The Data Center Divide
A policy snapshot ahead of the 2026 midterms. Mapping data center incentives, restrictions, and bans through legislation, regulations, and executive actions across all 50 states and 1,462 local jurisdictions.
Grundy County
This restriction takes precedence while in effect. The rating below excludes temporary restrictions.
Slightly Pro-Data Center Policies
Grundy County’s enacted moratorium bars data centers from being built or expanded in unincorporated areas for two years; it does not apply within cities.
Rating from Tennessee statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Grundy County.
Specific to Grundy County only.
current law · Unincorporated areasTemporarily prohibits building, expanding, or altering data centers in unincorporated Grundy County for two years, from May 18, 2026, through May 18, 2028.Grundy County Data Mining Moratorium Resolution (2026)
What this means
The measure would stop data centers from being built or expanded in unincorporated Grundy County for two years, a substantial but temporary barrier. It does not apply inside the county’s cities, so its scope is limited. The two-year moratorium
Timing
- Ends
- 2028-05-18 (mayor's reported end date; not independently verified in adopted text)
The quoted resolution imposes two years from its effective date. The mayor gave May 18, 2026, to May 18, 2028 and said renewal is possible on that date.
People behind it
- Michael Brady
Grundy County mayor who introduced the resolution.
Restrictions & requirementsHide restrictions & requirements1
The reported resolution halts establishment, construction, erection, alteration or expansion of data centers, cryptocurrency mining facilities and other high-impact data processing facilities for two years, with unincorporated-only geographic scope.
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