Data center restrictions tracker · Tennessee

Loudon County Commission, Tennessee: data center moratorium (2026)

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

Loudon County Commission, Tennessee, adopted a data-center moratorium on June 30, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Loudon County Commission passed a 6-month data center moratorium for facilities with >=50 MW peak demand. (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
MoratoriumrestrictionenactedJune 30, 2026county-widedatacentertracker.org

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

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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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