Indiana: data centers & your electric bill
As of October 1, 2026, AI GridWatch tracks 23 data center moratoriums or pushback actions in Indiana: 21 in force, 2 proposed. The state has 85 tracked data center facilities using an estimated 2.0 TWh of electricity a year.
Everything GridWatch tracks in Indiana on one page — proposed projects, moratoriums, permits, officials, and the 2026 ballot.
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As of July 2026 (3m ago) · 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).
1Proposed data centers in Indiana (18)
6 still live · 12 decided or withdrawn. Each name links to the full dossier — ownership, intelligence log, and where to read the paper trail.
| Project | Where | Size | Behind it | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Posey County data center (Boberg/Hoenert Roads) | Posey County (Boberg & Hoenert Roads, near Mount Vernon) | — | — | Awaiting decision | Source read 2026-08-14 |
| Wolcott Data Center (Mid-America Commerce Park) | White County | 322 ac | Blue Ladder Development | Awaiting decision | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Meta Jeffersonville | Jeffersonville | 178 MW | Meta | In review | Source read 2026-08-14 |
| Project Zora | Warrick County (reclaimed mine land) | 300 ac | — | In review | Source read 2026-08-14 |
| Meta Lebanon / LEAP Data Center Campus | Boone County | 1,000 MW | Meta | Proposed | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Recore Digital AI data center inquiry | Grant County | — | Recore Digital | Rumored | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| DC Blox Warren Township (Thunderbird Commerce Center) | Warren Township (Indianapolis) / Irvington | — | DC Blox | Approved | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Metrobloks Martindale-Brightwood | Martindale-Brightwood (Indianapolis) | 14 ac | Metrobloks | Approved | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Sabey Decatur Township | Decatur Township (Indianapolis) | 250 MW | Sabey Data Centers | Approved | Source |
| Microsoft La Porte | La Porte | — | Microsoft | Under construction | Source |
| AWS Northern Indiana expansion (New Carlisle) | New Carlisle (St. Joseph County) | 2,400 MW | Amazon (AWS) | Source read 2026-08-14 | |
| Anthropic-Amazon New Carlisle | New Carlisle | 910 MW | Amazon | Source read 2026-08-14 | |
| Google Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne | — | Source read 2026-08-14 | ||
| Abei Energy data center proposal (rezoning request) | Starke County | — | Abei Energy (data center division) | Blocked by ban | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Cloverdale Solar Farm (EnergyRe) | Putnam County | 150 MW | EnergyRe | Withdrawn | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Decennial Group Akron Data Center Campus (proposed) | Fulton County (Akron) | 500 MW | Decennial Group | Blocked by ban | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Manchester Township Solar Farm (proposed) | Dearborn County | 1,200 ac | Linea Energy | Blocked by ban | Source read 2026-09-02 |
| Project Riverjump (Marion) | Marion (Grant County) | — | — | Withdrawn | Source read 2026-09-02 |
2Pushback already happening in Indiana
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrillville | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-05-31 | 1-year moratorium (Jun 1, 2026 to May 31, 2027) adopted at the Town Council's May 26, 2026 meeting, citing four developers who had already approached the town. Council President Rick Bella said the town is watching the AWS/"Hobart Devco" campus under construction in neighboring Hobart before writing its own rules. A widely syndicated report of a further 6-month extension (~Jul 2026) could not be traced to a verifiable source | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Indianapolis (Marion County) | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-12-31 | Council President Maggie Lewis (District 5) authored and sponsored the moratorium, announcing it Jul 10 and introducing it to committee Jul 13. The City-County Council advanced it 23-1 on Aug 10 (lone no: Michael-Paul Hart, District 20, whose district includes the DC Blox site) and the Metropolitan Development Commission gave final 6-0 approval Aug 19 as a zoning-ordinance amendment, through Dec 31, 2027. State law protects three already-approved projects, which are NOT paused — DC Blox (Warren Twp), Metrobloks (Martindale-Brightwood) and Sabey (Decatur Twp). A committee will study campus size, building height, environmental impact and sound levels before the pause lifts. Marion County and Indianapolis are one jurisdiction under Unigov | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Jeffersonville | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-08-04 | City Council voted 8-0 on Aug 4, 2026; the administration's original ordinance set a 6-month pause, and at-large member Jacky Snelling moved to extend it to a full year before passage. City Attorney Les Merkley told the council Indiana law does not allow an outright ban, only regulation, so the Plan Commission is drafting data-center standards for the city's Unified Development Ordinance during the pause, targeting adoption before