Lost River Data Center
Bowling Green, KY
Source: Primary source
Lost River Data Center is a mapped data center in KY.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkWestern Kentucky University — colocation facility (1 networks present). Source: PeeringDB.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Burgin weighs planning and zoning move amid data center controversySpectrum News· Oct 7, 2026
- Wood County Democrats criticize Republicans for data center supportToledo Blade· Sep 9, 2026
- Meta makes media push to promote positives of the data center being built in Middleton TownshipBG Independent News· Aug 28, 2026
- ‘We can no longer see the stars’: Ohioans are fighting a proliferation of data centersTiffinOhio.net· Aug 19, 2026
- Meta revealed as tenant behind $1B Piqua data center through $8M pledgeThe Business Journals· Aug 19, 2026
- Ohio General Assembly members propose sweeping bill to regulate data center developmentBG Independent News· Aug 7, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Bowling Green Junior High in Bowling Green, is 0.7 mi from this site (963 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.