Data-center buildout in Indiana, as reported

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Oct 12	WFYI	Indiana approves AES plan to power Google data center in Monrovia↗ WFYI More coverage: Indiana Public Media Siting+, Approved or advancingPower and grid+, Approved or advancing	Indiana Morgan County, IN	us/in us/in/morgan
Oct 10	Hoodline	Indianapolis Forms $300K Panel to Rewrite Data Center Rules as Three Giants Already Won Approval↗ Hoodline Siting	City of Indianapolis, IN Marion County, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city us/in/marion
Oct 9	IndyStar	City forms data center advisory committee. Here's who will serve on it↗ IndyStaralso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: IndyStar SitingWater	City of Indianapolis, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city
Oct 9	Hoosier Enquirer	Indy Lines Up $56M in Tax Breaks for a 40-Job Data Center. Neighbors Asked for Moving Help and Got a No.↗ Hoosier Enquirer Siting	City of Indianapolis, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city
Oct 8	Chicago Tribune ($)	Northwest Indiana residents concerned about NIPSCO discharge permit↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Water	Indiana Town of Wheatfield, IN	us/in us/in/jasper/town/wheatfield
Oct 8	Mirror Indy	Residents leave data center meeting with more questions than answers↗ Mirror Indy Subsidies	City of Indianapolis, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city
Oct 8	WFYI	Fight over water for LEAP spreads to Hendricks County↗ WFYI Subsidies	Hendricks County, IN Boone County, IN	us/in/hendricks us/in/boone
Oct 8	South Bend Tribune ($)	Residents, political candidates share their thoughts on Microsoft MOU↗ South Bend Tribune ($) Water+, Approved or advancing	St. Joseph County, IN	us/in/st-joseph
Oct 8	Yahoo	Some Martindale-Brightwood residents continue to fight Metrobloks data center↗ Yahooalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: InkFreeNews.com · Indianapolis Business Journal Subsidies+, Approved or advancingSiting+, Approved or advancing	City of Indianapolis, IN City of Kokomo, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city us/in/howard/city/kokomo
Oct 6	WNDU	South Bend unveils draft data center framework, says neighborhoods must come first↗ WNDUalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: South Bend Tribune · InkFreeNews.com Subsidies−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	City of South Bend, IN	us/in/st-joseph/city/south-bend
Oct 6	Courier & Press	Evansville City Council passes data center moratorium↗ Courier & Pressalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Inside INdiana Business · WNIN · WFYI Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	City of Evansville, IN Vanderburgh County, IN City of Michigan City, IN	us/in/vanderburgh/city/evansville us/in/vanderburgh us/in/laporte/city/michigan-city
Oct 6	South Bend Tribune ($)	City, county officials respond to Amazon Web Services' NDA statement↗ South Bend Tribune ($) More coverage: Patch · TOKENPOST Water−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of South Bend, IN St. Joseph County, IN Loudoun County, VA	us/in/st-joseph/city/south-bend us/in/st-joseph us/va/loudoun
Oct 6	The Star Press	Op-ed: Delaware County needs a data center pause, more planning↗ The Star Press Siting−, Denied or halted	Delaware County, IN City of Muncie, IN	us/in/delaware us/in/delaware/city/muncie
Oct 6	WTHI-TV	Vermillion County commissioners reject data center moratorium in 2-1 vote↗ WTHI-TValso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: commercial-news.com Siting+, Approved or advancing	Vermillion County, IN	us/in/vermillion
Oct 4	WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN	Kokomo mayor details plans for data center campus↗ WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN Water+, Approved or advancing	City of Kokomo, IN	us/in/howard/city/kokomo
Oct 4	cnhinews.com	Air quality permits OK’d for generators to power Meta↗ cnhinews.comalso carried by 2 other outlets More coverage: greensburgdailynews.com Siting+, Approved or advancingPower and grid+, Approved or advancing	Indiana City of Lebanon, IN	us/in us/in/boone/city/lebanon
Oct 3	The Daily Reporter - Greenfield Indiana	Conversations and coloring pages: Developers conduct open house for proposed data center campus - The Daily Reporter↗ The Daily Reporter - Greenfield Indiana Water	Hancock County, IN	us/in/hancock
Oct 2	South Bend Tribune ($)	Amazon Web Services CEO announces no more NDAs with local governments↗ South Bend Tribune ($) More coverage: Hoosier Enquirer Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	City of South Bend, IN	us/in/st-joseph/city/south-bend
