Data centers in Palm Beach County, Florida
Palm Beach County has 2 data centers on the record: 1 running and 1 proposed. Palm Beach County limits new data centers, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Palm Beach County passed a data center moratorium, September 28, 2026.
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The 2 data centers in Palm Beach County
Newest activity firstEach row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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2 data centers in Palm Beach County: 1 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Palm Beach County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Boca Raton | 1 |
What Palm Beach County has decided
1 body, 11 decisions on the recordWhat 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.
Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.
- Palm Beach Countycounty
Palm Beach County passed a data center moratorium, reported September 28, 2026.
11 acts on this row
- moratorium adopted
Palm Beach County passed a data center moratorium
- moratorium adopted
Palm Beach County commissioners unanimously approved one year moratorium on large scale data centers (50+ megawatt peak load); moratorium expires September 24, 2027 or when code updates are complete, whichever comes first.
- event
The county discussed the possibility of hiring a consultant, which could cost the county a couple hundred thousand dollars
- moratorium adopted
Palm Beach County commissioners gave unanimous final approval for a yearlong moratorium that prohibits the county from accepting, processing or approving any large scale data center applications
- moratorium
Palm Beach County advanced a plan to temporarily ban data centers
- moratorium
Palm Beach County commissioners voted unanimously to pursue a yearlong pause on large scale data center applications
- moratorium adopted
Palm Beach County commissioners unanimously approved language for the proposed moratorium ordinance on a one year ban on large scale data centers
- moratorium adopted
Palm Beach County approved one year moratorium on large scale data centers last month
- denial
Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners voted to reject Project Tango following months of organized opposition from local residents.
- denial
Palm Beach County Commissioners rejected planned hyperscale data center campus in July by 5-1 vote.
- denial
Palm Beach County commission voted 5 to-1 against Project Tango data center in July
- moratorium adopted
What happened
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· Palm Beach County
Moratorium adopted: Palm Beach County passed a data center moratorium commondreams.org local outlet
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· Palm Beach County
Moratorium adopted: Palm Beach County commissioners unanimously approved one year moratorium on large scale data centers (50+ megawatt peak load); moratorium expires September 24, 2027 or when code updates are complete, whichever comes first. sun-sentinel.com local outlet
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· Palm Beach County
Scorecard event: The county discussed the possibility of hiring a consultant, which could cost the county a couple hundred thousand dollars yahoo.com national outlet
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· Palm Beach County
Moratorium adopted: Palm Beach County commissioners gave unanimous final approval for a yearlong moratorium that prohibits the county from accepting, processing or approving any large scale data center applications yahoo.com national outlet
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· Palm Beach County
Moratorium: Palm Beach County advanced a plan to temporarily ban data centers sun-sentinel.com local outlet
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· Palm Beach County
Moratorium: Palm Beach County commissioners voted unanimously to pursue a yearlong pause on large scale data center applications therealdeal.com local outlet
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 2 records
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 2 | Not disclosed by any of the 2 records |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 2 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 2 tracked facilities in Palm Beach County are for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 2 tracked facilities in Palm Beach County are cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Palm Beach County, Florida", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/fl/palm-beach-county, updated September 28, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Palm Beach County, Florida", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/fl/palm-beach-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Place id
- us/fl/palm-beach-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- orange
- Scale word
- Restrictive