City of Johnson City, in Washington County, Tennessee, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 22, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "BrightRidge electric utility announced in May 2025 a moratorium on data center project proposals in its service area, including a south Johnson City Bitcoin mining/data center site, stating 'the costs currently outweigh the benefits.' The… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | May 22, 2026 | not county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Washington County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Elsewhere in Washington County
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.