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The only people who want AI Data Centers are people who stand to make money from building them.

Three proposed structures, two different locations, one city, and zero regulations in place to protect our communities.

Three proposed structures, two different locations, one city, and zero regulations in place to protect our communities.

The only people who want AI Data Centers are people who stand to make money from building them.

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NEXT NASHVILLE DATA CENTER?

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what that distance means for noise, heat, and the power grid you share with everyone else in Davidson County.
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How close to the next Nashville data center are you?

Enter your address below to see how close you are to both proposed sites, and what that distance means for noise, heat, and the power grid you share with everyone else in Davidson County.

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New Rules Could Come Just In Time

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BL2026-1391 passed its first reading on June 2nd and has already created the largest public comment session in city history. Currently on a fast track through the legislative process, its future remains uncertain.

The reason Nashville didn't have rules for this type of facility is that these have never existed before, at least not at this scale. And it's not just Nashville struggling to respond; cities all over the country are quickly coming up against these facilities and losing, time and again, to the interests of billionaires with more lawyers than most cities have council members. Most data centers currently operating in Nashville require 6 megawatts or less of power. The two facilities now proposed would draw 30 and 50 megawatts, respectively. The new legislation seeks to create permanent rules and protections that work within the boundaries of what Metro Nashville can actually do, because outright bans on industries are a state-level power, and pushing too hard in that direction risks triggering state legislators to preempt local authority entirely and leave Nashville in a worse position than it's already in.

The new legislation would create size tiers and prohibitions, utility capacity checks, environmental protections, neighborhood safeguards, generator and light restrictions, as well as annual accountability.

New Rules
Could Come
Just In Time

Read The Full Legislative Text

BL2026-1391 passed its first reading on June 2nd and has already created the largest public comment session in city history. Currently on a fast track through the legislative process, its future remains uncertain.

The reason Nashville didn't have rules for this type of facility is that these have never existed before, at least not at this scale. And it's not just Nashville struggling to respond; cities all over the country are quickly coming up against these facilities and losing, time and again, to the interests of billionaires with more lawyers than most cities have council members. Most data centers currently operating in Nashville require 6 megawatts or less of power. The two facilities now proposed would draw 30 and 50 megawatts, respectively. The new legislation seeks to create permanent rules and protections that work within the boundaries of what Metro Nashville can actually do, because outright bans on industries are a state-level power, and pushing too hard in that direction risks triggering state legislators to preempt local authority entirely and leave Nashville in a worse position than it's already in.

The new legislation would create size tiers and prohibitions, utility capacity checks, environmental protections, neighborhood safeguards, generator and light restrictions, as well as annual accountability.

Take Action Now

The most powerful thing you can do right now is talk to your city council about the dangers of AI data centers in your community and the urgent need to pass BL2026-1391 as the best first step towards protecting our city.

On July 7th at 6:00 PM, the Metro Council holds the second reading and public hearing on BL2026-1391 at Nashville City Hall. This is another public hearing where any Tennessee resident can have two minutes at the microphone. Pack the room, bring your neighbors (and snacks).

There is more you can do. Click below to learn all the ways you can give them hell.

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