Indiantown, Florida, moves toward a one-year data center moratorium

Nov 12, 2026
The village council approved a first reading of the ordinance, but it would exempt three projects already in progress, including the 5,722-acre Tesoro Groves AI development.

Officials in the Village of Indiantown, Florida, have approved the first reading of an ordinance that would impose a one-year moratorium on new data centers, Data Center Dynamics reported. A public hearing and a second vote are still needed.

The moratorium would not apply to projects already in progress. Those named at the meeting are Project Silver Fox, a 606-acre data center; Project Growler, planned on a former Florida Steel Corporation mill that is now a federal Superfund cleanup site; and Tesoro Groves, a 5,722-acre planned hyperscale AI development with battery storage and solar on land owned by Florida Power & Light.

Councillor Anthony Dowling said new councillors had been elected specifically to deal with data center complaints; in the village's August 2026 election all three incumbents, who had been criticised for supporting data centers, were voted out. Indiantown is in Martin County, about 42 miles northwest of Palm Beach.

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