Project Tango fuels debate over Florida’s first hyperscale AI data center
In Fort Lauderdale, Broward County (FL), Fort Lauderdale City Council and local residents debated municipal data center siting, utility infrastructure load, water consumption, and zoning rules during the June 15, 2026 session.
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Project Tango fuels debate over Florida’s first hyperscale AI data center
Fort Lauderdale City Council · June 15, 2026
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- Clip 1 · 0:23 Fort Lauderdale City Council Officials and Speakers Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Officials and speakers in Fort Lauderdale, FL address municipal data center zoning, grid capacity, and community impacts.
">> We have a choice, use your voice. >> As data centers rise, >> No data centers. >> so does the backlash. >> NO DATA CENTERS, NOT TODAY. >> BIPARTISAN protests all over the country and now the fight has come to Florida. >> You'd have to be living under a rock to not realize how horrible these centers are. >> Project Tango, a proposed hyperscale data center, the first in the state, in western Palm Beach County."
- Clip 2 · 1:03 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Community members and local officials in Fort Lauderdale, FL weigh water supply, electricity rates, and neighborhood buffer rules.
">> The site chosen because it's just a few hundred feet away from a major power plant. >> And so you have one of the most connected pieces of electrical infrastructure in Florida [music] with the largest power plant in the state of Florida immediately next to a site that's been zoned and used for industrial uses for decades. >> But it's the location also generating fierce opposition. Project Tango [music]"
- Clip 3 · 1:31 Fort Lauderdale City Council Member Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedZoning Power & Grid Water
Fort Lauderdale City Council members deliberate on municipal siting standards, utility capacity, and the recorded ordinance action.
"and an elementary school, both just outside of Wellington. Project Tango's original master plan was approved 10 years ago, but now developers are seeking permission to expand that plan by 1.5 million square feet, mostly they say for warehouses but could also be used for [music] more data center space. >> Dozens of data centers already exist in Miami Dade County like this one, Iron Mountain, set to open later this year,"
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