Data Center Registry

Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School)

Bradley County, Tennessee

ProposedIn litigationRecord updated October 27, 2026

Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School) is a proposed data center in Tennessee (Bradley County), operated by SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC. The public record puts it at announced September 21, 2026, 306 acres. It is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC
Facility type: Data center
Location: Bradley County, TN
Coordinates: 35.2762, -84.7850 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 306 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: September 21, 2026
Utility: Not established from a public source
Cooling: Not established from a public source
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: In litigation
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

September 21, 2026
Proposed
Bradley County Mayor Gary Davis disclosed the ~306-acre proposal directly behind Walker Valley High School after the developer sued the county over its April 2026 data center rules. Source: NewsChannel 9 (WTVC)

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School) in Bradley County, Tennessee is or has been the subject of litigation over its siting, permitting, or operation. SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC filed suit in Chancery Court on Sept.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: in litigation means the facility is or has been the subject of a lawsuit related to its siting, permitting, or operation.

SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC filed suit in Chancery Court on Sept. 17, 2026, seeking to invalidate Bradley County's April 2026 data center rules. The rules confine data centers to the I-2 district and require a 3,000 ft setback from homes, schools and churches. The nearest proposed building would be ~1,700 ft from Walker Valley High School. The county says it will defend the rules.

Source: NewsChannel 9 (WTVC)

Power and water

The developer's lawsuit, as reported, says the site has access to at least 300 MW of electric power. This is power access, not stated IT capacity.

Notes on the record

About 306 acres in the Hiwassee River Industrial Park near I-75 Exit 33, bought for $19,904,950 according to the lawsuit. Most of the property was zoned I-1 before the county's April 2026 rules. The coordinates are those of Walker Valley High School, which the site sits directly behind, so they are approximate. Reported as separate from Project River.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
Which utility serves it

Which document closes each gap

Power capacity in megawatts: The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use: The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Which utility serves it: The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Our reporting on this site

Bradley County Made Data Centers Almost Impossible in April. In August, 850 Acres Asked to Join the City Instead, Where the Proposed Setback Is 500 Feet Rather Than 3,000. · Regulatory fight

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Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School) in Bradley County, Tennessee?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School)?

Yes. This site is recorded as being in litigation. The case, the court, and the filings we hold are listed on this page under the timeline and the sources.

How much water does Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School), and how big is it?

SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 306 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project MidSpan Data Center (Hiwassee River Industrial Park, behind Walker Valley High School)," updated October 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/sdcl-project-midspan-bradley-county-tn.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/sdcl-project-midspan-bradley-county-tn, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.Lawsuit: Company behind Project MidSpan sues Bradley County over data center rules · NewsChannel 9 (WTVC) · retrieved October 27, 2026
2.New Bradley County data center proposal would sit behind Walker Valley High School · NewsChannel 9 (WTVC) · retrieved October 27, 2026
3.OSM Nominatim geocode of Walker Valley High School (site is directly behind the school) · OpenStreetMap · retrieved October 27, 2026

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