Nashville Considers Using Eminent Domain To Stop a Planned Data Center From Irritating Zoo Animals
Eminent Domain Nashville Considers Using Eminent Domain To Stop a Planned Data Center From Irritating Zoo Animals The Nashville Zoo says the vibrations from next door's planned data center might negatively affect hearing-sensitive animals. In Nashville, plans by Atlanta-based company DC BLOX to build a data center have provoked heated opposition from the Nashville Zoo, next to which the planned facility would go. The zoo argues that the constant hums and vibrations from the data center would have a negative impact on animals with sensitive hearing; chief among them the clouded leopards bred in the zoo.
- ▪Eminent Domain Nashville Considers Using Eminent Domain To Stop a Planned Data Center From Irritating Zoo Animals The Nashville Zoo says the vibrations from next door's planned data center might negatively affect hearing-sensitive animals.
- ▪In Nashville, plans by Atlanta-based company DC BLOX to build a data center have provoked heated opposition from the Nashville Zoo, next to which the planned facility would go.
- ▪The zoo argues that the constant hums and vibrations from the data center would have a negative impact on animals with sensitive hearing; chief among them the clouded leopards bred in the zoo.
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Eminent Domain Nashville Considers Using Eminent Domain To Stop a Planned Data Center From Irritating Zoo Animals The Nashville Zoo says the vibrations from next door's planned data center might negatively affect hearing-sensitive animals. Christian Britschgi | 7.24.2026 4:05 PM Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/07/ED-zoos-data-centers-v1-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" title="Data centers and animals" alt="Data centers and animals | Midjourney" /> (Midjourney) Data centers, already unloved by the general public, have a new enemy: cuddly leopard cubs.
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