Martin County: Silver Fox + the Tesoro Groves PUD

The entity behind the Silver Fox proposal is Silver Fox 606 LLC, a Juno Beach-based company founded in April 2025. The principal is Nelson Ferreira of Ferreira Construction. The project targets approximately 606 acres of mostly undeveloped land at 13820 Silver Fox Road inside the Village of Indiantown. The project name comes directly from the street. Unlike Palm Beach County's Project Tango — which relies on land first approved for commercial use in 2016 — the Silver Fox parcel was purchased in June 2025 for $17.5 million, well after the current wave of AI data center development began.

As publicly reported, the plan calls for more than 2 million square feet of data center building across four data center structures up to five stories tall, plus a separate AI lab. The developer has claimed approximately 400 jobs once complete — a figure that is itself the subject of debate in comparable proposals, given that operational hyperscale facilities typically employ relatively few on-site technicians and rely heavily on remote operations. Operator identity, cooling system, power source, and water plan have not been publicly disclosed as of April 2026.

Existing zoning in the area permits heavy industrial development, which is a significant procedural difference from projects that require comprehensive-plan amendments. That mattered while the application was live: Silver Fox needed no comprehensive-plan amendment, so it faced a shorter path than projects like Palm Beach County's Project Tango, which needed one and was ultimately denied 5–1 on July 15, 2026. Silver Fox never reached a public hearing. The applicant withdrew it before one was scheduled, and Silver Fox 606 LLC did not respond to interview requests from local news. The zoning that made the path short is still in place, and the entity still owns the land.

On April 16, 2026, the Village of Indiantown's Planning and Zoning Board approved a rezoning tied to a planned-unit development known as the Tesoro Groves PUD. The rezoning covers approximately 5,722 acres of recently annexed land north and south of Southwest Kanner Highway, west of Southwest Warfield Boulevard. Indiantown Community Development Director Deana Freeman emphasized that the action established a framework, not a final development plan — no buildings, tenants, or infrastructure capacity are reserved at this stage.

What makes the Tesoro Groves action relevant to the Silver Fox fight is that data center uses are explicitly listed among the permitted uses under the PUD framework. FPL representative Jaime Gentile told the board that the framework supports a range of light industrial and utility-related uses — electrical infrastructure, technology facilities, research facilities, data processing centers, and associated FPL utility operations such as substations, transmission, distribution, solar, and battery storage. The framework does not itself authorize a data center; any specific project would still require Village Council review and approval.

Residents at the hearing raised concerns about the types of development that would follow. Resident Linda Biscoe argued that power generation and data centers together would amplify impacts on water, noise, and community resources. Kloee Ciuperger, CEO of the Economic Council of Indiantown, argued the flexibility of the PUD would support the village's long-term economic goals. The Tesoro Groves recommendation still requires Village Council action to become final.