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Project MidSpan: Latest Developments

A running change log of significant new records, decisions, filings, statements, and project developments.

What changed. Why it matters. What part of the case file it affects.

How this log works

Updates record meaningful changes to the evidence or project status without turning the durable issue pages into a news feed.

When an update materially changes a project fact, unresolved question, or assessment, the affected case-file page should also be revised. Earlier statements and superseded positions remain traceable rather than disappearing.

Reported
School-system update

Bradley County Schools says future middle-school plan remains active

What changed

Local reporting says Bradley County Schools still plans to move forward with a proposed middle school near Walker Valley High School despite the Project MidSpan dispute. The Board of Education had approved purchase of adjacent Lauderdale Memorial Highway property for a future middle school in 2024.

Why it matters

The planned middle school adds a future sensitive receptor to the site-compatibility analysis. The final school design, construction schedule, and exact relationship to the data-center site remain to be established.

Sources
Documented
Government statement

Bradley County publicly addresses MidSpan and says it will defend the data-center rules

What changed

County Mayor D. Gary Davis discussed Project MidSpan publicly, described the proposed site as roughly 300 acres behind Walker Valley High School, and said Bradley County would defend the regulations adopted by the County Commission.

Why it matters

The remarks establish the county’s public position at the outset of the litigation. The county’s detailed legal response to SDCL’s claims must still be taken from its court filings as they appear.

Sources
Documented
Legal filing

SDCL files verified complaint challenging Bradley County’s data-center rules

What changed

SDCL Tennessee Propco LLC filed a verified complaint in Bradley County Chancery Court challenging the validity and application of the April 2026 data-center zoning rules and seeking declaratory and injunctive relief.

Why it matters

The filing turns the zoning dispute into an active court case. The complaint documents SDCL’s allegations and requested relief; it is not a court finding that the county acted unlawfully.

Sources
Documented
Government action

County adopts substitute data-center zoning restrictions

What changed

The Bradley County Commission approved Resolution 2026-08 by a 14-0 vote. The adopted framework places regulated data-center and cryptocurrency-mining uses in the I-2 Special Impact Industrial District and includes 3,000-foot separation requirements from specified zoning districts and existing residences, schools, and churches.

Why it matters

The April resolution is the county action at the center of the current MidSpan litigation and the immediate land-use constraint affecting the proposed site.

Sources
Maintenance rule

Updates do not replace the case file

An update answers what changed? The issue pages answer what does the current evidence show? The timeline preserves the longer procedural history.