Updates

April 21, 2026: Bradley County passed stricter data-center rules

On Monday, April 20, 2026, the Bradley County Commission unanimously approved a modified zoning resolution covering data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations. Local reporting indicates the final version was tightened during the meeting and now effectively confines those uses to I-2 zoning while also imposing 3,000-foot buffers from FAR, R-1, and R-2 districts, existing homes, schools, and churches.

Based on those reported restrictions and on multiple reports that Bradley County currently has only one I-2 district, the practical effect appears to be making most county sites unavailable for a project of this kind. That is an inference from the reported zoning limits and geography, not a substitute for the final published county text.

The local record still does not show a filed or approved Charleston project. What changed on April 20 was the county rulebook.

Updated pages

• Data Centers
• Charleston Recap
• Zoning: Next Steps