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Data centers in Indiana
10 data centers and projects on our map in Indiana, including 7 projects we track in detail. Each one links to its source. Below: where they are by county, the projects in the news, and the latest reporting from both sides.
Latest news from Indiana
Supports the case for local October 13, 2026
The Fort Wayne, Indiana city council voted 4 to 4 on the proposed one year moratorium on new data centers, which killed the measure because a majority is required to pass. A companion proposal to create a data center task force also failed, 3 to 5. The sponsor had argued now was the right time to pause while the city studies impacts, while opponents said a broad pause could sweep in schools and hospitals.
Check it: A tie vote defeated the moratorium under council rules, and the Google Fort Wayne project already under construction was never covered by the proposal.
Supports the case against news October 12, 2026
The reporting examines how the 2023 Sackett v. EPA ruling narrowed federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction and let five Indiana data centers, including Amazon's Project Rainier in New Carlisle and Google's Project Zodiac in Fort Wayne, proceed without federal wetland permits that would have required broader review and public input. State level review still applies but has lower public engagement requirements. Amazon says it is restoring more wetland acreage than it fills at Rainier.
Check it: The permit shortcut is a federal legal change, not a state regulator decision, so Indiana rules still apply.
Supports the case for policy October 12, 2026
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission on October 7 unanimously approved AES Indiana's plan to build solar, battery storage and transmission to serve a planned 390 MW Google data center in Monrovia, with AES estimating about 1.3 billion dollars in infrastructure spending. AES and the commission said the deal is structured so that Google covers the costs and existing customers see projected savings of about 770 million dollars over the project's life.
Check it: Read the IURC order and the signed contract to confirm which costs are legally assigned to Google and whether the projected 770 million dollar customer savings depend on load levels that may not materialize.
Supports the case for news October 11, 2026
The report says Indiana's construction workforce has grown 37 percent in a decade to 181,300 workers in August 2026, Google expects to employ about 5,000 construction workers daily across three Indiana sites, Meta's Lebanon project expects 4,000 skilled workers at peak, and the Indiana State Building and Construction Trades Council added about 12,000 members in two years, with at least 18,000 members on data center projects in 2026. Industry leaders say the trades still may not keep pace with demand.
Check it: These are construction jobs that last the length of a project, not permanent operating jobs; ask how many of the 18,000 are still on data center sites in five years.
Neutral local October 9, 2026
The city announced that planning and consulting firm MKSK will lead a new committee set up to study data centers and propose regulations for future projects. The committee was created under a Marion County moratorium that pauses new data centers through the end of 2027.
Check it: A consulting contract and committee do not themselves set rules; watch what regulations the committee actually proposes before Marion County's moratorium expires.
Supports the case for policy October 6, 2026
The American Infrastructure Alliance, a coalition that includes OpenAI, QTS, SoftBank, Blackstone and seven unions, began its first state campaign in Indiana calling for statewide standards on noise, setbacks and ratepayer protection and against the growing list of local moratoria. The group commissioned an August poll showing roughly two thirds of Indiana residents hold negative views of data centers, with support for new facilities rising from 19 percent to 44 percent when the alliance's proposed guardrails are described. The alliance plans to extend the campaign to six other states.
Check it: The polling was commissioned and paid for by the alliance itself, which represents data center developers and the unions that build them, so treat the shift from 19 to 44 percent as advocacy funded.
Supports the case against local October 6, 2026
The Evansville City Council voted Monday evening to institute a 180 day pause on new data center applications within city limits while it studies impacts and considers zoning amendments. The city ordinance mirrors a Vanderburgh County measure adopted earlier this year. More than 20 Indiana cities and counties, including Indianapolis, now have some form of pause or ban.
Check it: The pause is 180 days and does not apply retroactively to projects already in the pipeline; whether it leads to permanent rules depends on what the council does next.
Cited by both sides local October 3, 2026
EQT Real Estate held an open house for its proposed Mt. Comfort Technology Park, a 130 acre campus northwest of Indianapolis Regional Airport with up to 3.1 million square feet across multiple buildings over phases from 2027 to 2030. The developer says it will pay for new power generation and transmission, use closed loop cooling with no groundwater wells, and projects 1,500 construction jobs and about 100 to 150 permanent jobs.
