Florida

The largest footprint in Florida belongs to Flexential Corp., behind 4 tracked facilities. CenterSquare (formerly Cyxtera) and Cologix, Inc. round out the most active operators in the state. Many of these sites are filed under shell or project names rather than the parent's — our operator column resolves them back to the real corporate parent wherever the chain is documented.

Geographically, the buildout clusters: Hillsborough County leads Florida with 3 facilities and a composite risk score of 7/100. Miami-Dade County and Duval County follow. Our county risk score weights project exposure (40%), power demand (30%), water draw (15%), and land footprint (15%); the full breakdown is shown on each county page.

Florida is not done growing. 1 facility is in the pipeline — proposed, permitted, or under construction — which is where residents still have a say at zoning hearings and in rate cases. Each pending project is a decision about land, water, electricity prices, and tax revenue that hasn't been finalized.

We also surface the accountability trail: 5 state bills mentioning data centers and 6 recent news items are tracked for Florida below, pulled from LegiScan and GDELT and refreshed automatically. Legislation is linked to the counties and operators it names; news is classified by community sentiment.

Data-center policy watch: Florida enacted SB 484 (signed May 2026, effective July 1) barring utilities from billing residents and small businesses for data-center costs — facilities of 50 MW or more must pay their full cost of service — plus tighter aquifer permitting and preserved local denial authority.