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Residents urge pause on ‘Project Tango’ data center over water, energy and land-use concerns; county schedules town hall
Summary
A series of public commenters and environmental groups urged Palm Beach County commissioners to pause Project Tango, a proposed large AI data center in Loxahatchee, citing water and energy use, environmental harm, and limited long‑term jobs; the mayor scheduled a Jan. 28 town hall and said a site approval for a data center already exists.
Scores of residents and advocacy groups spoke during the public-comment period to oppose Project Tango, a proposed large AI data center in Loxahatchee, raising repeated concerns about water and energy consumption, agricultural land loss, environmental impacts, and the distribution of costs and benefits.
Speakers from community groups and individual residents said mega data centers require massive, continuous…
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