Data Center Registry
Cogent Boca Raton Data Center
Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida · All 14 Cogent Communications sites
Cogent Boca Raton Data Center is an operating data center in Boca Raton, Florida (Palm Beach County), operated by Cogent Communications.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Cogent Communications
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 5050 Conference Way North, Suite 100, Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, FL, 33431
- Coordinates
- 26.3928, -80.1097 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- October 2, 2026OperatingOperator lists this as a Cogent data center offering colocation. Source: Cogent Communications
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of October 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Cogent Boca Raton Data Center in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
The operator lists 10,011 sq ft with 42U cabinets and private cages, UPS and backup generator, and carrier-neutral colocation. Coordinates are PeeringDB's and approximate. This is a different site from Equinix MI3 on Conference Way South.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Equinix MI3, Boca Raton · Boca Raton · Equinixunder 1 mile · Operating
- 365 Data Centers Boca Raton (BC1) · Boca Raton · 365 Data Centers2 mi · Operating
- Volico FLL1 (500 Green Road) · Pompano Beach · Volico (Biznesshosting, Inc.)7 mi · Operating · 2 MW
- Flexential Fort Lauderdale (FLL01/02) · Fort Lauderdale · Flexential15 mi · Operating
- 365 Data Centers Fort Lauderdale (FLL) · Fort Lauderdale · 365 Data Centers15 mi · Operating
- Cloud South West Palm Beach 1 · West Palm Beach · Cloud South20 mi · Operating
- Project Tango AI Data Center Campus · Loxahatchee · PBA Holdings (end tenant undisclosed)24 mi · Cancelled · Contested
- Cogent Hollywood, FL Data Center · Pembroke Park · Cogent Communications28 mi · Operating
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Cogent Boca Raton Data Center in Boca Raton?
Nothing on record as of October 2, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Cogent Boca Raton Data Center in Boca Raton, Palm Beach County, Florida appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Cogent Boca Raton Data Center?
No lawsuit over Cogent Boca Raton Data Center appears in the record we track as of October 2, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Cogent Boca Raton Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Cogent Boca Raton Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Cogent Boca Raton Data Center, and how big is it?
Cogent Communications is the operator on record. We hold 14 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Cogent Boca Raton Data Center," updated October 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/cogent-boca-raton-fl.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/cogent-boca-raton-fl, retrieved October 11, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Cogent Boca Raton · Cogent Communications · retrieved October 2, 2026
- 2.Cogent Boca Raton facility record · PeeringDB · retrieved October 2, 2026
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