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DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park)

Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee · All 15 DC BLOX sites

ProposedOpposedRecord updated October 27, 2026

DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) is a proposed data center in Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County), operated by DC BLOX. The public record puts it at 50 MW planned, 24 acres, a reported $700 million investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: DC BLOX
Facility type: Data center
Location: 648 Grassmere Park Drive, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
Coordinates: 36.0865, -86.7489 (approximate)
Power capacity: 50 MW planned
Land: 24 acres
Investment: $700 million
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Nashville Electric Service
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
Water use: Not established from a public source
Jobs: Not established from a public source
Public subsidy: Not established from a public source
Community reception: Opposed
Source confidence: Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

Power and water

DC BLOX says it will pay the full cost of new or existing utility infrastructure

DC BLOX: 'closed-loop water cooling system' initially primed with utility water then continuously recirculated; water usage 'similar to that of a typical commercial building'

Notes on the record

As of 2026-09-09, the status is unchanged: proposed. Metro Council authorised eminent domain on 2026-08-04, DC BLOX sued on 2026-08-11, and as of that check no ruling on its preliminary-injunction request had been reported; two zoning challenges are not heard until at least December 2026. The recorded $700 million investment is the company's estimate as reported by WPLN News (July 2026), that the project will total more than $700 million, so it is a lower bound. As of October 2026, DC BLOX's own project page, which describes a single-story, 69,200 sq ft, 10 MW building, lists capital investment of "$380 Million+" as a project estimate. $23 million is the land purchase price, not the project investment.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

Tax abatements or other public subsidy: The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised: The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

EdgeConneX NAS01 Nashville · Nashville · EdgeConneX5 mi · Operating
H5 Data Centers Nashville (147 Fourth Avenue) · Nashville · H5 Data Centers6 mi · Operating
Fisk University Quantum Leap Innovation & Technology Center · Nashville · Fisk University6 mi · Proposed · 30 MW · Contested
HCA Information Technology & Services Data Center (Antioch) · Nashville · HCA Healthcare7 mi · Operating
Lumen Nashville (2208 9th Avenue North), Level(3) · Nashville · Lumen Technologies8 mi · Operating
Flexential Nashville - Brentwood (NAS01/04) · Brentwood · Flexential9 mi · Operating · 1.49 MW
BNY Mellon Tennessee Processing Center (Nashville) · Nashville · BNY Mellon9 mi · Operating
Flexential Nashville - Cool Springs · Franklin · Flexential10 mi · Operating · 3.15 MW

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) data center in Nashville?

Yes. Organized local opposition to DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) data center?

No lawsuit over DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) appears in the record we track as of October 27, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) use?

No water withdrawal figure for DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park), and how big is it?

DC BLOX is the operator on record. We hold 15 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 50 MW. The site is recorded at 24 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park)," updated October 27, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dcblox-nashville-grassmere-tn.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dcblox-nashville-grassmere-tn, retrieved October 29, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

1.DC BLOX Sues Metro Over Blocked Data Center Project Near Nashville Zoo · Williamson Source · retrieved August 14, 2026
2.Metro Council passes first data-center regulations in Nashville. Here's what changes · WSMV News 4 Nashville · retrieved August 14, 2026
3.Your guide to data centers in Tennessee and how they could affect you · The Tennessean (via Yahoo News) · retrieved August 14, 2026
4.Nashville Data Center Project (DC BLOX project page): 69,200 sq ft single-story building, 10 MW, closed-loop water cooling, NES power, $380M+ capital investment · DC BLOX · retrieved September 21, 2026
5.Nashville Zoo Data Center Proposal Gets Even Bigger (Nashvegas.com): second building >200,000 sq ft / 40 MW; 24 acres at 648 Grassmere Park · Nashvegas.com · retrieved September 21, 2026
6.Why Nashville will struggle to block the DC BLOX data center near zoo (WPLN News, July 9, 2026): 'more than $700 million', 24 acres, ~$23M land purchase, building permit filed · WPLN News · retrieved September 21, 2026
7.DC BLOX closes on $23M property for proposed data center near Nashville Zoo, records show (FOX 17, July 21, 2026): 648 and 650 Grassmere Park Drive · FOX 17 Nashville · retrieved October 27, 2026

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