centers.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">Use of artificial intelligence is on the rise, and the data centers it needs have become increasingly polarizing.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">In the last year, several have been planned for the Commonwealth, but also, several communities are putting pauses on proposals as they weigh the pros and cons.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Now, Gov. Andy Beshear has issued an executive order to protect against any harmful impacts an AI data center could have.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Here&#8217;s what it would do:<\/p>\n<ul data-node-id=\"6\">\n<li>Require developers to submit energy plans demonstrating that their operations will not increase electricity costs for residents or businesses. <\/li>\n<li>The Public Service Commission must reject utility rate increases intended to recover data-center-related costs.<\/li>\n<li>The Energy and Environment Cabinet must deny permits for projects that could harm air quality, water resources, wetlands, or other natural resources. <\/li>\n<li>Developers must comply with environmental laws and public-engagement requirements. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Beshear explained this order does not say yes to data centers, but says no to any that would not meet the requirements. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">\u201cThey must invest responsibly, operate transparently and work in partnership with our people and our communities,&#8221; Beshear said during his weekly news conference. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">The order does not change any current moratoriums in place, and said the decision on data centers still remains a &#8220;very local decision.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">He said the goal is to start the conversation between communities and data center developers in a &#8220;better place.&#8221;  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beshear takes executive action on Kentucky data centers to prevent &#8216;harmful impacts&#8217; FRANKFORT, Ky. \u2014 Kentucky&#8217;s governor is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":985692,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[35],"tags":[170654,61364,283,24976,395403,62030,91264,20796,395404,210,1141,1142,395401,6566,395405,395402,67,132,68,310096,157824],"class_list":["post-985691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-beshear","tag-datum-center","tag-decision","tag-developer","tag-electricity-cost","tag-energy-plan","tag-executive-action","tag-executive-order","tag-harmful-impact","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-kentucky-data-center","tag-place","tag-public-engagement-requirement","tag-several-community","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-water-resource","tag-wetland"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117051510496633307","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/985692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}