Knox County Knox Planning Commission Recommends a Data Center Freeze Through June 2027 On Aug. 13 the Knoxville-Knox County Planning Commission recommended a data center moratorium through June 30, 2027. Case 8-B-26-OB is a recommendation — Knox County Commission still has the final vote. The City of Knoxville freeze is already live.
Knox County Knox County Pauses Its Zoning Overhaul — What Rural Landowners and Home Buyers Should Do Now Mayor Glenn Jacobs paused Knox County's Unified Development Ordinance on Aug. 14 until Mayor-Elect Betsy Henderson takes office Sept. 1. The July 29 draft that would have made Rural Residential the default for farmland is not law — and the current rules still govern every deal on the table.
