Nashville Zoo Opposes Nearby Data Center Over Animal Welfare Concerns
TL;DR
The Nashville Zoo is opposing a proposed 69,000-square-foot data center next to its habitat, arguing that noise, lighting, and other operational impacts could disturb animals—especially clouded leopards—while DC BLOX pledges to minimize effects and local officials consider zoning steps amid a broader backlash against AI data centers.
- Nashville Zoo tries to halt data center project next door over animal safety concerns NBC News
- How many data centers are there in Nashville? Here's a map of where they're located. WSMV
- Data Centers Have a New Adversary: Tigers and Leopards at a Zoo Bloomberg.com
- Nashville Zoo circulates online petition against proposed data center WKRN News 2
- Data center planned near zoo draws concern from Nashville mayor The Tennessean
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