What This Story Is About
- Metro Council passed legislation authorizing Metro government to acquire property where DC Blox plans to build a data center next door to the Nashville Zoo.
Why It Matters
- It’s the city’s most direct attempt at stopping the proposed data center next to the zoo.
- The legislation doesn’t require Metro to acquire the property, but Mayor Freddie O’Connell’s office says they do plan to move forward with the process.
For Context
- How many data centers are there in Nashville? Here’s a map of where they’re located.
Catch Up
- It’s the city’s most direct attempt at stopping the proposed data center next to the zoo, coming weeks after Metro Council passed Nashville’s first-ever data center regulations and a temporary moratorium on data center construction until December.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Metro Council passed legislation authorizing Metro government to acquire property where DC Blox plans to build a data center next door to the Nashville Zoo.
The legislation, filed by Mayor Freddie O’Connell, would allow Metro to negotiate a sale with the current property owner, the data center company DC Blox, but it also allows the city to use eminent domain to take the property if negotiations fail.
The city will have to pay at least market value of around $37.4 million for the property, even though DC Blox only paid about $23 million for it last month…