DC Blox plans to refile lawsuit over data center regulations, moratorium

News Clip0:35WKRN News 2·Nashville, Davidson County, TN·10/9/2026

DC BLOX plans to amend and refile its lawsuit challenging Nashville’s data center regulations and moratorium. A federal judge dismissed the company’s initial lawsuit, which argued that the rules targeted its planned data center near the Nashville Zoo and violated its constitutional rights.

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Gov: Nashville metropolitan government, U.S. District Court

DC BLOX, the company behind a proposed data center near the Nashville Zoo, said it intends to amend and refile a lawsuit challenging Nashville’s new data center regulations and development moratorium. The company maintains that the changes were specifically targeted at its project and infringe on its constitutional rights.

A federal judge dismissed DC BLOX’s initial lawsuit, but the company told WKRN News 2 that the dispute is continuing and that it expects to refile within 21 days.