Nashville will use 'eminent domain' to block a $700 million data center threatening iconic zoo
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A city moving to use eminent domain against a $700 million data center over zoo impacts shows local politics and land use are now hard constraints on AI infra. Site selection teams need to treat community relations and zoning risk as first-order variables alongside power, water, and tax incentives.
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