Photo courtesy of the Nashville Zoo

Plans to construct a data center on a site adjacent to the Nashville Zoo have sparked vehement backlash from both zoo representatives and community members — and permit documents show the proposed facility could be significantly larger than initial reports have indicated.

Atlanta-based digital infrastructure company DC BLOX recently filed a building permit with Metro Nashville proposing a one-story, 10-megawatt, 69,220-square-foot data center with an address of 648 Grassmere Park.