Developers are promoting a 2,200‑acre site on Canoe Creek Road in Osceola County as a hyperscale data‑center campus, with CBRE listed as the marketing agent and Duke Energy slated to supply power.

The property, located at 5300 North Canoe Creek Road, Kenansville, Florida, is advertised for lease and development and spans more than 2,200 acres of rural agricultural land.

Local residents fear the project will erase the region’s agricultural heritage and damage wildlife habitats and water reserves that have already been pre‑permitted for industrial use.

Conservationist Angelo Chiarelli has documented rapid loss of forests and pastures, while small‑business owner Aaron Mick worries about increased traffic, industrial pollution and water depletion on his farm.

Florida’s Senate Bill 484, passed in response to concerns over large‑scale projects, bars utility companies from shifting data‑center costs onto residential ratepayers and keeps local governments in control of land‑use decisions.

Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith noted that utilities lack legal authority to impose data‑center charges on families, and Duke Energy has pledged to honor service commitments for approved economic‑development projects.

Osceola County commissioners hold the final authority to approve or reject the megaproject, and residents have organized opposition campaigns urging the board to block the development.