data centers

The number of counties with restrictions for data center developments is expanding. The policies range from bans and temporary moratoriums to regulatory ordinances to limit where the high-tech campuses can be built.

The companies and regulators say Google will pay all of the costs for the $737 million project, not existing AES Indiana customers. A consumer advocacy group is concerned that ratepayers could foot $74 million in transmission upgrades.

After more than a year of controversy around data centers, a new Marion County committee hopes to shape public engagement as it studies the high-tech developments and considers regulations.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and 22 other governors on Thursday signed onto President Donald Trump’s expanded pledge to protect utility customers from the cost of new, massive data center developments.

DC Blox is pledging to enroll in AES's green power program, use a closed loop cooling system and avoid drawing from groundwater.

A hearing examiner recommended approving DC Blox's proposed data center campus in Warren Township, clearing the project's first official hurdle.

As data center development continues across Indiana — drawing economic praise but growing concern over energy and land use — lawmakers advanced little legislation in the 2026 session to regulate the tech sector.

The recommendation follows months of pushback from residents who say the project would bring more industrial development to a neighborhood already burdened by environmental contamination.

Martindale-Brightwood residents are mobilizing against a proposed data center development they fear will worsen environmental pollution and repeat the historic Black neighborhood's long history of industrial exploitation.

Decatur Township residents says a new developer is trying to bypass the city council to bring in a data center.