Originally posted by Darth Abonis
It wasn't a nexus. It had only existed for 5 years. Nexuses are usually ancient.
You could be right. But darksiders do have the capacity to imbue places and objects with the energies of the dark side. Given Palpatine spends most of his time in his throne room on the Death Star. It makes a lot of sense that some parts would get saturated with dark side power.