The Nashville Zoo has issued a detailed rebuttal to public statements made by DC BLOX, the Atlanta-based digital infrastructure company, disputing its characterization of the planned data center facility to sit adjacent to the cultural attraction and challenging the company’s claims of legal standing regarding the property.
At issue is a roughly 202,000-square-foot data center facility DC BLOX has proposed constructing on land purchased from MarketStreet Enterprises, which would include an on-site electrical substation and draw up to 50 megawatts of power.
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