[Watch] Data Center cross-corpus propagation watch

Minneola's Ordinance 2026-05 (Data Centers) — latest version dated May 19,
2026, on the June 1, 2026 PZC docket — is the corpus's first explicit
Data Center regulatory text amendment. The timing is structurally pointed:
Florida Governor DeSantis signed SB 484 (Hyperscale Data Centers) into law
on May 7, 2026, with primary effective date July 1, 2026. SB 484 explicitly
preserves local zoning and permitting authority — cities CAN deny data
center projects and CAN establish stricter local standards — but the
statewide regulatory frame is now anchored at the state level.
Minneola coding LOCAL data center standards in the 30-day window between
SB 484 signing and effective date is a Grandfather Window play:
establishing local on-the-books language before the state frame fully
activates. The pattern parallels the Recovery Residences SB 954 cross-
jurisdictional coordination (Clermont + Leesburg + Lake County PZB all
coded for SB 954 in an 8-week window). If Clermont, Lake County (Uninc),
Leesburg, Groveland, or any other corpus city files a parallel Data Center
ordinance within 90 days, the Recovery Residences Regulatory Pre-coding
pattern's mechanism is generalizable — and a new Data Center Defensive
Coding pattern crystallizes. Fort Meade's $2.6B data center approval
(April 15, 2026, Polk County / Haines City corridor) demonstrates the
pressure is real and corridor-adjacent.