What Project Tango Actually Is

Site: 202 acres on Southern Boulevard in Loxahatchee, adjacent to the FPL West County Energy Center (3,750 MW natural gas plant). The site address is within the unincorporated western PBC corridor.

Owners: Two separate entities own different portions of the 202 acres — PBA Holdings (local group, led by Enrique Tomeu) and TPA Group (Atlanta-based, operating as WPB Logistics Owner LLC). Until recently both were pursuing a unified plan. They are now pursuing separate applications.

Original proposal (December 2025): 3.7 million square feet of data center, introduced to the public when developers sought to expand existing zoning. The December introduction triggered immediate community opposition — the public did not know data centers were planned for this site.

Scaled-back PBA Holdings proposal (current): Approximately 1 million square feet of data center space. This is the application going before the County Commission on July 15.

TPA Group separate filing (April 2026): 1.3 million square feet of warehouse-to-data-center conversion, filed separately and potentially subject to administrative approval — meaning it may not require a County Commission vote. This is the development that has most alarmed opponents, as it could expand the total data center footprint beyond what the Commission votes on July 15.

The Adjacency Issues: School, Homes, and the Arden Community

Saddle View Elementary School: The proposed data center site is proximate to the newly built Saddle View Elementary School. The Palm Beach County School Board voted in early June 2026 to send a formal letter to County Commissioners requesting a halt pending a comprehensive study. School Board member Marcia Andrews, who represents the area, stated opposition to siting a data center that close to a school.

Arden community: Arden is a newer residential community directly adjacent to the proposed data center site. Residents have been among the most organized opponents, citing noise, water usage, light pollution, and industrial-scale traffic as incompatible with adjacent residential living.

Petition opposition: Multiple petitions have accumulated 8,000+ signatures. Two opposition websites (notoprojecttango.com and stopprojecttango.org) and an active Facebook group have organized the opposition effort. The community response has been unusually high relative to typical PBC zoning hearings.

What Approval Looks Like for Surrounding Property Owners

If the County Commission approves the PBA Holdings application on July 15, the approved footprint is approximately 1 million square feet of data center — roughly equivalent to 18 Walmart Supercenters under a single roof in the middle of western PBC.

The operational implications for adjacent residential property: data centers generate continuous mechanical cooling noise, require significant water usage for cooling (the scale of demand has been a central community concern), draw heavy infrastructure traffic during construction and equipment delivery, and operate 24/7 with associated lighting and activity.

The TPA Group's separate 1.3M sq ft application adds up to a combined total of approximately 2.3M sq ft of data center space if both proceed — still substantially reduced from the original 3.7M sq ft proposal, but a significant industrial footprint in a corridor that is currently residential-adjacent acreage.

Property value impact: Industrial-scale data center operations adjacent to residential acreage have a documented negative effect on nearby residential property values in other markets where this has occurred. The magnitude depends heavily on proximity, orientation, and the specific operational characteristics. Properties 2+ miles from the site with no direct sight line or sound exposure are likely minimally affected. Properties within 0.5–1 mile with direct adjacency are the highest-exposure cases.

What Denial Looks Like

If the County Commission denies the PBA Holdings application, the PBA Holdings portion of Project Tango does not proceed under the proposed plan. However, the TPA Group's separate application — if determined to be administrative — could still advance without a Commission vote. Denial of one application does not automatically halt the other.

A full denial of both applications would leave the 202-acre site with its existing approved uses — warehouse and light industrial — which are less intensive than hyperscale data center operations but are not residential uses.

Brian Wilder's honest note: A clean denial that eliminates all data center risk for this site is the best possible outcome for nearby residential property owners. A partial outcome — Commission denial followed by TPA administrative approval — may provide partial relief but not full elimination of the data center scenario.

If You Own Property in the Western Corridor Right Now

• Within 0.5 miles of the site: The July 15 outcome is directly material. Brian Wilder is advising clients with this exposure on both hold and exit scenarios.
• 0.5–2 miles from the site: The outcome affects your market more than it affects your specific property. Monitor the July 15 result and the 90-day price data that follows.
• 2+ miles from the site: The data center story is context for your market, not a direct valuation driver. The western corridor's underlying fundamentals — no HOA, real land, Lake Okeechobee access — are unchanged.
• Buyers currently under contract on western PBC property: Verify your property's specific distance from the Project Tango site. If within 1 mile, understand the July 15 outcome and its implications before your inspection contingency period closes.