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Recent Florida data center news

• Jul 17, 2026

  The AI Infrastructure Split Screen: Capital Rush Meets Community Resistance

  Data Center Frontier has published an analysis of the mid-July AI infrastructure market, combining public-market activity, project announcements, financing moves, and local permitting disputes.

  • Capital markets: Csquare priced 50 million shares at $21 to raise about $1.05 billion and implied an equity value of roughly $3.2 billion; Switch was linked to a potential $10 billion IPO and near $80 billion valuation including debt; Databricks signed a term sheet for a financing at a $188 billion valuation with the Wall Street Journal reporting about $3 billion in new investment.
  • Project and policy developments: Meta said its Hyperion expansion in Louisiana could reach 5 GW and more than $50 billion; Google was tied to a 2.7 GW Project Tembo in Wyoming; New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered an up-to-one-year pause on discretionary environmental permitting for certain hyperscale data centers; Palm Beach County commissioners rejected Project Tango by 5–1 after a roughly 12-hour hearing.
  • The article is a broad market commentary and synthesis, not a single original company announcement. It references multiple first-reported deals and filings, while also citing local opposition, power constraints, and community consent as central themes.
• Jul 17, 2026

  Project Tango Denial Challenges Wall Street's AI Power Bet

  Palm Beach County has rejected Project Tango, a proposed 600 MW AI-focused campus, after commissioners voted 5–1 against the application. The story is an analysis of local permitting risk and AI load forecasting, not a first-person corporate announcement.

  • Commissioners voted 5–1 to reject Project Tango, despite months of redesigns, updated technical studies, and a recommendation for approval from county planning staff.
  • Jefferies estimated Florida Power & Light’s capital plan through 2032 includes about 6 GW of prospective data center load, equal to roughly $12 billion in capital investment and 12% of planned spending; the denial was without prejudice.
  • The filing described Project Tango as a 600 MW campus supporting AI and cloud workloads and relying on battery energy storage rather than routine diesel-generator operation.
• Jul 14, 2026

  United States $60 Billion Infrastructure Investment Manager I Squared Capital & Saudi Arabia $1.2 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund Public Investment Fund (PIF) Form Partnership to Invest $2 Billion in Real Estate & Infrastructure Assets Owned by PIF & Portfolio Companies

  I Squared Capital and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund have announced a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to pursue up to $2 billion in real estate and infrastructure assets owned by PIF and its portfolio companies.

  • The MoU was signed on 13/6/26 and announced in Hong Kong on 14th July 2026; it covers deployment of up to $2 billion across real estate and infrastructure assets owned by PIF and its portfolio companies.
  • The parties said they will identify opportunities in digital infrastructure and district cooling, with I Squared targeting up to $1 billion in each area; any subsequent transactions remain subject to further assessment and regulatory requirements.
• Jul 13, 2026

  White House plans new pledge to shield ratepayers from data center related bill hikes - report

  The US government is expected to bring together data center firms and utility companies to announce a voluntary pledge aimed at preventing data center power demand from raising electricity costs for regular ratepayers.

  • The pledge is expected to be announced at an event in the coming weeks; no company names were disclosed for the new pledge, though several major firms are expected to join.
  • The story references earlier Ratepayer Protection Pledge signatories — Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI — and notes that states including Oregon, Oklahoma, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia have adopted or proposed rules making large-load data centers pay for new infrastructure costs.
• Jul 12, 2026

  Trinidad and Tobago Signs Agreements with U.S. Companies that Pave Way for Data Centers

  Trinidad and Tobago has announced new agreements to enable U.S. companies to begin groundwork for large data center projects in the country.

