Data center restrictions tracker · Tennessee

Cedar Hill, Tennessee: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Cedar Hill, in Robertson County, Tennessee, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 1, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

Cedar Hill, in Robertson County, Tennessee, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 1, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.

The records read: "Cedar Hill Mayor John Edwards proposed a 2-year moratorium on data centers and crypto mining, prompted by a large project planned across the state line in Franklin, KY. He plans to bring it to town leaders the following month; no vote yet.… (datacentertracker.org)." "730-day data-center moratorium, adopted 2026-06-01, active per tracker (Moratorium Nation)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedJune 1, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org
Moratoriumrestrictionin forceJune 1, 2026not county-wideMoratorium Nation (ALEA Institute)

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Robertson County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Tennessee context

Tennessee has 41 documented local actions across 36 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted).

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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