2008 – Conoco made plans for Louisville campus

ConocoPhillips Co. in February 2008 purchased 432 acres in Louisville for $55.6 million and announced plans to build a global technology and corporate learning center focusing on renewable energy. The land had been owned by Sun Microsystems Inc., and was the home of Storage Technology Corp. before that company was purchased by Sun.

ConocoPhillips said it planned to open the Louisville campus by 2011, but those plans were put on hold as the economic downturn weakened the company’s profits.

Its preliminary plans called for 2.5 million square feet of research and office space, with the first 1.6 million square feet to be…