What This Story Is About
- Metro Nashville submitted an application to acquire the piece of property at 648 Grassmere Park, which sits directly next to the Nashville Zoo and is where DC Blox has said it wants to build a data center.
Why It Matters
- DC Blox’s data center plans have been the center of controversy in Nashville, with thousands of community members pushing back against the plans amid community health, environmental and noise pollution concerns.
- Any application for land use must be approved by Metro Nashville’s Planning Department.
For Context
- Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell filed condemnation legislation last month that would allow the city to acquire a 23.5-acre site near the Nashville Zoo through eminent domain, pushing back against Atlanta-based DC Blox’s plans to build a data center on the property.
Catch Up
- DC Blox issued a press release ahead of a July 7 public hearing about the data center, describing “collaborative talks” with the mayor’s office and Nashville Zoo. Those parties described the release as “inaccurate, wishful thinking.”
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – The piece of property at the center of the Nashville Zoo data center debate may be getting a different owner than originally thought.
On Wednesday, Metro Nashville submitted an application to acquire the piece of property at 648 Grassmere Park, which sits directly next to the Nashville Zoo. Earlier this year, the Atlanta-based company DC Blox put in its own application with plans to tear down the existing facilities and develop two data centers.
Once made public, the proposal sparked immediate backlash from more than half a million people who signed a petition against the project…