Several electric utilities in Indiana are looking to build new power plants to meet the huge energy demand from AI data centers — and that comes with a hefty price tag. The northern Indiana utility NIPSCO said setting up a separate company would protect its other customers from those extra costs.

The regional grid that serves Indiana needs more reliable energy, fast — so its grid operator is letting some power sources speed through its connection process.

A local fight over a proposed data center in Franklin Township reveals deeper tensions playing out across Indianapolis.

The Lilly announcement will extend an agreement aimed at accelerating medicine development and bolstering the workforce-talent pipeline.

The bill passed the Indiana Senate on Tuesday and now heads back to the House for consideration.

The Indiana House passed a bill on Thursday that aims to help ensure AI data centers coming into the state have the massive amount of power they need — primarily by subsidizing small nuclear plants and keeping coal plants online.

The bills would allow utilities to pass along some of the costs of developing small modular nuclear reactors to their customers — even if the plants never get built or completed. So far, none of the ones in the U.S. have.

A House bill, HB 1007, aims to help ensure AI data centers coming into the state have the massive amount of power they need — primarily by subsidizing small nuclear plants and keeping coal and natural gas plants online. Consumer and environmental advocates worry this could mean higher electric bills for Hoosiers.

Companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are building large data centers in Indiana for AI. Each one requires power 24/7 — and a lot of it. But Indiana utilities weren’t anticipating this when they made plans to get more power from sources like wind and solar. Data centers could delay utilities’ efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Purdue Professor William Watson explains about how AI could benefit teachers and students, the challenges it poses, and how it could transform the P-12 educational landscape.