Google’s announcement comes about a month after it pulled its plans for a data center on the southeast side of Indianapolis amid heavy community opposition.
Property that formerly housed the Bargersville Flea Market could serve as an entryway for a larger mixed-use district offering restaurants, retail and residential components.
With both sides showing no signs of movement, it’s unclear how long the stalemate will last—even as hundreds of thousands of federal workers will miss another paycheck and states are sounding warnings that key federal programs will soon lapse completely.
More than half of the 25-member Indianapolis City-County Council signed a public letter opposing the proposed deal, saying AES Indiana “continues to fall short on service.”
The Shelbyville-based developer previously attempted a data center project in Hancock County, but withdrew that proposal earlier this year after receiving significant community pushback.
The proposed Ironstone at Hortonville would feature housing, shops, restaurants and recreational amenities in an area just off the city’s current northern boundaries.
If the data center operates at around 90% of its capacity over a full year, it would use nearly twice the amount of electricity used by all AES Indiana residential customers in 2024, according to federal filings.
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor and the Citizen’s Action Coalition both said a settlement plan over electricity rates between AES Indiana, the city and numerous large businesses was not acceptable.
The Indiana Office of Utility Consumer Counselor, which acts on behalf of utility customers, did not join the settlement. Neither did ratepayer advocacy group Citizen’s Action Coalition.
A second draft of an accountability system for Indiana schools was presented to the State Board of Education by Indiana Department of Education officials on Wednesday.
Over 100 residents of the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood and organizers from multiple community groups rallied Monday against a proposed data center development at the site of the former Sherman Drive-In theater.
The group’s union election is “delayed indefinitely” due to the government shutdown. Representatives for the 200 affected workers at Horseshoe Indianapolis say the casino has not agreed to proposed alternatives.
The former Indiana University guard was arrested this week by the Carmel Police Department on one count each of theft and fraud of amounts between $750 and $50,000.
Over the past several months, Indianapolis leaders have been staking colorful signs into the yards of city-owned vacant properties in what amounts to a promise to neighbors that they plan to put the properties back on the tax rolls.
Indiana’s hospital systems could face hundreds of millions of dollars in annual Medicaid reimbursement cuts if the rates they charge to employer-provided insurance plans are higher than thresholds set by Gov. Mike Braun’s administration.
