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.

Less than a week before a vote that could determine the fate of a controversial data center campus in southeast Indianapolis, the local school district has come out in support of Google's plan.

The City-County Council will hear from both residents and Google on Sept. 22 before deciding the project’s future.

Shouts of “Sellouts!” and loud boos erupted inside the City-County Building on Wednesday after Indianapolis development officials voted 8-1 to advance Google’s plan for a massive data center in Franklin Township.

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.

The name of the tech company behind a proposal to build a massive data center in Franklin Township has been hidden from the public. But new documents obtained by WFYI name the company behind the proposal.

The proposal now heads to the full Metropolitan Development Commission, which will vote on the controversial rezoning request.

Non-disclosure agreements could influence what is being disclosed to the public about a proposed data center that would rezone hundreds of acres in Franklin Township.