None of projects the operator approved so far are in Indiana, but at least six in the state are eligible this round.

Henry County’s planning commission has approved a rezoning plan that could bring a large data center to the county. As IPR’s Thomas Ouellette reports, more than 100 people attended the meeting and were mixed on their views.

The line of concerned residents grew as the fire department capped attendance at an open-house meeting with developers and AES Indiana about a proposed data center in the southwest township.

The northern Indiana electric utility Indiana Michigan Power wants the state's permission to quickly acquire about twice as much electricity as it has now in order to serve AI data centers. Consumer advocates said that could cost more than $5 billion and it's not clear how much of the cost tech companies would pay.

Residents protested the proposed development last month. The company holds that the data center would benefit the neighborhood.

Tax breaks and affordable land have made the Midwest a data center magnet. Now, organized community opposition is making tech giants rethink their plans.

The utility did consider a scenario to serve data centers with all clean energy sources, but said it wasn't as cost-effective for customers.

Residents of Indianapolis neighborhood Martindale Brightwood and organizers from multiple community groups rallied Monday against a possible data center planned for development at the site of the former Sherman Drive-In theater.

After months of fierce debate, residents are “overwhelmingly joyful” after Google announced it will withdrawal a proposal to rezone nearly 500 acres Franklin Township for a data center campus.

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.