They’re planning on building a data center under a mile from my house

If you’ve heard of a data center planning on being built next to the Nashville Zoo, well, that’s the one that’s being built under a mile from my house if Google Maps is right. TL;DR – some thoughts that aren’t about the zoo, animals, water, or the people directly next to it. This is a problems I’m thinking piece less than a “this bad, hit it” piece. Here are some links from NBC News, ABC, FOX, and there are many many more. Hey – I’m Paul – I’ve been inside many colocation data centers before as part of my employment. This isn’t a colocation center. The idea, as presented, is to set down a 50 Megawatt data center (to start,) right next to the zoo. That’s about a third of what xAI is pulling from the TVA in Memphis. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hashem Al-Ghaili (@hashem.alghaili) Yes, this is from the Instagram post above because I can’t see it while writing There’s additional space being considered for expansion according to that Insta screenshot, which would mean a…