Residents in Arden are filing a formal appeal that will freeze approval of the proposed Project Tango data center for at least 30 days.
Local pushback centers on the facility’s massive scale, potential strain on water resources, and broader community and environmental impacts, all of which directly raise the operational cost and risk profile of running high-density AI workloads there.
The delay adds uncertainty to the project’s development timeline, which complicates capacity planning for whoever is banking on this site for GPU and AI build-outs.
Opposition is now regional, with residents from Wellington, Loxahatchee, and Royal Palm Beach joining in, signaling a broader political headwind for large-scale data center siting in this part of Palm Beach County.
For AI infra planners, the key signal is that permitting and community acceptance could become a critical gating factor for power- and water-hungry data center projects in Florida, not just technical or vendor choices.
This is a useful link to monitor for how local resistance might reshape timelines and risk for future AI-focused facilities in the region.
Source: Arden residents plan formal appeal against proposed Project Tango data center
