Cielo Digital Infrastructure's data center plan in Haines City, Polk County, Florida, is on hold because the city does not have the water to serve it. The Texas-based company asked for up to 150,000 gallons of drinking water a day for a site near Marion Road and State Road 544 East, on top of Haines City's own pending request to raise its water permit to 16.42 million gallons a day. "No data center has even come before our commission to approve or not approve," Deputy City Manager James Keene said. Resident Jule Cortez said the area already lacks water, and a data center using 150,000 gallons a day "doesn't make sense." Cielo plans a 300-megawatt campus on about 74 acres there, DCD reported.
In Cherokee County, South Carolina, Cielo announced in June 2025 a $2.1 billion campus of four buildings at Ford Road in Gaffney, up to 300 megawatts at full build-out and due to begin operating by the end of 2028. Cherokee County Council finalized tax incentives but would not give their size or length. Resident Allison Tracy told the council, "This is not opposition to growth. It is a request for transparency in responsible decision-making." Ken Moon, executive director of the Cherokee County Development Board, said the project would generate roughly a third of the county's budget in taxes, and that future data centers would have to bring their own power.
Cielo, founded in 2023 and owned by the Texas investment manager Arroyo Investors, sold an earlier campus in Culpeper County, Virginia, to Edgecore. Its website has also listed projects in New Lenox and Minooka, Illinois; Clarksville, Tennessee; and Des Moines, Iowa, DCD reported, but two of those are disputed locally. At an August 2026 New Lenox village board meeting, Mayor Baldermann said there was false information that a data center was coming to New Lenox: "This is not true and we are not entertaining any data centers." And Clarksville Now reported in September 2026 that no data centers were proposed in Montgomery County, Tennessee, even as the county studied new zoning rules for water, electricity and noise.
Cielo Digital Infrastructure sites on record
Grouped by country, then by state or region, biggest first. Open one to see the projects there. The report above may name sites that have no record here yet.
United States7 · 2,200 MW
Illinois2
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure MinookaMinooka | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Proposed | 500 MW | |
| Cielo Digital Infrastructure New LenoxNew LenoxExact site not confirmed | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Not reported | 300 MW |
Tennessee1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cielo Digital InfrastructureClarksvilleExact site not confirmed | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Not reported | 350 MW |
Florida1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cielo Haines City Data CenterHaines City | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Suspended | 300 MW |
Minnesota1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cielo Digital InfrastructureChisagoExact site not confirmed | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Withdrawn | 300 MW |
South Carolina1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cielo Digital InfrastructureGaffney | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Proposed | 300 MW |
Iowa1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cielo Des MoinesDes Moines | Cielo Digital Infrastructure | Proposed | 150 MW |
Where this comes from
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