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Public asks whether data center will come to depot as judge details $20M state allocation and 722‑acre sale
Summary
A resident asked whether a data center is planned for the depot and about a 722‑acre sale; the judge said House Bill 900 allocates $20 million to the Central Kentucky Regional Business Park Authority and that the 722‑acre parcel's sale price is just under $19 million, with infrastructure financing to be determined later.
During public comment at the April 28 Madison County Fiscal Court meeting, Mary McMahan asked whether a data center might be coming to the depot and whether the county had completed the sale of a 722‑acre parcel.
Judge Taylor replied that the legislature, in what he identified as House Bill 900, allocated $20 million to the Central Kentucky Regional Business Park Authority — a board composed of two members from each of Madison, Fayette and Scott counties. He said the state funding will go to that authority, per the bill’s language, not to the fiscal court directly.
On the parcel, the judge said the sales contract option was for approximately $26.25 per acre in a calculation the judge paraphrased and that the contract price for the 722 acres comes out to just under $19 million. When asked who would pay for infrastructure needed for any future development on the site, the judge said that allocation and responsibility would be decided later and that the court did not yet have specifics.
The exchange clarified where state money would be directed and that infrastructure financing for the property remains an open question. Mary McMahan’s inquiries were recorded during the public‑comment portion; no formal county action on the land sale or infrastructure financing was taken at the meeting.