Jan 1, 2027. District 1's Dustin White proposed a River Ridge-coterminous data-center overlay district as one option. Does not affect the Meta facility at River Ridge Commerce Center, where the River Ridge Development Authority — not the city — holds land-use authority under a decades-old interlocal agreement rooted in the site's history as the former Indiana Army Ammunition Plant | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Warrick County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-07 | 180-day moratorium, unanimous vote by the three-member Board of Commissioners on Aug 11, 2026 at the Friedman Park Event Center after expected turnout outgrew the usual meeting room. Originated as a recommendation from the Area Plan Commission's Jul 13 hearing, where the APC tabled its own draft ordinance (which would have barred data centers over 40,000 sq ft) for further study and instead recommended a temporary halt. No permit application had been filed for Project Zora as of the vote, and commissioners had declined to sign an NDA with the developer | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Boone County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-06-15 | 1-year moratorium in unincorporated areas, unanimous (Ordinance 2026-08); 12th Indiana county to pause. Does not affect Meta's $10B LEAP campus, which sits on land annexed into the City of Lebanon, not unincorporated county land | SourceOfficial read 2026-09-02 |
| Grant County | Local | Enactedexpires 2028-03-16 | Ordinance 4-2026: 24-month moratorium on improvement-location permits for data centers in unincorporated Grant County, unanimous (3-0), or until the Area Plan Commission's data center zoning amendments are adopted, whichever comes first. Does not bind Marion, Gas City or other incorporated towns. An APC subcommittee finished its first review of a draft ordinance in Aug 2026 | SourceOfficial read 2026-09-02 |
| Fayette County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-05-18 | Commissioners approved the ordinance May 5, 2026, effective May 18, contingent on the City of Connersville adopting the same measure (the county and city share an Area Plan Commission) at its own May 18 meeting. Economic-development CEO Brad Colter told commissioners there was no data-center deal, NDA or discussion in place for the county, and backed the pause so the APC could commission an impact study and draft zoning standards; Commissioner Dale Strong said it "will give the Planning Commission time to develop appropriate zoning regulations." Preemptive — no local data-center policy existed before this | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Starke County | Local | Enactedexpires 2026-12-15 | Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance 2025-37 by a 3-0 vote on Dec 15, 2025, on the Plan Commission's Dec 4 favorable recommendation, barring building permits, improvement-location permits and site-plan applications for hyperscale data centers (>5,000 sq ft) in unincorporated Starke County for 12 months. Prompted by a Chicago-based firm's Nov 2025 inquiry about rezoning two parcels for a data center. No extension has been adopted. Instead the Plan Commission voted Aug 12, 2026 to send Resolution 2026-PC-15, a zoning amendment to define and prohibit commercial data centers, to a public hearing on Oct 14, 2026 | SourceOfficial read 2026-09-29 |
| Marshall County | Local | Enactedno end date — permanent | Permanent ban — the Board of Commissioners replaced an earlier temporary moratorium (adopted around Jan 2025, reportedly the first in the state) with a prohibition on "Data Processing" uses in the county zoning ordinance. Commissioner Jesse Bohannon said no company had actually proposed a project in Marshall County — the ban followed concern after Amazon and Microsoft campuses were built in neighboring St. Joseph and La Porte counties. Same day, commissioners also adopted a battery-storage setback ordinance and advanced a solar-farm acreage cap. No exact ordinance number could be confirmed from a public source; do not publish one without verifying it | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Cass County | Local | Enactedno end date — permanent | Board of Commissioners adopted Ordinance Comm-Ord-2026-08 on Apr 21, 2026, on the Plan Commission's favorable recommendation from an Apr 7 hearing. The ordinance amends the zoning ordinance's district-use table to mark "Data Processing" a prohibited use in every district — Agricultural, Residential, Business, Industrial and Commercial General — a permanent ban, not a time-limited pause. All three commissioners (Ruth Baker, president; Mike Deitrich; Roger Spencer) signed it, 3-0. No named company or project triggered it. "Cass County" + "data center" news searches are dominated by an unrelated fight in Cass County, Michigan — do not conflate the two | SourceOfficial read 2026-09-02 |
