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No project in Unincorporated Roane County, but 1 nearby

Who decides here: the Roane County Commission decides on zoning for land outside city and town limits.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 8 miles away

DOE AI data center sites on the Oak Ridge Reservation

Oak Ridge, Roane County

🕒 Sept 30, 2025: DOE asked companies for proposals to lease land at ETTP and next to ORNL for AI data cen…

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers

Roane County Commission asked its planning commission to recommend a pause on data centers, crypto mines and large battery storage projects. News reports differ on the length (180 days or two years). At a Sept. 15, 2026 meeting the county attorney said he would write the final resolution once the planning commission's corrected minutes are filed; the parts on bitcoin mines and battery storage were still pending.

July 2026Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelledHollow dot (when zoomed in): exact site not known yet, pin shows the town

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
    We'll email you if anything changes in Unincorporated Roane County.
  2. Go to county meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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We'll email you when something changes in Unincorporated Roane County. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Unincorporated Roane County: City of Rockwood (run by the town) or Volunteer Electric Co-op (co-op (owned by its members)) or City of Harriman (run by the town).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Tennessee.