Exclusive: Local Opposition to Data Centers Explodes in 2026 (opens in new tab)

Data centers are getting larger and larger. But even so, few are as large as the Sentinel Grove Technology Park, a proposed data center near Port St. Lucie, Florida.The proposed facility — which became known as Project Jarvis — was set to be built on old agricultural land. It would use up to 1 gigawatt of electricity, enough to power a mid-size city, and bring in up to $13.5 billion in investment to the county.The project was immediately controversial. But its developers anticipated issues: T...