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Data centers in Manatee County, Florida

No data center in Manatee County is on the record yet; the page exists because the county has a scorecard row. Manatee County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Manatee County Planning Commission approved an ordinance imposing a 12 month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Manatee County, effective September 22 2026, September 22, 2026.

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No data center in Manatee County yet

No data center is on the record in Manatee County yet. The first published record in Manatee County puts it on the map and in the list here.

The cities in Manatee County on the record (1)

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What Manatee County has decided

2 bodies, 2 decisions on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

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  1. Manatee Countycounty

    Manatee County Planning Commission approved an ordinance imposing a 12 month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Manatee County, effective September 22 2026, reported September 22, 2026.

    yourobserver.com local outlet

    no published rating
    1 act on this row
    1. moratorium adopted

      Manatee County Planning Commission approved an ordinance imposing a 12 month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Manatee County, effective September 22 2026.

      yourobserver.com local outlet

    Last verified September 22, 2026.

  2. Palmettocity

    Commissioners directed attorneys Aug. 3 to draft temporary halt to data center development, August 3, 2026.

    tbbwmag.com local outlet

    no published rating
    1 act on this row
    1. moratorium

      Commissioners directed attorneys Aug. 3 to draft temporary halt to data center development

      tbbwmag.com local outlet

    Last verified September 14, 2026.

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What happened

  1. · Manatee County

    Moratorium adopted: Manatee County Planning Commission approved an ordinance imposing a 12 month moratorium on data centers in unincorporated Manatee County, effective September 22 2026. yourobserver.com local outlet

  2. · Palmetto

    Moratorium: Commissioners directed attorneys Aug. 3 to draft temporary halt to data center development tbbwmag.com local outlet

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Manatee County, Florida", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/fl/manatee-county, updated September 22, 2026.

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