  We study the quantum vacuum zero point energy in the Schwarzschild black hole
as well as in the Nariai limit of the dS-Schwarzschild backgrounds. We show
that the regularized vacuum energy density near the black hole and also in the
Nariai setup match exactly with the corresponding value in the flat background,
scaling with the fourth power of the mass of the quantum field. The horizon
radius of the dS space created from the vacuum zero point energy introduces a
new length scale which should be compared with the black hole horizon radius.
There is an upper limiting mass for the black hole immersed in the vacuum zero
point energy which is determined by the mass of the Nariai metric associated to
the dS background constructed from zero point energy. We calculate the variance
in the distribution of the vacuum zero point energy and the density contrast
and show that it develops strong inhomogeneities on sub-horizon scales.
