'We’re not selling and we’re not giving way': Lone farmer defeats Tennessee's TVA as US electricity giant grapples with exploding demand from AI-fuelled data centers from Google and Elon Musk's xAI, encouraged by slow legislature
A multi-generational family farm in Sumner County, Tennessee, has successfully blocked the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) from constructing a power line across its 650-acre property. The Gregory family, whose farm has operated since 1787, refused to sell or give up any part of their land despite pressure from the utility giant. The proposed 100-foot-wide corridor would have disrupted a historic trail and destroyed an outdoor classroom used for local education.
- ▪The Gregory family farm has been in continuous operation since 1787, founded by a Revolutionary War veteran.
- ▪TVA proposed a 100-foot-wide power line corridor that would have destroyed the farm's outdoor classroom and creek crossing.
- ▪John and Frosty Gregory led the opposition, stating they would neither sell nor give way to the project.
- ▪Public backlash and the family's persistent resistance led TVA to abandon the proposed route.
- ▪The power line was intended to support rising electricity demands from AI-fueled data centers by companies like Google and Elon Musk's xAI.
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Pro 'We’re not selling and we’re not giving way': Lone farmer defeats Tennessee's TVA as US electricity giant grapples with exploding demand from AI-fuelled data centers from Google and Elon Musk's xAI, encouraged by slow legislature News By Efosa Udinmwen published 2 May 2026 TVA abandons the proposed route after public backlash When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. John Gregory, left, and his father, Frosty, refused to cede their Sumner County farmland or history to the TVA.
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