The source trail behind the Project MidSpan case file.
For the zoning dispute, the strongest records are the adopted county materials, meeting records, applicable statutes, pleadings, later court filings, and ultimately court orders. A complaint establishes the allegations and requested relief; it does not establish that the allegations are true. For the physical project, site plans, utility studies, engineering reports, permits, agreements, and enforceable conditions will carry more weight than general project descriptions.
Bradley County · current
Official index for County Commission agendas, minutes, and video recordings, including the April 20 and September 21, 2026 meetings relevant to data-center rules and Project MidSpan.
Open source ↗Bradley County · 2026-04-20
Official meeting record for the session at which the Commission approved a substitute data-center / cryptocurrency zoning amendment by a 14-0 vote. The attached record includes the adopted substitute resolution near the end of Part 1.
Open source ↗Bradley County · 2026-09-21
Official minutes for the September 21 voting session. They establish the meeting record and attendance; the mayor's Project MidSpan remarks are more directly documented in the meeting video and the timestamped local record at MID-008.
Open source ↗Bradley County Chancery Court filing, copy hosted by Local 3 News · 2026-09-18
Primary litigation filing, Case No. 2026-CV-211. It documents what SDCL alleges and the relief it seeks; allegations are not court findings. The complaint includes exhibits concerning the property, prior zoning, notices, meeting materials, and the adopted amendment.
Open source ↗Chattanooga Times Free Press · 2026-09-21
Local reporting on Project MidSpan, the lawsuit, the site's proximity to Walker Valley High School, the county response, and developer representations.
Open source ↗Chattanooga Times Free Press · 2026-09-22
Local reporting comparing MidSpan and River and summarizing the county's April data-center restrictions and SDCL's legal challenge.
Open source ↗Mix 104.1 WCLE · 2026-09-23
Local report containing SDCL statements about the lawsuit, water, screening, community engagement, and the company's stated project mission.
Open source ↗Cleveland-Bradley Free Press · 2026-09-21
Plain-language local record with links to the official county minutes and meeting video; useful for locating the mayor's MidSpan remarks.
Open source ↗Sustainable Development Capital · current
Company description of SDCL's history, investment focus, offices, and experience. Corporate self-description should be distinguished from independent verification of specific Project MidSpan capabilities or commitments.
Open source ↗Sustainable Development Capital · current
Company description of its data-center energy work, including a cited European data-center energy-services project.
Open source ↗Tennessee Code / Justia statutory mirror · 2025 edition
Statutory framework cited in the litigation concerning planning-commission review, public hearing, and published notice for county zoning amendments.
Open source ↗Tennessee Comptroller / Office of Open Records Counsel · current
State guidance on open-meeting and agenda requirements. Whether Bradley County violated those requirements is a disputed legal question now before the court.
Open source ↗Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation · current
TDEC overview of how Tennessee environmental regulation applies to data centers. It explains that no single state authority regulates all aspects of siting and operation; project-specific requirements may include air emissions, construction stormwater, wastewater, water use, fuel storage, and other environmental permits.
Open source ↗Tennessee Court of Appeals decision via Justia · 1990
Tennessee appellate decision discussing a county zoning scheme that totally excluded a lawful business. It provides legal context for one theory raised in the MidSpan litigation but does not decide whether Bradley County's current rules are equivalent or invalid.
Open source ↗Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation · current
Official overview of Tennessee stormwater permitting for construction, industrial activity, and municipal systems. Applicability to MidSpan depends on the final site plan, construction activity, and discharge conditions.
Open source ↗Sustainable Development Capital · current
SDCL case study describing its role designing, contracting, and project-managing a European data-center energy-services project. It shows relevant corporate experience but is not evidence that Project MidSpan will use the same technology or delivery model.
Open source ↗Bradley County Schools / BOEconnect · 2024-09-12
Official Board of Education minutes approving the purchase of property on Lauderdale Memorial Highway for a future middle school adjacent to Walker Valley High School. The record documents the school-system planning context; it does not establish the final design or construction schedule.
Open source ↗Mix 104.1 WCLE · 2026-09-24
Local reporting that Bradley County Schools said it still plans to move forward with a proposed middle school near Walker Valley High School despite the Project MidSpan dispute. The underlying school-board property purchase and future-school purpose are independently documented in MID-017.
Open source ↗WDEF News 12 · 2026-09-21
Local-news image depicting the rough Project MidSpan site area. This image is geographic comparison material only; it is not treated as a survey, legal parcel boundary, approved site plan, or independently verified project footprint.
Open source ↗NewsChannel 9 · 2026-09
Local-news rough-site graphic depicting the reported Project MidSpan area. This image is geographic comparison material only; it is not treated as a survey, legal parcel boundary, approved site plan, or independently verified project footprint.
Open source ↗Bradley County / Chattanooga Times Free Press · 2026-09-21
Chattanooga Times Free Press reproduced an image credited to Bradley County showing the proposed Project MidSpan site layout. Placeward uses it as a publicly released proposed plan and site-orientation source. It is not treated as a final approved site plan, survey, construction drawing, or proof that every depicted building or component will be built as shown.
Open source ↗Bradley County · 2026-09-28
Official minutes document continued public comment about data centers after MidSpan became public. Seven speakers opposed data-center development or related facilities; two specifically requested moratoria, and one asked the Commission to fight Project MidSpan and Project River. The comments document community concern, not factual findings about project impacts.
Open source ↗Local 3 News, republished by Mix 104.1 WCLE · 2026-10-07
Local 3 reporting from the October 5 County Commission meeting quotes County Mayor D. Gary Davis saying the county insurer denied its claim related to defending the SDCL lawsuit and that he asked the attorney to move forward with the defense while asking the Commission to do the same. As of October 7, the county’s official meeting index lists the October 5 agenda but no minutes or linked video recording, so the insurance denial remains reported rather than independently documented from the county meeting record.
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