Marcus Green
Reporter at WDRB-TV (Louisville, KY)
Kentuckian | reporter @WDRBNews | previously @courierjournal @newsandtribune
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1 week ago |
wdrb.com | Marcus Green
LA GRANGE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Tim Tipton estimates there are dozens of properties that neighbor a chunk of rolling farmland in this rural part of Oldham County where a developer wants to build a $6 billion data center complex. For his part, Tipton says what is now a "scenic view" from his back deck could be replaced with looming warehouse-style buildings if the plan becomes a reality.
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2 weeks ago |
wdrb.com | Marcus Green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The group behind a proposed $6 billion data center in rural Oldham County also is working on a project in Illinois and one in the northeastern U.S., an official told WDRB News on Thursday. Western Hospitality Partners – Kentucky LLC, or WHP, filed plans last month to build eight warehouse-style buildings on a 267-acre campus north of La Grange. The site would house computer servers and other equipment to process digital information.
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2 weeks ago |
wdrb.com | Marcus Green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – The University of Louisville trustees who evaluated former President Kim Schatzel last year unanimously agreed that she should continue leading the school, with one board member saying “there are no concerns that come close to consideration of a change at the top.” But the review sheds light on several criticisms from U of L’s top governing body, such as board members not getting fully briefed on some issues and a need for better communication between Schatzel and the...
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3 weeks ago |
wdrb.com | Marcus Green
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Oldham County’s top legislative body will hire a consultant to study a proposed $6 billion data center even though elected officials don’t plan to vote on the project. The county’s fiscal court held a closed session at its meeting Tuesday to discuss the tech campus envisioned off Ky. 53 known as “Project Lincoln,” voting later to bring on the consultant.
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3 weeks ago |
wdrb.com | Marcus Green
LA GRANGE, Ky. (WDRB) – A $6 billion data center campus is planned along a two-lane road in Oldham County, the second such tech project proposed for the Louisville area in recent months. The organizers of “Project Lincoln” promise an infusion of jobs and tax revenue for the county just north of Louisville that includes an anticipated $4 billion economic impact and hundreds of direct and spinoff positions.
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We have updated this story to emphasize that no specific explanation has been given for her departure. The board chair declined to answer those questions tonight.
UofL President Kim Schatzel got a “strong” review last summer and said last month she was proud of everything happening at the university. Today she resigned. New with @CBattistaTV https://t.co/7pKnQDsv7t
UofL President Kim Schatzel got a “strong” review last summer and said last month she was proud of everything happening at the university. Today she resigned. New with @CBattistaTV https://t.co/7pKnQDsv7t
New: I called U of L President Kim Schatzel on her cell phone today and asked if she still had her job. “I can’t comment,” she told me. What we know ahead of a special board of trustees meeting tomorrow https://t.co/qkU64qTKwc via @WDRBNews