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Council approves special exception for data center at Bonita Beach Road corridor

5965191 · September 5, 2025
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Summary

Council unanimously approved a special-exception zoning request to allow a Group 2 essential service facility (data center) at 27695 Imperial River Road; staff said the building will resemble an office, generate low traffic and have access from Imperial River Road.

The Bonita Springs City Council voted unanimously on Sept. 3 to approve a special exception allowing a Group 2 essential service facility—characterized in the staff report as a data center—at 27695 Imperial River Road within the Bonita Beach Road corridor overlay.

Mike Feagon of Community Development explained that the city’s land development code treats certain infrastructure-heavy uses (for example, substations or…

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