{"id":386579,"date":"2026-08-31T23:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386579\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T23:08:09","slug":"new-data-center-was-just-proposed-for-this-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/386579\/","title":{"rendered":"New data center was just proposed for this area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 Land in western St. Lucie County could become a data center, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/fortpiercefl-energovweb.tylerhost.net\/apps\/selfservice#\/plan\/076e0f8a-8569-48fe-8107-d4970af1cc3b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to a rezoning application<\/a> sent to the city of Fort Pierce.<\/p>\n<p>Willow Lakes LLC, the owner of 203 acres of land off West Midway Road and Interstate 95, submitted a rezoning application in June to change 174 acres to light industrial use to allow for a data center.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH BELOW: New 203-acre data center proposed in St. Lucie County<\/p>\n<p>Data center proposal: St. Lucie County residents react, officials weighs in<\/p>\n<p>The rezoning application said, &#8220;the applicant intends to develop a data center on the portion of the property to be zoned Light Industrial.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Parker Whiteside, who lives about a mile and a half from the property, said she values the quiet, open character of the area.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have a beautiful view all the time,&#8221; Whiteside said.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the potential data center, her reaction was immediate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hate that idea,&#8221; Whiteside said.<\/p>\n<p>The land was originally planned for the Koa Bay Surf Park Community, with developer Devcon Enterprises. <\/p>\n<p>Attorney Lee Dobbins, who represents Willow Lakes LLC, said those plans fell through after the property owner could not raise sufficient capital for the project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was looking at what else he could potentially do at the property,&#8221; Dobbins said.<\/p>\n<p>Dobbins said the landowner believes the property is well-suited for a data center, citing existing Florida Power &amp; Light transmission lines on the site and a man-made lake that could be used for a closed-loop cooling system.<\/p>\n<p>According to the rezoning application, the applicant requests the remaining 26 acres to be zoned general commercial, &#8220;intended for development for commercial retail uses, and could include a hotel, gas station and\/or restaurants\/fast food.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fort Pierce City Commissioner Michael Broderick said the proposal could be an appropriate use of the land, but he has conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Data centers are kind of the rage right now,&#8221; Broderick said.<\/p>\n<p>Broderick said he wants developers to demonstrate there will be no impact to groundwater, no impacts to user fees from power consumption and no noise pollution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they don&#8217;t, then I will not be supportive of it,&#8221; Broderick said.<\/p>\n<p>The rezoning application said that if rezoning is approved, the applicant intends to enter into an agreement with a partner company which would develop the data center. <\/p>\n<p>According to the application, &#8220;the partner company would need to submit to the City a site plan application for the proposed data center and obtain City approval of the site plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The application is scheduled to go before the Planning and Zoning Board on Sept. 17.<\/p>\n<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1788217689_786_.jpeg\" alt=\"REP_CARD_TYLER-HATFIELD_PORT-ST-LUCIE-_FS.jpg\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"720\"\/><\/p>\n<p>WPTV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. \u2014 Land in western St. Lucie County could become a data center, according to a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386580,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[154844,28,3886,171,173,172,1402],"class_list":["post-386579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-date-center","tag-florida","tag-fort-pierce","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news","tag-st-lucie-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}