HostDime flagship data center (Eatonville)
HostDime is finishing a seven-story, 100,000 square foot data center on a former school site in Eatonville. It is more than a year late, and the town has fined it over $99,000.
Where things stand: Nearly done but over a year late. The town fines HostDime $250 a day; it planned to open in September 2026.
🕒 Latest update (Sept 1, 2026): Town Council put off a vote on doubling the daily fine until it meets with HostDime. Fines so far: $99,250.
What we know
- 📍 Where1000 Wymore Road, east of Interstate 4, on part of the former Hungerford school land, Eatonville, Orange County
- 🏢 CompanyHostDime
- 👤 Built forHostDime (rents space to customers)
❓ Still unanswered
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- Has the data center opened? 🙋 I'll find out
- How much power and water will it use? 🙋 I'll find out
🔎 What we checked
- Oct 8, 2026: We checked aerial photos: a tall building under construction stands on Wymore Road next to Interstate 4, on the former school land.
What happened so far
- July 2025HostDime missed its deadline to open; the town began fining it $250 a day.
- Sept 1, 2026Town Council put off a vote on doubling the daily fine until it meets with HostDime. Fines so far: $99,250.
Local votes and rules
📌 Other
The town has fined HostDime $250 a day since July 2025 for missing its deadline to open its data center. The council put off a vote on doubling the fine until it meets with the company.
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Where this comes from
- Eatonville puts off decision on higher fines for delayed data center · Central Florida Public Media · Sept 2, 2026
- Eatonville leaders may raise fines on unopened data center · Spectrum News 13 · Sept 2, 2026
- Construction continues on 95,000-square-foot data center in Eatonville, FL (1000 Wymore Road, east of I-4) · Florida YIMBY · Oct 8, 2026
- HostDime closes on land purchase from Orange County Public Schools in Eatonville (5 acres on the Wymore Road corridor next to I-4) · HostDime · Oct 8, 2026
- USGS aerial imagery of the site · U.S. Geological Survey · Oct 8, 2026
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