Central Park Commerce Center
Community Information & Project Overview

Overview

The Central Park Commerce Center is a planned site along Southern Boulevard in western Palm Beach County, next to the FPL West County Energy Center, that has been permitted and approved for industrial and employment uses since 2016. The data center (known as Project Tango in county application documents) would operate within that approved use and serve as part of the region's growing digital infrastructure.

Data centers are technology facilities that store and process digital information. They are essentially buildings full of computers, along with electrical, security and cooling infrastructure. They support services people rely on every day, including:

They operate mostly indoors and do not involve manufacturing, retail activity, or public access. Detailed design and engineering plans are underway to minimize offsite impacts, especially sound.

All development on the site must meet strict county regulations for safety, environmental protection, traffic, sound, and design, including the data center operations.

Location

Location: Central Park Commerce Center, along Southern Boulevard

Total Site Area: Approx. 202.7 acres

Surrounding Context:

Current activity on the site:

Appearance

Appearance and View:

The facilities are designed to resemble modern office or business buildings rather than traditional industrial structures.

Planned characteristics:

Lighting will be shielded and directed downward to reduce nighttime visibility.

Quiet Operations

What Will The Data Center Sound Like?

Comparable to:

Must meet Palm Beach County noise standards at all times.

Water Use

The Facility Is Designed To Use Water Efficiently

The Project Tango data center will use a closed-loop cooling system that recirculates the same water repeatedly.

Annual Water Use

Like many mechanical systems, the closed loop system requires an initial one-time water fill when the system is first commissioned. After startup, the system largely reuses the same water.

Ongoing potable water demand is expected to be limited primarily to normal employee uses such as restrooms and sinks.

Estimated potable water use for the data center facilities at full buildout is about 5,000 gallons per day or 1.825 million gallons annually. For comparison, the Arden community uses about 500,000 gallons per day or 182.5 million gallons of water annually.

In other words, Arden uses about 100 times more potable water than the data center.

Stormwater Management & Protection

Power And Energy

Power will be provided by Florida Power & Light under a special large-load rate structure that requires major energy users to fund any infrastructure needed to support their operations and pay for all power to be used.

This structure is designed to protect existing residential and business customers from rate increases related to the project.

Any new electric infrastructure needed to serve the Central Park Commerce Center (Project Tango) will be 100% funded by the project.

Traffic

Data centers generate very little daily traffic.

Typical operations involve:

Once operational, the facility is not expected to significantly affect neighborhood traffic.

A new entrance from Southern Boulevard has already been constructed to safely access the site, with additional turning lanes, and a commitment to install a traffic signal once warranted.

Safety And Environmental Protection

Data centers are low-impact industrial uses.

Safety features include:

Only small amounts of regulated materials, such as cooling chemicals, may be stored, and these are subject to state and federal safety rules.

Data center operations do not produce emissions.

Based on the regional substations and electrical infrastructure adjacent to the site, along with the FPL West County Energy Center, and the resulting redundancy, backup power generation is not expected to be needed, but if needed, it will be battery or natural gas.

Why This Location?

The location offers key advantages for a technology facility:

These factors help ensure reliable operation while minimizing impacts on surrounding communities.

What Could Be Built Here Otherwise?

Under current zoning, the property could be developed with other industrial uses, including:

Industrial activities currently on site (the asphalt plant and concrete plant) would be removed as development occurs.

Community And Economic Benefits

The Central Park Commerce Center (Project Tango) is expected to:

Data centers require fewer public services than many other industrial uses.

What Happens Next?

Before construction can begin, the project must complete a detailed review process involving multiple County departments and regulatory agencies.

After approvals are obtained:

Community input will continue to be part of the process.