Overview
- The county commission voted to deny the Project Tango application without prejudice on Wednesday night in a 5‑1 decision with Commissioner Maria G. Marino the lone vote in favor.
- The denial preserves the site's existing 2016 approvals for over 2 million square feet of warehouse and data‑center development so those entitlements remain valid despite the rejection of the new AI plan.
- A roughly 12‑hour public hearing drew hundreds of residents and more than 80 speakers who pressed officials about water use, noise and vibration, environmental harm and the facility's proximity to Saddle View Elementary School.
- Technical claims conflicted during testimony: PBA Holdings described a closed‑loop cooling system it said would involve about 600,000 gallons of water, while opponents and some reports cited different water estimates and warned of risks to private wells and the aquifer.
- The zoning commission had already recommended denial and the vote fits a wider U.S. pattern of communities pushing back on hyperscale data centers, a dynamic that could shape future filings, regulatory review and local infrastructure planning.