Oct 2	Patch	Amazon Drops Secrecy Agreements For Data Centers In Exchange For More Server Farms↗ Patchalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: Pasquale Pillitteri Water+, Approved or advancingSiting+, Approved or advancing	City of South Bend, IN	us/in/st-joseph/city/south-bend
Oct 2	Hoosier Enquirer	Evansville Votes Monday on 180-Day Data-Center Freeze — Permits Would Stop the Same Night↗ Hoosier Enquirer More coverage: Yahoo Subsidies−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Evansville, IN Vanderburgh County, IN	us/in/vanderburgh/city/evansville us/in/vanderburgh
Oct 1	Mirror Indy	Have questions about what’s next for the Metrobloks data center?↗ Mirror Indy Subsidies	City of Indianapolis, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city
Sep 30	South Bend Tribune ($)	South Bend Common Council votes for banning NDAs with data centers↗ South Bend Tribune ($) Siting	City of South Bend, IN	us/in/st-joseph/city/south-bend
Sep 30	The Butler Collegian	Irvington data center update↗ The Butler Collegian Subsidies+, Approved or advancing	Irvington, IN (named in coverage) Decatur Township, IN (named in coverage)	— —
Sep 29	Clinton County Daily News	Frankfort Council Approves DataOne Agreement After Hours of Public Comment↗ Clinton County Daily News Subsidies+, Approved or advancing	City of Frankfort, IN	us/in/clinton/city/frankfort
Sep 28	wowo.com	Interview: Jamie O’Brien On St. Joe Data Center Moratorium, Microsoft TIF Fight & Who Really Led the Ban | 9-25↗ wowo.com Subsidies−, Denied or halted	St. Joseph County, IN	us/in/st-joseph
Sep 28	Ars Technica	Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs↗ Ars Technica Subsidies	St. Joseph County, IN Indiana	us/in/st-joseph us/in
Sep 27	Chicago Tribune ($)	Hobart residents’ lawsuit seeks to stall data center project↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Power and grid	City of Hobart, IN	us/in/lake/city/hobart
Sep 24	thegleaner.com ($)	Local government shouldn't offer data centers tax breaks, E-REP says↗ thegleaner.com ($) Subsidies−, Denied or halted	Posey County, IN (named in coverage) Vanderburgh County, IN (named in coverage)	— —
Sep 23	InkFreeNews.com	French Company Plans $7.5B ‘AI Factory’ Data Center In Frankfort↗ InkFreeNews.com More coverage: Clinton County Daily News SubsidiesWater	City of Frankfort, IN	us/in/clinton/city/frankfort
Sep 23	Journal & Courier	DataOne hosts utilities, company partners to discuss Frankfort AI factory↗ Journal & Courier Water	City of Frankfort, IN	us/in/clinton/city/frankfort
Sep 23	Indiana Public Radio	Oops! We can’t find that one.↗ Indiana Public Radio Siting	City of Michigan City, IN	us/in/laporte/city/michigan-city
Sep 23	South Bend Tribune ($)	St. Joseph County Council votes 6-3 to begin data center ban process↗ South Bend Tribune ($) More coverage: South Bend Tribune Water−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	St. Joseph County, IN	us/in/st-joseph
Sep 23	WSBT	Republican county council members to introduce data center "balance" resolution↗ WSBT Subsidies−, Denied or halted	St. Joseph County, IN	us/in/st-joseph
Sep 23	WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN	Vote on Fort Wayne data center moratorium held for 3 weeks↗ WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, INalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: wowo.com · WBOI · Yahoo · InkFreeNews.com · +1 more Siting−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or halted	City of Fort Wayne, IN City of Evansville, IN St. Joseph County, IN	us/in/allen/city/fort-wayne us/in/vanderburgh/city/evansville us/in/st-joseph
Sep 22	wane.com	Council postpones vote on data center amendments↗ wane.com Siting	City of Fort Wayne, IN	us/in/allen/city/fort-wayne
Sep 22	Current Publishing	Zionsville Town Council approves moratorium on data centers, wind and solar projects↗ Current Publishing Siting−, Denied or halted	Town of Zionsville, IN	us/in/boone/town/zionsville-boone
Sep 22	Greensburg Daily News	Commissioners vote on data center moratorium↗ Greensburg Daily Newsalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: LPHeraldDispatch.com · Indiana Public Media · The Vindicator Siting−, Denied or halted	Decatur County, IN City of Michigan City, IN Owen County, IN	us/in/decatur us/in/laporte/city/michigan-city us/in/owen
Sep 22	South Bend Tribune ($)	Proposed 4,000-acre TIF explained by council candidates and experts↗ South Bend Tribune ($) Siting	St. Joseph County, IN	us/in/st-joseph
Sep 21	Chicago Tribune ($)	Hobart council approves $500 property tax credit for seniors↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Subsidies+, Approved or advancing	City of Hobart, IN	us/in/lake/city/hobart
