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Technology

  • By Anastasia Dawson
  • August 29, 2026
Pinellas County closes the door on large-scale data centers

County commissioners directed staff to draft a resolution reaffirming that standalone data centers are prohibited in unincorporated Pinellas, where industrial land is plentiful but space for new development is scarce.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 26, 2026
Naples medical device giant builds apartments to meet employee growth

Medical device manufacturer Arthrex is building a 41-unit apartment complex in the city to help new employees moving to the area.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
  • By Elizabeth King
  • August 20, 2026
Lakewood Ranch IT company acquires Venice firm

Four Winds IT has taken over Suncoast IT Consultants.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 17, 2026
Lakeland logistics company cutting 178 jobs in Plant City

Polk County-based Saddle Creek Logistics Services is laying off employees at its 1.2 million-square-foot County Line Road facility.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By None
  • August 10, 2026
Sarasota-Bradenton techies create food truck discovery app

Sarasota-Manatee food truck owners can post their precise locations, menus, specials and more on FoodTrukt.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • August 6, 2026
Hillsborough latest locality to take up ban on data centers

County leaders are looking to pass a moratorium on the facilities and want to study land use rules.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 29, 2026
Manatee County moves toward data center moratorium

Commissioners directed staff to draft legislation outlining a temporary moratorium on data center applications.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Louis Llovio
  • July 15, 2026
Jabil's board approves $1.5 billion share buyback program

The St. Petersburg company says after securing the authorization it will repurchase shares from ‘time to time.’

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 9, 2026
Sarasota County bans data center applications for one year

The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the 12-month moratorium on data center applications.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • July 1, 2026
Drones to deliver health supplies in Tampa Bay in 2027

BayCare is partnering with autonomous delivery service Zipline to use drones between health care facilities and eventually to patients’ homes in the Tampa Bay area.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 27, 2026
198,750SF Tampa office for lease as tech company Syniverse plans exit

The space in the city’s Highwood corporate park has become available as its current occupant Syniverse reportedly is leaving later this year or early next.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 26, 2026
Texas developer proposes multibillion-dollar data center to be built in rural DeSoto

A planned 1,315-acre data center campus is being designed to be sustainable with a power plant on site and for the use of reclaimed water to offset the effects on the community.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio
  • June 25, 2026
University of South Florida gets $1.5M for AI program

Tampa's ReliaQuest donated the money to expand the programs faculty and add a track in software engineering.

  • Commercial Real Estate
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 22, 2026
Rumble acquires AI company, splits business into two divisions

The publicly traded Rumble also rebranded itself as Rum Group Inc.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King
  • June 17, 2026
Sarasota cybersecurity company lands NFL team as client

Tenex is now the official cybersecurity partner for the Kansas City Chiefs.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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