The Indiana state treasurer is calling on federal regulators to review of the new acquisition deal announced to sell Indianapolis’s electric utility company to out-of-state investors.

Despite visible community opposition, a proposed 130-acre data center in Decatur Township cleared a key hurdle Thursday, moving one step closer to approval.

Indiana residents and environmental groups gathered at the State Library to urge lawmakers to regulate the state's rapidly expanding data center industry.

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.