Arcadia residents express concerns over planned data center expansion in DeSoto County

News Clip5:04WINK News·Arcadia, DeSoto County, FL·6/23/2026

Residents in Arcadia, DeSoto County, Florida are expressing concerns over a planned data center expansion. They claim the projected footprint for the high-tech data center is significantly larger than what they were initially led to believe.

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ARCADIA, Fla. (WINK) — Public records obtained by WINK Investigates reveal that a high-tech data center footprint planned for rural DeSoto County is projected to grow exponentially larger than what local residents say they were initially led to believe.