| Dearborn County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-25 | Up to 1-year moratorium on processing rezoning applications for commercial solar, battery storage (BESS), and data centers, adopted Feb 25 and effective Feb 26, 2026. Prompted by 1,700+ petition signatures against Linea Energy's roughly 1,200-acre solar proposal for Manchester Township; no data center application had been filed. The county is drafting a solar ordinance first and has paused data-center/BESS ordinance work until that's done; a 7-member citizen advisory committee (26 applicants for 6 seats) formed in May 2026 to advise on the solar rules | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Putnam County | Local | Enactedexpires soon — 2026-11-17 | 1-year moratorium on data centers, solar, wind, and SMRs in unincorporated areas, adopted 2-1 (Beck and Helmer for; Woodall opposed — his stated reasoning wasn't individually reported). ~100 residents packed the meeting after EnergyRe's revised application for a 150 MW solar farm near Cloverdale (cut from 200 MW / ~2,000 acres, with 500-ft setbacks added). Commissioner Beck framed the pause as a chance to rewrite the county's Unified Development Ordinance. Primarily a solar fight — no distinct data-center proposal has surfaced for Putnam County — with data centers, wind and SMRs bundled in preemptively. EnergyRe subsequently withdrew the solar filing | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| White County | Local | Enactedexpires soon — 2026-10-20 | 12-month moratorium on new data center development in unincorporated White County, adopted 2-1 (Davis and Pass for; Smolek dissenting, saying a development agreement wasn't imminent and the county still owed follow-up on an earlier wind/solar pause). Prompted by Blue Ladder Development's proposed data center at Mid-America Commerce Park in Wolcott (roughly 184-300 acres, up to four data halls), which had seen repeated rezoning delays; residents cited water, land-use and transparency concerns. A same-named "White County" moratorium with different commissioner names found in search is almost certainly a different state's White County — not this one | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Pulaski County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-02-02 | 12-month moratorium, unanimous, after the Advisory Plan Commission recommended it 5-0 on Jan 26, 2026. Preemptive — no proposal had been submitted as of the vote. Commissioner Jennifer Knebel cited the strain of the ongoing Mammoth Solar project as a reason for the pause; Commissioner Don Street said he'd hear a proposal if one came and wants the eventual ordinance to cover setbacks, power and water. A search-engine claim of a Jul 2026 extension vote could not be traced to any real article or county record and is not included here — treat the moratorium as running through approximately Feb 2, 2027 absent primary-sourced confirmation otherwise | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Fulton County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-03-02 | The Area Plan Commission recommended the moratorium 6-1 on Feb 10, 2026 at a standing-room-only hearing; the Board of Commissioners adopted a 1-year pause 2-1 on Mar 2. Commissioner Dave Sommers cast the dissenting vote ("I've got to represent 20,000 people, not just 2,000"); Bryan Lewis and Rick Ranstead voted yes. Triggered by Decennial Group's proposed ~500 MW / 300-acre campus near Akron, presented to 40+ residents at a contentious Feb 4 open house before any site or tenant was named. A data-center review committee formed during the pause to study impacts and draft zoning; no source confirms its final recommendations or a follow-on vote | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Miami County | Local | Enactedterm not documented | Moratorium on accepting, processing and approving all data center applications and permits, adopted May 4, 2026 on the Plan Commission's Apr 8 favorable recommendation. No named company drove it — an earlier, unnamed proposal "fell through" per the county's own account, and residents' stated concern was mainly proximity to Boone County's Meta campus. A permanent zoning ordinance (draft standards: 2.5-mile setback from residences, 5,000-ft general setback, per Plan Administrator Corey Roser) was set for final consideration Jul 20, 2026, but no source confirms whether commissioners adopted, revised or tabled it — the ordinance's terms and the moratorium's current status are unconfirmed pending that | SourceOfficial read 2026-09-02 |
| New Albany | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-07-16 | Up to 1-year moratorium on data center campuses over 100,000 sq ft, citywide and in the 2-mile fringe planning jurisdiction. Proposed by Mayor Jeff Gahan on Jun 9, 2026, advanced by the Plan Commission Jun 23, and adopted unanimously by the Common Council Jul 16. Study covers infrastructure, utility costs, environmental effects and neighborhood character, feeding into the city's Comprehensive Plan. No company had applied in New Albany at adoption — proactive, driven by regional pressure from the Louisville-area boom (Meta's ~700,000 sq ft facility at River Ridge in neighboring Jeffersonville, and a proposed Shadow Lake Business Park project in Charlestown) | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Howard County | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-08-18 | 1-year permit moratorium in unincorporated Howard County, adopted unanimously (3-0) after the Plan Commission's nearly unanimous favorable recommendation. County Attorney Alan Wilson introduced it, saying the zoning ordinance doesn't cover data centers and stating plainly at adoption: "No one is coming. There are no applications pending." Commissioner Brad Bray volunteered to chair a study committee after public pressure; the pause may lift early once rules are drafted or be extended if needed. Separate from the City of Kokomo's own track, where the Common Council rejected a moratorium and is instead advancing a zoning ordinance for a 700-acre annexed industrial park (final vote expected Sep 14, 2026) | SourceNews read 2026-09-02 |
