Fab room ceiling height?

Yeah, that's why I said finished height of 8'- so everything can be tucked in above the finished ceiling and still have 8' clearance. No hanging lights- just troffer lights in the fab room, keep your overhead open. It may not be as critical in OP's Kentucky, but up here anything over 8' is a b**ch ($$) to keep heated in the winter, same applies to cooling in the summer. All that heating and cooling money coulda paid for those new TrickFlow heads I've been eyeballing...
Heating shouldn’t be too big of an issue. All exterior walls are 7” thick and will have board and batten siding, 1.5” air gap, 2” foam board and then either another 3.5” airgap or 3.5” of batt insulation or blown in cellulose. I’ll have infloor heat and I’ll throw a 12k btu window unit in a window in the loft for A/C for now, with plans to install a 5-6 ton unit with duct work down the center of the shop down the road.