NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Nashville Mayor Freddie O'Connell announced Monday he will file legislation to use eminent domain to stop construction of a proposed data center next to the Nashville Zoo.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Data centers have become increasingly common across the United States. They serve as a place to keep networked computers, servers, ...

Attorney David Raybin says local governments are ill-equipped to fight data centers, and a lasting solution will likely require action from state or federal lawmakers NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Data ...

Months after rejecting a proposed $1.5 billion data center, San Marcos officials have narrowly approved a ban on all future data center developments. Citing concerns about such projects’ impacts on ...

In Manchester Middle School’s auditorium in Chesterfield County, three state senators showed up Tuesday night, ready to listen to people’s thoughts on data centers and the state’s tax exemption for ...

The Justice Department is seeking to quash a lawsuit against a power plant operating without permits that is run by Elon Musk’s AI company, arguing that its gas-powered turbines are vital to national ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALBANY — New York's lawmakers have approved a bill that would block new large-scale data center projects across the state for one ...

ALBANY — New York’s lawmakers have approved a bill that would block new large-scale data center projects across the state for one year; if signed into law it would be the first of its kind to take ...

ALBANY — New York’s lawmakers have approved a bill that would block new large-scale data center projects across the state for one year; if signed into law it would be the first of its kind to actually ...

It’s clear that communities now have an effective playbook to block data center construction. This week, researchers flagged the first quarter of 2026 as producing the “most blocked and delayed data ...