From the Nashville Zoo’s fb page! Here’s the petition, please please please take a moment to add your name (even if you’re not from Nashville!). If you are from Tennessee, contact your representatives and make it clear that the people do not want this data center. This is an AZA accredited zoo which is home to several species of critically endangered animals, we NEED to protect it. Make your voice heard!
Seminole Nation Becomes First Indigenous Group to Ban Planet-Cooking Data Centers From Its Land
"Our fight is just one small piece of a collective puzzle."
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By Joe Wilkins
Published Mar 28, 2026 2:15 PM EDT
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma just became the first Indigenous nation to officially ban data center construction from lands under its jurisdiction.
After a tech startup approached Seminole leaders asking to allow a data center on their lands, the Tribal Council voted 24 to 0 to enact a “moratorium on the advancement of generative artificial intelligence technology and hyperscale data center development within the Seminole Nation and within tribal lands and territories,” Native News Online reported.
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma just became the first Indigenous Nation in the US to ban data centers from their territory.