Florida-specific news outlets
- Florida Phoenix — statewide policy and legislative coverage
- The Invading Sea — environmental and climate journalism
- Florida Politics — Tallahassee policy and legislative reporting
- WPTV (Palm Beach) — Project Tango coverage
- WPBF (Palm Beach) — local commission and zoning coverage
- WFLX / Fox 29 (Treasure Coast) — Okeechobee-area reporting
- WUSF Public Media (Tampa Bay) — environmental and water reporting
- WFSU Public Media (Tallahassee) — statewide policy and Florida public radio
- Tampa Bay Times — Polk County and central Florida coverage
- Orlando Sentinel — central Florida planning and growth coverage
- South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach
- The Lakeland Ledger — Polk County primary local coverage
- Treasure Coast Newspapers — St. Lucie, Martin, Indian River
- The Palm Beach Post — Palm Beach County county-level reporting
National and trade outlets
- The Washington Post — national data center grid impact reporting
- Reuters — corporate and utility filings, M&A coverage
- Bloomberg — utility, energy, and infrastructure reporting
- Data Center Dynamics — trade publication, project announcements
- Data Center Knowledge — trade publication
- Blackridge Research — project tracking and specifications database
- Baxtel / Data Center Map — geographic tracking of data center projects
- Holland & Knight and other Florida law firms — published legal analyses of state legislation
Government and primary sources
- Florida Senate — bill text, committee analyses, voting records (flsenate.gov)
- Florida House of Representatives — bill text and committee tracking (flhouse.gov)
- Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) — utility tariff filings and rate cases
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) — air permits and environmental impact filings
- South Florida Water Management District — consumptive use permits
- Southwest Florida Water Management District — consumptive use permits
- St. Johns River Water Management District — consumptive use permits
- Suwannee River Water Management District — consumptive use permits
- Northwest Florida Water Management District — consumptive use permits
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — power plant capacity, generation data
- U.S. Census Bureau — county population estimates (2023 ACS)
- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) — interstate transmission filings
- County Planning Departments — comprehensive plan amendments, rezoning applications, site plans (all 67 counties)
- County Property Appraisers — parcel data, ownership records
- Florida Sunbiz — corporate registration and ownership lookup
How we score counties
The Risk Calculator on this site uses a documented, weighted formula based on four factors: power availability (30%), water capacity (15%), land availability (15%), and current data center exposure (40%). Every input, weight, and modifier is published. Read the full Methodology page for details.
How we choose what to cover
We aim to maintain a county page for every active hyperscale or AI data center proposal in Florida — whether it's been announced, filed for comprehensive plan amendment, or formally approved. Our coverage thresholds:
- 50 MW or larger projects, OR
- 200 acres or larger sites with stated data center intent, OR
- any project drawing significant local opposition, county commission hearings, or news coverage
Smaller traditional data centers and colocation facilities (under 25 MW) generally fall outside our coverage, since they don't trigger the same infrastructure or community impact concerns. If you think we've missed a project that meets these thresholds, tell us.
Corrections policy
If you spot an error on a county page, in a risk score, or in a legislative summary, send us a correction request via our contact page. We verify against primary sources before publishing corrections. When we correct material facts, we add a dated correction note at the bottom of the affected page so the change is transparent.