| Elkhart | Local | Enactedexpires 2027-12-31 | Moratorium on data centers and battery storage facilities through Dec 31, 2027 (unanimous 9-0). City will not accept applications while it conducts impact studies on noise, water, and electricity demand. | SourceNews read 2026-09-06 |
| Michigan City | Local | Proposedterm not documented | First reading held Sep 1, 2026; no action taken. Council considering indefinite moratorium as Google builds $832M data center. Strong resident support. | SourceNews read 2026-09-06 |
| Vermillion County | County | Proposedterm not documented | Commissioners dismissed a proposed data center ordinance in Aug 2026. Board said county remains open for business but wants time to establish reasonable parameters. One-year moratorium mentioned as possibility but not enacted. 508-MW battery project planned in county. | SourceNews read 2026-09-06 |
| Clark County | County | Enactedterm not documented | One-year moratorium to study and review potential zoning amendments. Planning director working with five jurisdictions developing DC regulations. Commissioner noted expectation of state-level legislation. | SourceNews read 2026-09-06 |
| Clarksville | Town | Enactedno end date — permanent | Permanent ban on data centers; town council updated ordinances to prohibit data center facilities. | SourceNews read 2026-09-11 |
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · 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.
3Other Indiana communities in the news (1)
Places with archived data-center coverage but no moratorium on file. Grouped automatically from headlines and not verified — a lead worth reading, not a claim to cite.
- Bristol — 9 archived headlines
4Known 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.
5Every 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.
6What Indiana's own study found
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Grid & Water Studies (2026)
Indiana General Assembly / IURC (HB 1245)
Administrative mandates on ratepayer protection, utility load forecasts, and local water inventory reviews.
- Ratepayer Cost-Shifting: House Bill 1245 was introduced in the 2026 session to mandate that the IURC study how data center demand affects retail electric rates, ensuring residential users do not subsidize transmission expansions.
- Statewide Water Inventory: Due to significant Meta ($10B in La Porte) and Amazon ($15B in Lebanon) campuses, the state is currently building a statewide water inventory by end of 2026 to monitor large industrial draws.
- County-Level Moratoriums: Due to perceived gaps in state environmental oversight, multiple Indiana counties and cities (including Indianapolis) have enacted temporary data center construction moratoriums to protect local resources.
Read the report · read 2026-08-13
7Your 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.
8Where the Indiana paper trail lives
Air & environmental permits: Indiana IDEM — Office of Air Quality
Searchable register: IDEM Virtual File Cabinet — a public database you can search by facility or permit number.
Grid interconnection queue: MISO (Midwest & Gulf) · PJM Interconnection (Mid-Atlantic, Ohio Valley)
A routing hint only — several states are split between markets, and the serving utility is the only authority on which queue a given site is in.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records.
9Eagle Creek Township — Lake County Council
Meets: See the county's published meeting schedule. · Lake County Government Center, Crown Point, IN
Public comment: See the county's published agenda for the public-comment process for a specific meeting.
Source: https://lakecountyin.gov/departments/eagle-creek-township · as of 2026-08-12
10Posey County — Board of Commissioners
Meets: 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 9:00 a.m. · Hovey House, Posey County, IN
Public comment: See the county's published agenda for the public-comment process for a specific meeting.
Source: https://www.14news.com/2026/07/21/amidst-data-center-concern · as of 2026-08-12
11Martindale-Brightwood — Metropolitan Development Commission (Indianapolis)
Meets: See the Indianapolis MDC's published meeting schedule. · Indianapolis, IN
Public comment: See the MDC's published agenda for the public-comment process for a specific meeting.
Source: https://www.wfyi.org/wfyi-news/2026-05-12/martindale-brightw · as of 2026-08-12
12Bristol — Town Council
Meets: See the town's published meeting packets. · Bristol, IN
Public comment: See the town's published agenda for the public-comment process for a specific meeting.
