<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1zLi2G_1Gy4Kv7I00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1zLi2G_1Gy4Kv7I00" width="1280" height="720" >AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — Many Polk County residents are voicing their concerns about the site of a large-scale data center.A packed house Tuesday night. A few hundred Auburndale residents were worried for the future of their city.“The traffic, the water, the electric cost. What’s going to cost? It scares me that I thought about moving out of Florida because of it,” said Auburndale resident, Cherri Cox.Texas-based developer Hillwood submitted a proposal last week to put data centers inside these two warehouses on Pace Road south of Interstate 4. The land was purchased in December 2025.“We are concerned. we don’t know nothing about it and that’s the reason we are here,” explained David Shelton, a longtime Auburndale resident.Auburndale City Commissioners held a special meeting to address concerns. Many surrounding the use of power, water and noise.Hillwood Senior Vice President, Charles Carrell, said they designed the project to have fewer environmental impacts. That includes running a cooling system designed to use around 46-hundred gallons of water per day. That is less water than what was allocated by the former property owner.Per state law, Hillwood will pay all of the costs for the extra power. Hillwood also said the noise will be lower than comparable sized warehouses.“Noise at the property line will be less than the truck distribution facility, and at a level that is consistent with a quiet conversation,” said Carrell.Because the property is privately owned, city commissioners will not have a vote on the project. As long as developers get all of the proper permits, they will be allowed to build.</div></body>

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AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — Many Polk County residents are voicing their concerns about the site of a large-scale data center. A packed house Tuesday night. A few hundred Auburndale residents were worried for the future of their city. “The traffic, the water, the electric cost. What’s going to cost?...

Auburndale residents concerned about proposed data center

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