thrus As much as people may not like this take, it seems that the property owners were looking to stop talking about someone moving in for years and start moving on the process. The entity moving in is likely of little concer to the land owner zoo, data center, or grocery store they are most likely looking to either sell or rent it and have their books show a profit (don't know if they could get some tax write off selling to the zoo for a lower cost or not). They want the books showing profit, that is all at the end of the day. And apparently it has been sitting for a while if talks have been going on for years. After that it is the buyers issue to deal with the city and community, they collected their check. Reply
trica A data center near a zoo might produce some valuable data on whether the noise and vibrations from them cause anxiety, sleeplessness, etc without the potential that a human might have to claim the results were more or less severe than reality, influenced by how they felt about data centers in general. Reply
Notton trica said: A data center near a zoo might produce some valuable data on whether the noise and vibrations from them cause anxiety, sleeplessness, etc without the potential that a human might have to claim the results were more or less severe than reality, influenced by how they felt about data centers in general. No need for unnecessary animal cruelty, it's already well documented animals don't like noise pollution. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/sound/effects_wildlife.htmThe article even specifies the cloud leopards as extremely sensitive to mechanical noises. thrus said: As much as people may not like this take, it seems that the property owners were looking to stop talking about someone moving in for years and start moving on the process. The entity moving in is likely of little concer to the land owner zoo, data center, or grocery store they are most likely looking to either sell or rent it and have their books show a profit (don't know if they could get some tax write off selling to the zoo for a lower cost or not). They want the books showing profit, that is all at the end of the day. And apparently it has been sitting for a while if talks have been going on for years. After that it is the buyers issue to deal with the city and community, they collected their check. Looking at maps, 648 Grassmere?, yeah that lot is weirdly unusable for anything but an office or as an extension for the zoo. I don't think there would be too many renters who'd want that lot. As for a datacenter, even if the Zoo didn't exist at that location, IMO it's too close to residential, despite a rail freight yard in the vicinity. Reply
bigdragon I can't imagine the animals enjoying the droning noise of data center cooling equipment and all the light pollution. I'm already annoyed by those things, and I'm not a wild animal who is even more sensitive to those unnatural disruptors. I don't doubt developers would happily replace the Nashville Zoo with a data center if they could get the land — sensitive neighbors are of no concern given the investment frenzy. Somewhat related: I was just looking at northern Virginia near Manassas last night. 30 years ago that region was screaming about having a giant theme park resort 10-15 miles down the street from historic battlefields. Today, there are data centers everywhere adjacent to or within view of those battlefields. No fun allowed — only money. Reply
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