DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park)
648 Grassmere Park, Nashville, TN 37211 · Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Source: Primary source
DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) is a proposed data center in Davidson County, TN, operated by DC BLOX. DataCentersExposed has documented 50 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 17, 2026
Overview
source: linkDC BLOX has proposed a two-building, ~50 MW data-center campus (40 MW + 10 MW, with an ~72,000 sq ft substation) on roughly 24 acres at 648 Grassmere Park in south Nashville — directly northwest of the Nashville Zoo. The project drew a 390,000+ signature petition, a zoning appeal filed by the zoo, and a proposed 90-day Metro data-center moratorium.
Operator chain
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: GDELT- DC BLOX sues Metro Nashville over proposed data center near Nashville Zoofox17.com· Aug 13, 2026
- DC BLOX sues Nashville over moratorium blocking data center - The TennesseanThe Tennessean· Aug 12, 2026
- DC BLOX sues Metro Nashville over proposed data center near Nashville Zoo - WZTVWZTV· Aug 12, 2026
- Nashville data center rules may delay, but not stop DC Blox project - AxiosAxios· Jul 22, 2026
- DC BLOX closes on $23M property for proposed data center near Nashville Zoo, records show - WZTVWZTV· Jul 21, 2026
- DC Blox purchases land next to Nashville Zoo for data center - WKRN News 2WKRN News 2· Jul 21, 2026
Data-center discussions in Davidson County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Hume - Fogg High in Nashville, is 0.5 mi from this site (898 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.