Martindale Brightwood data center
Location in Marion County, from the facility's published coordinates. Imagery: USGS.

Martindale Brightwood data center, Indianapolis

proposed Campus

Operated by Metrobloks

Reported by press coverage: City weighs $56M in tax breaks for Martindale Brightwood data center - IndyStar

Land use jurisdiction: City of Indianapolis

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Measurements on record

Water and cooling

Water use not yet requested

No figure is on public record for this facility. Absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility.

The record that would establish it

Water supply (will-serve). not yet requested permitting path

How to read water figures

The same figure can read as large or small depending on the frame. A county comparison puts it beside documented local withdrawals; a national total would make any single facility look small. Cooling design matters as much as quantity, and water used to generate a facility's electricity is not included here. Full methodology

Cooling type not yet requested

No figure is on public record for this facility. Absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility.

The record that would establish it

Water supply (will-serve). not yet requested permitting path

How to read water figures

The same figure can read as large or small depending on the frame. A county comparison puts it beside documented local withdrawals; a national total would make any single facility look small. Cooling design matters as much as quantity, and water used to generate a facility's electricity is not included here. Full methodology

02

Permitting path

No approvals on record yet for any of the 12 path steps.

The generic United States sequence: local land-use approval with environmental review where a statute requires it, then utility service, construction permits, and operational air permits. States with an authored profile override this.

DateStepAuthorityInstrumentStatus
Site control (deed or lease) not yet requested
Environmental review
applies where a federal action or a state review statute applies
City of Indianapolis not yet requested
Land-use approval City of Indianapolis not yet requested
Rezoning
applies where the site's zoning does not already allow the use
City of Indianapolis not yet requested
Natural gas service
applies where the facility uses natural gas
not yet requested
Utility interconnection not yet requested
Wastewater service City of Indianapolis (sewer service) (municipal limits) not yet requested
Water service commitment not yet requested
Building permit City of Indianapolis not yet requested
Stormwater and grading
applies where land disturbance passes permit thresholds
City of Indianapolis not yet requested
Air permit for backup generators not yet requested
Public agreements and incentives
applies where negotiated with the host jurisdiction
City of Indianapolis not yet requested
Go-live not yet live

Steps without a record are shown as not yet requested or not on record: absence of a record here is a records gap, not a finding about the facility. An authority shown for an empty step is the body that would issue it. Some authorities are shown before any record exists, from mapped utility service areas or, for sewer service, from municipal limits; these carry a marker naming the basis.

Site control comes first in every path: a proponent must hold a deed, lease, or purchase option on every parcel of the site before it can apply. Parcel and ownership records have not yet been pulled for this facility.

About this path and the law behind each step: law.ungovr.org/compute/us

In the press

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Location and sources

Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Sources: amp.indystar.com · indianacapitalchronicle.com · indianapolisrecorder.com · www.aol.com · www.aol.com · www.aol.com · www.indystar.com · www.indystar.com · www.indystar.com · www.yahoo.com

Every record links to its source: public records, press reporting, and openly licensed datasets including Epoch AI, Wikidata, and US EPA. Full sourcing and per-source licensing: methodology · sources.