More Mayors Like This, Please!

And props to everyone in the community that showed up, signed petitions, talked to their neighbors, and got involved.

“We don’t want the potential negative impacts of large-scale data centers in our neighborhoods, so in partnership with the Metro Council, we’re taking action to ensure we put proper regulations in place before any more of these things are proposed,” said Nashville Mayor Freddie O’Connell. “With this Executive Order, we’ll work with Metro departments and the Metro Council to ensure Nashville remains a place where our residents’ health and safety always come first.”

The executive order lays out four areas of impact which shall be reviewed and addressed: infrastructure impacts, environmental impacts, economic impacts, and community impacts.

Effective immediately.