A small town in Tennessee supported an ordinance this week to ban data centers, citing concerns about how they would affect its resources.
St. Joseph Board of Commissioners voted in favor of the ordinance on first reading. The action taken by board members comes as other data center projects are being discussed in Lawrence County, which has a population of nearly 50,000, according to the town’s press release.
https://tennesseestar.com/policy/rural-tennessee-town-supports-ordinance-banning-data-centers/zschmidt/2026/07/10/
