Metro Nashville applies to take over land at center of Nashville Zoo data center controversy

Metro Nashville has submitted an application to acquire land at 648 Grassmere Park next to the Nashville Zoo, where Atlanta-based DC Blox plans to build a data center. The project faces opposition due to community health, environmental, and noise pollution concerns, and the city has filed condemnation legislation to seize the property through eminent domain. DC Blox claimed collaborative discussions with officials, but the mayor and zoo leadership disputed these claims.