Source: https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/bristol-counc · as of 2026-08-12
13Grant County — Grant County Board of Commissioners
Meets: 1st and 3rd Monday, 10:00 a.m. (following Tuesday when Monday is a holiday) · Council Chambers, Grant County Complex, 401 S. Adams Street, Marion, IN 46953
Public comment: Every regular session ends with a public-comments item and the minutes record speakers by name and town. Meetings stream on Webex (see the county page for the access code) and past sessions are on the Grant County Government YouTube channel. Special meetings are posted on the county building doors 48 hours ahead.
Source: https://www.in.gov/counties/grant/county-offices/commissione · as of 2026-09-02
14Merrillville — Merrillville Town Council
Meets: Bi-monthly Council Meetings on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 6:30 pm; a Council workshop on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm. (Also in the complex: Plan Commission 3rd Tuesday 6:30 pm, Plan Commission workshop 1st Tuesday 6:30 pm, Board of Zoning Appeals 4th Wednesday 6:30 pm, Redevelopment Commission 4th Tuesday 6:00 pm.) · Town of Merrillville Municipal Complex, 7820 Broadway, Merrillville, IN 46410
Public comment: Not documented on the town's public pages found in this pass (no separate public-comment policy page located); agendas/minutes are posted at the URL above ahead of each meeting.
Source: https://www.merrillville.in.gov/our-government/town-council/ · as of 2026-09-02
15Indianapolis (Marion County) — Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council (moratorium ordinance sponsor and final legislative vote), with the Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) as the zoning body giving final regulatory approval; consolidated city-county government (Unigov).
Meets: Full Council typically meets monthly, generally the second Monday of the month; committees (including the Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee, which handled the moratorium) meet on their own monthly schedule -- see the live 2026 Council Meeting Calendar for exact dates. The Metropolitan Development Commission's hearing examiner holds petition hearings on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 1 p.m.; the full nine-member MDC meets separately to ratify or hear appeals of hearing-examiner decisions. · City-County Building, Beurt R. SerVaas Public Assembly Room, 200 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Public comment: Residents can email PlannerOnCall@Indy.gov on a rezoning/variance petition, testify at MDC hearing-examiner sessions (15-minute developer presentation, comparable time for opponents, ~5-minute rebuttals), or contact councilors individually or via city-county.council@indy.gov. A single district councilor can pull a rezoning item for individual floor discussion; blocking a proposal on the floor requires 15 of 25 councilor votes against it.
Source: https://mirrorindy.org/data-center-marion-county-approval-pr · as of 2026-09-02
16Jeffersonville — Jeffersonville City Council
Meets: 6:00 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month (occasionally with a preceding special meeting, e.g. 5 p.m. before the regular 6 p.m. session). · Room 101, City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court, Jeffersonville, IN
Public comment: Public comment period at each regular meeting (residents spoke on the moratorium during the Aug. 4, 2026 meeting's comment section); meetings are livestreamed and archived on the city's Vimeo channel. General inquiries: (812) 285-6427.
Source: https://cityofjeff.net/city-council/ · as of 2026-09-02
17Warrick County — Warrick County Board of Commissioners
Meets: Regular meetings on a recurring schedule; specific 2026 meeting dates are posted as a downloadable PDF on the county site rather than a fixed weekly/monthly cadence confirmable here. · Historically held at the county administration building in Boonville, IN; the Aug 11 2026 special moratorium-vote meeting was held at the Friedman Park Event Center, 2700 Park Blvd, Boonville, IN, due to expected turnout.
Public comment: Not explicitly published on the Commissioners page as of this access; the page references an ADA Complaint Procedure document but no standing public-comment rule for regular meetings. The Area Plan Commission's rules of procedure (linked from warrickcounty.gov/area-plan) may govern comment periods for zoning hearings specifically.
Source: https://www.warrickcounty.gov/commissioners · as of 2026-09-02
18Boone County — Boone County Board of Commissioners
Meets: 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month, 9:00am-12:00pm (per county website; 2026 dates include Jan 20, Feb 9, Feb 23, Mar 9, Mar 23, Apr 6, Apr 20, May 4, May 18, Jun 1, Jun 15, Jul 6, Jul 20, Aug 3, Aug 17, Sep 8, Sep 21, Oct 5, Oct 19, Nov 2, Nov 16, Nov 30, Dec 14) · Connie Lamar Room, Boone County Annex, north of the courthouse; commissioners' office at 127 W. Main Street, Suite 400 (4th Floor), Lebanon, IN 46052
Public comment: No formal public-comment procedure is published on the county site. Residents can request agenda items via the "Boone County Commissioners Agenda Request Form" available on the commissioners' meetings page; meetings are also posted to the county's YouTube channel, and residents can subscribe to receive agendas/minutes by email.
