Osceola County, Florida, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on October 1, 2024. Its status in this snapshot is in force.
The record reads: "US Development filed to rezone 434 acres from agricultural to industrial near Yeehaw Junction for a nine-building, 7+ million sq ft data center campus, with each three-story building spanning 675,000 sq ft. The site on U.S. 441 is adjacent… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | in force | October 1, 2024 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Osceola County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
Florida context
Florida has 22 documented local actions across 20 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a ratepayer-protection law (enacted).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.