Indiana: data centers & your electric bill
The numbers residents cite at hearings — grid, water, and regulator contacts for Indiana, from the free GridWatch toolkit.
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As of July 2026 · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
Your regulator
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA Indiana electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Pushback already happening in Indiana
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrillville | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-05-31 | 1-year moratorium running Jun 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027 — council explicitly wants to watch the campus under construction in neighbouring Hobart before writing rules | Source read 2026-08-04 |
| Indianapolis | Local | Proposed | City-County Council voted 23-1 to advance a moratorium through end of 2027 to the Metropolitan Development Commission for final approval (vote scheduled Aug 19). Exempts three already-approved projects | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Jeffersonville | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-08-04 | 1-year pause, 8-0; does not affect the Meta facility at River Ridge Commerce Center, which operates under federal/state military land-use authority | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Warrick County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-07 | 180-day moratorium, unanimous; Area Plan Commission had separately tabled its data center ordinance in Jul and paused projects through Dec 2026 | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Boone County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-06-15 | 1-year moratorium in unincorporated areas, unanimous; 12th Indiana county to pause. Does not affect Meta's data centers (in incorporated Advance) | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Grant County | Local | Enactedexpires 2028-03-16 | 24-month moratorium; gives officials time to study zoning, land use, infrastructure, and gather public input | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Fayette County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-05-18 | 1-year pause; no local policy governing data centers existed. Consultant developing a framework for the Area Plan Commission | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Starke County | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-12-31 | 1-year moratorium on hyperscale data center projects (>5,000 sq ft) in unincorporated areas. Plan commission recommended a 1-year extension in Jul 2026 | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Marshall County | Local | Enacted | Permanent ban — replaced a temporary moratorium with a prohibition in the county zoning ordinance. One of two IN counties (with Cass) to outright ban data centers | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Cass County | Local | Enacted | Permanent ban on new data centers — one of two IN counties (with Marshall) to outright ban rather than pause | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Dearborn County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-25 | Up to 1-year moratorium on rezoning for data centers, commercial solar, and battery storage. 1,700+ petition signatures. No data center applications had been submitted at the time | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Putnam County | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-11-17 | 1-year moratorium on data centers, solar, wind, and SMRs in unincorporated areas, 2-1. ~100 residents packed the meeting. EnergyRe subsequently withdrew a 150 MW solar farm proposal | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| White County | Local | Enacted | Temporary moratorium on data centers. Prompted by a proposed project near Wolcott; residents cited water availability and transparency concerns | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Pulaski County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-02 | 12-month moratorium, APC recommended 5-0. Preemptive — no proposals submitted. County developing ordinance with setback, power, and water provisions. Extension reviewed Jul 2026 | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Fulton County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-03-03 | 1-year moratorium, 2-1. Triggered by proposed 500 MW / 300-acre Decennial Group campus. Data center study committee to examine economic and environmental impacts | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| Miami County | Local | Enacted | Moratorium on acceptance, processing, and approval of all data center applications and permits. Permanent zoning ordinance in development — public hearing scheduled Jul 20 | Source read 2026-08-13 |
| New Albany | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-07-16 | Up to 1-year moratorium on facilities/campuses >100,000 sq ft, unanimous. Study of infrastructure, utility costs, environmental effects, and neighborhood character impacts | Source read 2026-08-13 |
As of August 2026 · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
Known data center campuses in Indiana
| Operator | Location | Tenant | Filing LLC |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Carlisle | Land-acquisition shells: Jet Stream LLC, Sharka LLC | ||
| Meta | Jeffersonville | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
| Meta | Lebanon | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
| Microsoft | Northern Indiana (LaPorte) | Microsoft | Project-name / generic 'Holdings LLC'; less consistently codenamed |
| Amazon (AWS) | New Carlisle (Northern Indiana) | Amazon (AWS) | Vadata, Inc. — AWS's build/operating entity on many permits |
⏳ No verification date recorded · changes over months · Source: Operator ownership & filing-LLC naming patterns — compiled from operator releases and county filings, then checked against SEC EDGAR full-text search. Composite, not a single citation: look the entity up yourself before naming it in a filing
Each row carries its own attribution level — first-party rows come from the operator's own site, but colocation and REIT ownership was compiled from trade press and never passed an independent fact-check. Check the attribution column before citing a row.
Every data center already built in Indiana
The campuses above are the ones GridWatch tracks by operator and filing LLC. For the full inventory — street addresses of every existing facility, including the smaller colocation and network sites — DataCenterMap keeps a public directory for Indiana.
Browse the Indiana directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
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