  • The government signed memorandums of understanding on Friday with Hummingbird AI Holdings and Ernst and Young LLP for large-scale data centers and related AI infrastructure.
  • Ernst and Young LLP said it plans to partner with third parties on a 300 MW data center; Hummingbird AI Holdings is tied to a proposed 150 MW AI infrastructure and data center facility. A third agreement with Pinnacle Steel and Vanadium Corporation concerns possible recommissioning of a local iron and steel plant.
  • Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said the agreements are expected to generate over 5,000 jobs. The article also notes concerns about energy consumption, water shortages, and environmental impacts, and says the U.S. government helped facilitate the parties.
• Jul 8, 2026

  AI's Future Must Return to the Edge: How Power Constraints and Local Politics Are Redefining AI Infrastructure

  Data Center Frontier, in an article by Melissa Farney, is commenting on rising AI-driven data center power demand rather than announcing a new project.

  • The article says the U.S. disclosed data center development pipeline reached roughly 241 gigawatts by the end of 2025, up about 159% in a single year.
  • It also cites analyst forecasts that data center power consumption could rise at least 50% by 2027 and potentially 165% by 2030, with AI training and inference driving most of the new load.
• Jul 3, 2026

  New Jersey lawmakers pass bill to establish large load data center tariff

  New Jersey lawmakers have passed a bill directing the state’s Board of Public Utilities to create a dedicated data center tariff for facilities of 50MW or more. The bill is now headed to Governor Mikie Sherrill for final approval.

  • The bill applies to existing and new facilities, lowers the threshold from 100MW to 50MW, and aggregates sites under common ownership or on contiguous sites as one large data center.
  • It requires projects to show they are not proposed elsewhere, provide financial guarantees covering at least 85% of requested service for 10 years, commit to demand response and flexibility programs, and be curtailed before residential customers during grid emergencies; it also prioritizes interconnection for data centers bringing clean generation or storage.
  • The article also notes related actions in other states, including a new Oregon rate class, and laws or proposals in Oklahoma, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, and Virginia.
• Jul 3, 2026

  Data center kit and copper cables worth $1.3m recovered from stolen trucks

  Cook County Sheriff’s Department recovered stolen trailers containing copper cables and data center equipment worth $1.3 million in a raid in Elk Grove Township, Illinois.

  • Officers from the Police Organized Retail Crime Unit raided a truck yard in the 2500 block of East Higgins Road on June 18 after receiving a tip about $300,000 of stolen copper wire from Pine Hill, Alabama.
  • At the yard, investigators found a second trailer reported stolen from Jacksonville, Florida containing data center equipment worth $1 million; no arrests have been reported and investigators are seeking the driver and others involved.
• Jul 2, 2026

  AMPERA Produces First 3D-Printed Nuclear Reactor Module

  AMPERA has announced that it completed production of what it says is the first full-scale, 3D-printed nuclear reactor module.

  • The company unveiled the module at its innovation center in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida on July 1, with founder and CEO Brian Matthews presenting it to more than 100 local officials, business leaders, and employees.
  • AMPERA said the module uses a spherical monolithic gyroid core 3D-printed with silicon carbide, is designed for up to 30 years without refueling, and is part of nuclear systems expected to provide up to 30 MWe; the company also said it established an Australian subsidiary in June to secure thorium supply and support U.S. advanced nuclear fuel production.
• Jun 25, 2026

  FuelCell Energy signs up to 380MW fuel cell supply deal with Fit Energy to power data center operations

  FuelCell Energy has announced a binding data center power deal with Fit Energy USA to supply up to 380MW of on-site fuel cell generation.

  • Deal terms and timeline: The agreement commits FuelCell Energy to supply up to 380MW of behind-the-meter fuel cell generation to power data centers, with an immediate deposit for an initial 30MW, and delivery scheduled to begin later this year; the remaining capacity will be deployed in phases tied to deployment milestones.
  • Background and related details: The announcement cites FuelCell Energy’s product lineup (1.25MW, 2.5MW and 12.5MW systems) and notes prior non-binding partnerships including with Sustainable Development Capital (up to 450MW) and Inuverse (up to 100MW in Daegu, South Korea); Fit Energy (headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida) is described as an energy infrastructure developer focused on long-term ownership for the digital economy.