Data center campus · Rainbow Road off Highway 421, Mountain City, Johnson County, Tennessee
CleanSpark Mountain City bitcoin facility
Denied
as of Aug. 12, 2025
A 30 MW bitcoin mine that lost its rezoning in Mountain City in 2025, after which a Johnson County measure to gain power over such businesses also failed.
Power30MW reported · stated
Site50acres
Who is behind it
ProjectCleanSpark Mountain City bitcoin facility
Developer and teamCleanSpark
End userCleanSpark
The record, newest first
A Johnson County measure to adopt the County Powers Act, which would have let the commission restrict businesses including crypto mines and data centers, failed on a 7-6 split with two absent; WUOT did not explain why seven yes votes were not enough. (WUOT, Aug. 22, 2025)
Mountain City's rezoning of a 50-acre parcel from B-3 to B-4 had passed first reading 3-1 and died at second reading without a motion. (Yahoo News, undated; SuperTalk 92.9, Aug. 13, 2025; WUOT (via WPLN News), Aug. 19, 2025)
Conflicts and open questions
- The Aug. 12 date is inferred from stories published Aug. 13 and Aug. 19 that say Tuesday. Coordinates are approximate, from the reported road and town.
The full record
- Status note
- The rezoning failed at second reading when nobody moved to approve it.
- Power note
- Under 50 MW. A bitcoin mine, kept because local rules treat these with data centers.
- Evidence
- News reports; primary records not yet obtained
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)