Overview
- A circuit court judge denied an emergency injunction request on July 13 that would have paused Project Tango and the county review while a lawsuit between property owners proceeds.
- The county zoning board earlier this month rejected a revised plan that would have expanded the already-approved 200-acre Project Tango site.
- County commissioners are set to vote on Project Tango on Wednesday, July 15, with officials expecting a large public turnout and opening the Vista Center for overflow and public comment.
- Palm Beach County recently paused new AI data center applications but explicitly exempted Project Tango, so the commission's land-use vote will decide whether the project can move forward under existing filings.
- Experts and neighbors disagree about the project’s resource and health impacts: the developer says a closed-loop cooling system would use about 5,000 gallons a day, while some researchers warn hyperscale data centers can raise local water and electricity demands and increase utility costs.