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Data centers · Palm Beach County, Florida

Palm Beach County

1 project on record · 1 moratorium or ban action

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Projects in Palm Beach County
Project TangoPBA Holdings, Inc.; WPB Logistics Owner, LLC (owns ~60 acres; rival plan)—ApprovedOct. 7, 202650 MW+

Moratoriums and bans

  1. Sept. 24, 2026 Palm Beach County: Moratorium. Up to one year, 6-0; covers 50 MW or more of peak load, site-wide; applications deemed sufficient earlier proceed. (CBS12 (WPEC), Sept. 24, 2026; WLRN, Aug. 27, 2026)

Updates, newest first

  1. Oct. 9, 2026 Project Tango · PBA Holdings sues the county to force the special-magistrate hearing, claiming Commissioner Maria Sachs prejudged the vote. (The Palm Beach Post (syndicated), Oct. 13, 2026)
  2. Oct. 7, 2026 Project Tango · County staff administratively approve DRO-2026-00966: 2.02 million sq ft within the existing master plan, including 698,000 sq ft of data center space plus accessory office, with no public hearing. (Palm Beach County Zoning Division, Oct. 7, 2026)
  3. Sept. 24, 2026 Project Tango · County adopts a one-year moratorium on data centers of 50 MW or more, 6-0; applications already deemed sufficient proceed. (CBS12 (WPEC), Sept. 24, 2026)
  4. Sept. 24, 2026 Palm Beach County: Moratorium · Up to one year, 6-0; covers 50 MW or more of peak load, site-wide; applications deemed sufficient earlier proceed. (CBS12 (WPEC), Sept. 24, 2026; WLRN, Aug. 27, 2026)
  5. Aug. 6, 2026 Project Tango · PBA Holdings sues WPB Logistics and its attorneys. (Stet News, Aug. 16, 2026)
  6. Aug. 5, 2026 Project Tango · PBA Holdings asks for a special magistrate under s. 70.51, Florida Statutes, proposing former Justice Alan Lawson. (Stet News, Aug. 16, 2026)
  7. July 15, 2026 Project Tango · County commission denies the plan 5-1 after a 12-hour hearing (Marino voting no on denial; Baxter recused). (Palm Beach County, July 15, 2026; WLRN, July 16, 2026; WFLX, July 17, 2026)
  8. July 14, 2026 Project Tango · Judge Darren Shull denies WPB Logistics' request to block the hearing. (WLRN (Stet News), July 14, 2026)
  9. July 2, 2026 Project Tango · Zoning Commission recommends denial. (WLRN, July 2, 2026; Stet News, July 3, 2026)
  10. June 5, 2026 Project Tango · WPB Logistics sues PBA Holdings (case 50-2026-CA-006330). (WLRN (Stet News), June 16, 2026)
  11. April 27, 2026 Project Tango · Revised plan filed: 1.032 million sq ft data center, 2.35 million sq ft warehouse, 216,000 sq ft utility. WPB Logistics files a rival plan the same day. (Palm Beach County Zoning Division, July 15, 2026; Stet News, May 7, 2026)
  12. April 7, 2026 Project Tango · Town of Loxahatchee Groves adopts a resolution opposing the project. (Town of Loxahatchee Groves, filed with Palm Beach County, April 7, 2026)
  13. Feb. 25, 2026 Project Tango · About 400 people attend Commissioner Sara Baxter's town hall; she announces her opposition and the developer announces a scaled-back plan. (Stet News, March 2, 2026)
  14. Dec. 10, 2025 Project Tango · County commission postpones the hearing, 7-0. (WLRN, Dec. 10, 2025)
  15. Dec. 4, 2025 Project Tango · Zoning Commission recommends approval, 7-2. (DatacenterDynamics, Dec. 8, 2025; Florida Phoenix (commentary), Jan. 1, 2026)
  16. Dec. 3, 2025 Palm Beach County · Boca Raton beaches host subsea cable landings: Telxius paid $2.7 million for an easement in Spanish River Park; Globenet lands at Silver Palm Park. (The Coastal Star, Dec. 3, 2025)
  17. Nov. 4, 2025 Project Tango · Application DOA/ZV-2025-01602 certified: 1.9 million sq ft of warehouse and 1.792 million sq ft of data center. (Palm Beach County Zoning Division, July 15, 2026)
  18. Jan. 30, 2025 Project Tango · Commissioners approve a 64.46-acre expansion of the site (R-2025-0122, R-2025-0123). (Palm Beach County Zoning Division, July 15, 2026)
  19. Feb. 2023 Project Tango · WPB Logistics buys about 60 acres of the site for $36 million. (Stet News, May 7, 2026)
  20. April 28, 2016 Project Tango · County approves the first plan for the site, changing land use from rural residential to Economic Development Center. (Palm Beach County Zoning Division, July 15, 2026; Florida Trend, Oct. 26, 2016)

Statewide

Florida’s data center law, SB 484, took effect July 1, 2026: large-load customers pay the full cost of their power, and local governments keep the power to deny projects. The state’s sales-tax exemption for data centers of 100 MW or more runs to 2037. The rules →