Check it: These are developer representations at an open house; what matters is what the final zoning and economic development agreements require, not the open house pitch.
Neutral local September 23, 2026
Fort Wayne City Council postponed action on Councilwoman Rohli Booker's ordinances that would establish a moratorium and a study task force on future data centers, sending the matter back to committee until mid October. The proposal, if adopted, would not affect the Google data center already under construction on Adams Center Road.
Check it: The vote is only delayed, not decided; the postponement resulted from procedural amendments to the underlying ordinance.
Supports the case against local September 23, 2026
The Fort Wayne City Council delayed a vote on a proposed one year data center moratorium by three weeks after more than an hour of debate over amendments. Councilwoman Rohli Booker's proposal would pause approval of new projects while the planning department drafts zoning, environmental and safety recommendations, and would not affect Google's existing Fort Wayne project. The matter returns in mid October.
Check it: Whether the moratorium passes in October and what if any exemptions the final version contains.
Supports the case against local September 22, 2026
Clergy from the We Make Indiana coalition asked St. Joseph County officials on Sept. 22 to push Microsoft into a legally binding Fair Share Agreement worth about one percent of project cost, potentially 30 to 40 million dollars a year for community programs. Microsoft has not committed to the proposal, first sent in May, and construction of the roughly 900-acre Granger site is expected to start this fall.
Check it: The Fair Share Agreement is a proposal from a coalition, not a government requirement. Confirm whether Microsoft responds and whether county or city officials attach any conditions before construction begins.
Supports the case against company September 21, 2026
Google filed a third air permit modification with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management to add 228 diesel emergency generators to the 174 already permitted at its Fort Wayne campus, along with additional fuel storage. Google says the generators are strictly for utility outages, while neighbors said the growing generator count raises air quality concerns.
Check it: Emergency generators are permitted under limited runtime hours. Actual air impact depends on how often they operate, which IDEM tracks through annual reporting.
Supports the case against news September 19, 2026
The story follows residents in Monrovia, in Morgan County, who say non-disclosure agreements signed by local officials prevented them from learning about a nearby data center before it broke ground. Industry representatives argue that confidential negotiations are standard for large siting decisions, and Indiana legislators cited in the story say they will revisit disclosure bills that failed in the 2026 session.
Check it: Confirm whether the NDAs were with a public body or a private economic development entity, since disclosure rules differ.
Supports the case against local September 18, 2026
Fort Wayne City Council is weighing a 365-day moratorium on city actions that could support new data center development, including annexations, property purchases, contracts and tax abatements. The Google data center already under construction in southeast Fort Wayne is carved out and would not be affected.
Check it: The measures were introduced but have not been voted on; the exemption for Google's project means the immediate blast radius of the pause is on future proposals.
Supports the case against policy September 16, 2026
Mayor James Mueller signed an executive order barring city employees and appointees from signing nondisclosure agreements about data center projects after council members learned two department heads had signed NDAs with Amazon. Mueller says the order takes effect immediately and future agreements must state they are public records. Council members separately introduced an NDA-ban ordinance for first reading September 28, which Mueller said he would veto as exceeding council authority.
Check it: Read the executive order text to see which contracts it covers and whether it applies retroactively.
Cited by both sides local September 16, 2026
The Indianapolis MDC unanimously voted 6-0 for a data center moratorium through no later than December 31, 2027, while separately approving a ten-year real property tax abatement and fifteen-year personal property tax abatement for what officials called the largest private capital investment in city history. The abatement covers a project vested before the moratorium.
Check it: The moratorium applies to new applications; the $240M abatement is for a project already in the pipeline, illustrating how grandfathered items proceed.
Supports the case against local September 9, 2026
Councilwoman Rohli Booker introduced two measures on September 8: a one-year moratorium on new data center construction that would exempt the existing Google site, and creation of a nine-member Community Infrastructure and Environmental Review Commission to study large developments. A rival task-force proposal was withdrawn in favor of Booker's package.
Check it: Confirm whether the ordinances passed on first reading and what the council's next hearing date is.