The worst kept secret in Indiana — Meta building a $10 billion data center campus in Lebanon — was officially unveiled Wednesday with complete details on water, electricity and community investments.

They are urging Mayor Joe Hogsett to stop a proposed 14-acre data center ahead of a critical rezoning hearing Feb. 12.

A Metropolitan Development Commission examiner is scheduled to decide whether to recommend the rezoning request for approval on Feb. 12.

Residents of the historically Black neighborhood have pushed back for months against the proposed development from Metrobloks, a California-based data center developer.

Federal officials ordered a temporary halt to planned shutdowns of two coal-burning Indiana power plants.

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.