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Data center outrage: Hundreds pack in to protest during hours-long meeting in Nashville
Hundreds protested during a Nashville city council meeting opposing data center construction near the Nashville Zoo and Fisk University. Two bills, BL2026-1391 (stricter data center rules) and BL2026-1448 (temporary moratorium), were approved and will move to a third reading. Concerns centered on noise and electromagnetic vibrations affecting zoo animals, particularly clouded leopards.
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