Farrah Anderson
Investigative Health ReporterFarrah Anderson is an investigative health reporter at WFYI and Side Effects Public Media. Most recently, she worked at Invisible Institute producing police accountability investigations in collaboration with Illinois Public Media and as a fellow with the Investigative Reporting Workshop in Washington, DC.
Farrah has published work with The New York Times, National Public Radio, The Intercept, The Appeal, Wisconsin Watch, and St. Louis Public Radio. She is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Central Illinois native.
Contact Farrah at fanderson@wfyi.org and follow her on X at @farrahsoa
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The Metropolitan Development Commission voted 6-1 Wednesday to approve a scaled-back data center campus on Indianapolis' east side in Warren Township. -
An Indianapolis City-County Council committee advanced a data center moratorium through 2027 after months of community pressure, sending the measure to the full council for an Aug. 10 vote. -
Indiana lawmakers and the federal government are tightening SNAP rules at the same time, and public health officials warn the combined effect will push more people off the program. -
The announcement from Indianapolis City-County Council President Maggie Lewis comes after months of protests at city meetings over data centers and calls from residents to pause approvals. -
DC Blox is scaling back its proposed east side data center campus — fewer buildings and generators, a bigger buffer — just before the Metropolitan Development Commission's July 15 vote. -
As Indiana courts large-scale data center development, nearly a third of its counties have enacted moratoriums, bans or new ordinances. -
Indianapolis does not currently have specific regulations for data centers — which have become a controversial issue, largely due to concerns about water and energy consumption. -
Officials are proposing stricter zoning rules for data centers in Marion County, increasing required distances from protected areas and lowering allowable noise levels after months of public opposition. -
DC Blox is pledging to enroll in AES's green power program, use a closed loop cooling system and avoid drawing from groundwater. -
New data from United Way shows 38% of Indiana households earn above the federal poverty line but still can't afford basic necessities like housing, childcare and food.
