Cave Point Commerce Center
1.2 GW AI data center in Cave City, KY, United States: announced.
- Capacity: 1.2 GW
- Location: Cave City, KY, United States
- Developer: Kentucky Industrial Alliance
- Status: announced
- Estimated cost: $4.8B
Cave Point Commerce Center is a 1.2 GW AI data center project located in Cave City, KY, United States, currently announced. It is being built by Kentucky Industrial Alliance. The estimated build cost is $4.8B. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across KY, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
Kentucky Industrial Alliance Inc. proposes the Cave Point Commerce Center just outside the entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park. It's a $4.8 billion, 600-acre, 1.2-gigawatt AI and cloud computing campus, with half the power from an off-grid natural gas plant and 600 MW from Farmers RECC. The developer owns about 1,000 acres and has filed two lawsuits since Cave City passed a yearlong data center moratorium in May 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is Cave Point Commerce Center?
- Cave Point Commerce Center is an AI data center project in Cave City, Kentucky tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is announced.
- Where is Cave Point Commerce Center?
- Cave Point Commerce Center is in Cave City, Kentucky. Every tracked Kentucky campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/kentucky.
- How big is Cave Point Commerce Center?
- Data Center Index tracks Cave Point Commerce Center at 1.2 GW, on an estimated $4.8B build. The developer or the press states that capacity, in a source dated June 10, 2026.
- Who is building Cave Point Commerce Center?
- Kentucky Industrial Alliance is developing Cave Point Commerce Center.
Sources
- A hyperscale data center developer is suing to build next to KY's only national park (yahoo.com · press · 2026-07-27)
- WBKO (wbko.com · press · 2026-06-10)
- Tribune News Service (via Kentucky New Era) (kentuckynewera.com · press · 2026-07-29)
- Cave City residents push back on proposed data center near Mammoth Cave (spectrumnews1.com · press · 2026-07-19)
- Barren Side (barrenside.com · press · 2026-10-07)