Sep 21	IndyStar	Zionsville doesn't want LEAP's wastewater. But city leaders have little power to stop it↗ IndyStar Water	Town of Zionsville, IN	us/in/boone/town/zionsville-boone
Sep 21	The Daily Reporter - Greenfield Indiana	Data center committee issues final report, which county planning commission will consider Tuesday - The Daily Reporter↗ The Daily Reporter - Greenfield Indiana Siting	Hancock County, IN	us/in/hancock
Sep 21	Courier & Press	Vanderburgh County data center panel talking with utilities reps next↗ Courier & Press Water	Vanderburgh County, IN	us/in/vanderburgh
Sep 20	Chicago Tribune ($)	Hobart Mayor lauds windfall payments for Amazon data center↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Subsidies+, Approved or advancing	City of Hobart, IN	us/in/lake/city/hobart
Sep 19	WFYI	Irvington data center poses health concerns for school community — and could also impact enrollment↗ WFYI Siting	City of Indianapolis, IN Marion County, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city us/in/marion
Sep 18	The Chicago Crusader	Melton halts data centers for one year↗ The Chicago Crusader Water−, Denied or halted	City of Gary, IN	us/in/lake/city/gary
Sep 18	InkFreeNews.com	Fort Wayne Considers Pause On Data Center Development↗ InkFreeNews.com More coverage: The Journal Gazette Subsidies−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Fort Wayne, IN City of Gary, IN	us/in/allen/city/fort-wayne us/in/lake/city/gary
Sep 17	wthitv.com	There Are No Data Centers in Lawrence County... For The Next Two Years↗ wthitv.com More coverage: The Pantagraph Siting−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	Lawrence County, IL Crawford County, IN Sullivan County, IN	us/il/lawrence us/in/crawford us/in/sullivan
Sep 16	Journal & Courier	French company plans $7.5 billion 'AI factory' data center in Frankfort↗ Journal & Courier Siting	City of Frankfort, IN Clinton County, IN	us/in/clinton/city/frankfort us/in/clinton
Sep 16	Yahoo	Gary Pauses Data Center Development for a Year After Residents Raise Concerns↗ Yahoo More coverage: the indiana citizen Siting−, Denied or halted	City of Gary, IN	us/in/lake/city/gary
Sep 16	IndyStar	City approves $240 million tax break deal for data center owner↗ IndyStaralso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: WFYI Siting+, Approved or advancing	City of Indianapolis, IN Marion County, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city us/in/marion
Sep 16	South Bend Tribune ($)	South Bend mayor signs executive order prohibiting data center NDAs↗ South Bend Tribune ($) More coverage: Yahoo · wsbt.com · southbendtribune.com Siting−, Denied or haltedSubsidies−, Denied or haltedWater−, Denied or halted	City of South Bend, IN	us/in/st-joseph/city/south-bend
Sep 16	WTVB	Steuben County places six month moratorium on DATA Centers↗ WTVB More coverage: WTHI-TV Siting−, Denied or halted	Steuben County, IN Lawrence County, IN	us/in/steuben us/in/lawrence
Sep 15	KPCNews	Commissioners approve data center moratorium↗ KPCNewsalso carried by 1 other outlet More coverage: nwitimes.com · Inside INdiana Business Siting−, Denied or halted	Steuben County, IN City of Gary, IN	us/in/steuben us/in/lake/city/gary
Sep 15	Institute for Policy Studies	What Could Indianapolis Fund Instead of Giving Big Tech $395 Million in Tax Breaks for Data Centers?↗ Institute for Policy Studies More coverage: Inside INdiana Business · Mirror Indy · WTHR Subsidies+, Approved or advancingSiting+, Approved or advancing	City of Indianapolis, IN City of Indianapolis, IN	us/in/marion/city/indianapolis-city _merged_6827b5a7-71fa-484b-8f78-c3663d76696e
Sep 14	WITN	Evansville City Council to consider data center moratorium↗ WITNalso carried by 33 other outlets More coverage: KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE · KALB | News Channel 5 · FOX19 | Cincinnati · KOLO | 8 News Now · +2 more Subsidies−, Denied or haltedSiting−, Denied or halted	City of Evansville, IN City of Michigan City, IN	us/in/vanderburgh/city/evansville us/in/laporte/city/michigan-city
Sep 13	Chicago Tribune ($)	Activists raise concerns with NIPSCO Jasper County water permit application↗ Chicago Tribune ($) Water	Jasper County, IN Indiana	us/in/jasper us/in
Sep 12	Yahoo	Kokomo council considers data center zoning and 2027 budget in the coming days↗ Yahoo Siting	City of Kokomo, IN	us/in/howard/city/kokomo
Sep 11	WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN	IDEM approves Google’s latest request to fill wetlands for Fort Wayne data center expansion↗ WPTA | 21Alive | Fort Wayne, IN Water+, Approved or advancing	Indiana City of Fort Wayne, IN	us/in us/in/allen/city/fort-wayne

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