Data Center Registry

Project Swan

Lakeland, Polk County, Florida

CancelledOpposedRecord updated October 2, 2026

Project Swan is a cancelled data center in Lakeland, Florida (Polk County), operated by Ryan Companies (end operator TBD). The public record puts it at 100 MW planned, 60.5 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator: Ryan Companies (end operator TBD)
Facility type: Data center
Location: 923 Wilkinson Road, Lakeland, Polk County, FL
Coordinates: 28.0305, -82.0054
Power capacity: 100 MW planned
Land: 60.5 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: Not established from a public source
Utility: Lakeland Electric
Power source: Grid
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: Opposed
Source confidence: Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

June 2026
Cancelled
Conflicting reporting. A 2026-06-03 city clarification (WUSF/LkldNow 'Still Active') said the applicant only withdrew from a June 3 Development Review Team meeting, not the application itself, after it was mistakenly marked withdrawn in the city's iMS system. But this 2026-09-01 piece states flatly the application 'had already been withdrawn in June' and that no data-center applications were pending when Lakeland passed its 1-year, 50MW-threshold moratorium on 2026-08-03. Recorded as cancelled on the more recent, more specific source. Source
2026
Proposed
600,000 sq ft / 3-building proposal at Old Tampa Hwy & Wilkinson Rd; zoning may prohibit and site needs annexation. Source: LkldNow

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Project Swan in Lakeland, Polk County, Florida is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. More than 50 residents attended the June 1, 2026 Lakeland City Commission meeting to oppose the proposed 'Project Swan' hyperscale data center, with 18 speaking against it during audience comments.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.

More than 50 residents attended the June 1, 2026 Lakeland City Commission meeting to oppose the proposed 'Project Swan' hyperscale data center, with 18 speaking against it during audience comments. Resident Magdalene DuPree called the project 'a bad fit' and objected to a facility 'extracting value from us.' A grassroots petition campaign and coalition rally pushed the City Commission to consider a temporary data-center moratorium. No organized support for the project was documented in coverage reviewed.

Source: FOX 13 Tampa Bay

Power and water

Bay News 9 (2026-07-06) reported that Project Swan would need about 100 MW, contingent on Lakeland Electric being able to supply it. The mayor said the utility's largest current customer is 18 MW.

The developer said water use would be limited to everyday operational needs, not server cooling. The cooling method was not identified.

Notes on the record

600,000 sq ft across 3 buildings on 60.5 acres (4 parcels, near 923 Wilkinson Rd). Zoning may prohibit the project, data centers are not in Lakeland's Land Development Code, and part of the site is unincorporated Polk County, requiring annexation.

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.

Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised

Which document closes each gap

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.

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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.

Cologix LAK1, Lakeland · Lakeland · Cologix4 mi · Operating · 6.375 MW
Centersquare Tampa TPA1 · Tampa · Centersquare22 mi · Operating
Flexential Tampa - North (TPA03) · Tampa · Flexential22 mi · Operating · 3 MW
Florida Ecopark AI Data Center Campus · Fort Meade · Stonebridge (via Florida Ecopark LLC; end tenant undisclosed)23 mi · Proposed · 1.2 GW · Contested
Cielo Haines City Data Center · Haines City · Cielo Digital Infrastructure24 mi · Proposed · 300 MW · Contested
AceHost Marion Mining Facility · Tampa · AceHost28 mi · Operating · 3 MW
H5 Data Centers Tampa (Franklin Exchange, formerly 365 Data Centers TA1) · Tampa · H5 Data Centers (HyscaleIX JV with Novacap)28 mi · Operating
Cogent Tampa Data Center · Tampa · Cogent Communications28 mi · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Swan data center in Lakeland?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Swan data center?

No lawsuit over Project Swan 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 Project Swan use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Swan 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 Project Swan, and how big is it?

Ryan Companies (end operator TBD) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 100 MW. The site is recorded at 60.5 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Swan," updated October 2, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/ryan-companies-project-swan-lakeland-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/ryan-companies-project-swan-lakeland-fl, retrieved October 29, 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.Hyperscale data center proposed for Lakeland · LkldNow · retrieved September 10, 2026
2.Project Swan: what is the proposed Lakeland data center? · WFLA · retrieved July 17, 2026
3.Polk County parcel/GIS record (parcel 232822091000000300) · Polk County GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026
4.Lakeland residents question environmental impact of proposed 'Project Swan' data center · FOX 13 Tampa Bay · retrieved August 19, 2026
5.After backlash over Project Swan, some call for data center moratorium in Lakeland · Tampa Bay 28 / WFTS · retrieved August 19, 2026
6.Coalition Rallies Against Lakeland Data Center Proposal · Lakeland Gazette · retrieved August 19, 2026
7.Lakeland, Florida just paused a 600,000-square-foot, 100-megawatt data center on a 4-3 commission vote · retrieved September 10, 2026
8.Data center developer addresses public as Lakeland considers moratorium · Spectrum Bay News 9 · retrieved October 2, 2026

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