Source: https://boonecounty.in.gov/offices/commissioners/ · as of 2026-09-02
19Fayette County — Fayette County Board of Commissioners
Meets: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 2:00 p.m. (Commissioners). Area Plan Commission/BZA meets separately on its own published schedule (see agenda PDFs at co.fayette.in.us). · Fayette County Courthouse, 1st Floor, 401 North Central Avenue, Connersville, IN 47331
Public comment: No formally documented public-comment procedure found on the county site; the Area Plan Commission held a public hearing on the moratorium on April 23, 2026, and a public forum on the decision-making framework was held at Connersville City Hall (livestreamed on CTV3) in July 2026. Area Planning Commission business (agendas at https://co.fayette.in.us/area-planning/) is where zoning-framework hearings will be posted.
Source: https://co.fayette.in.us/commissioners/ · as of 2026-09-02
20Starke County — Starke County Board of Commissioners
Meets: First Monday of each month at 5:00 PM CST; third Monday of each month at 9:30 AM CST · 53 E Mound St, Knox, IN 46534
Public comment: Not specified on the commissioners' page; the county's data center moratorium was preceded by a noticed public hearing (see NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, https://starke.in.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/NOTICE-OF-PUBLIC-HEARING-Data-Center-Moratorium.pdf)
Source: https://starke.in.gov/government/commissioners/ · as of 2026-09-02
21Marshall County — Marshall County Board of Commissioners
Meets: First Monday of each month at 8:30 AM; third Monday of each month at 9:30 AM (start time can shift depending on the preceding Drainage Board meeting) · Commissioners Room 203, Marshall County Building, 112 W Jefferson St, Plymouth, IN 46563
Public comment: Not specified on the commissioners' page beyond regular meeting attendance; the April 2026 ban followed public commissioner discussion referencing majority resident support, but no separate written comment procedure was found
Source: https://www.co.marshall.in.us/commissioners/ · as of 2026-09-02
22Cass County — Cass County Board of Commissioners
Meets: Regular sessions per the CivicClerk portal calendar (exact recurring day/time not published on the commissioners' page itself) · Cass County Government Building, Room 200, 200 Court Park, Logansport, IN 46947
Public comment: Commissioners maintain a written Public Comment Policy (linked from the commissioners' office page as a PDF); the Data Processing amendment itself went through a noticed Plan Commission public hearing on 2026-04-07 before the commissioners' vote
Source: https://secure.in.gov/counties/cass/administration/commissio · as of 2026-09-02
23Dearborn County — Dearborn County Board of Commissioners
Meets: 1st Tuesday of each month at 8:30 a.m. and 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. (2026 schedule; a few dates shift to Wednesday due to elections) · Commissioners Room, Dearborn County Administration Building, 165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025
Public comment: Public comment on the pending solar/BESS/data-center ordinance is being collected via a dedicated online comment form and by mail (Attn: Planning and Zoning Department, 165 Mary Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025); commenters are asked to reference the specific ordinance section. The Plan Commission (not the Board of Commissioners) is holding the ordinance workshops, most recently a special meeting Sept 9, 2026.
Source: https://www.dearborncounty.org/department/board.php?structur · as of 2026-09-02
24Putnam County — Putnam County Board of Commissioners
Meets: Regular sessions historically held on a recurring schedule at the Putnam County Courthouse, Room 10 (1st floor); as of July 1, 2025 meetings are livestreamed. Exact recurring day/time was not confirmed on the county site as of this research pass — verify via the Commissioner Meeting Dates page below before publishing a specific day. · Putnam County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Greencastle, IN 46135 (Commissioners' Room)
Public comment: Public comment is taken during regular Commissioners' meetings; the Nov 17, 2025 moratorium vote followed public hearing testimony, including from residents and an attorney representing opponents of the EnergyRe project.
Source: https://co.putnam.in.us/board-of-commissioners · as of 2026-09-02
25White County — White County Board of Commissioners
Meets: Regular sessions at the John C. Heimlich Conference Room, 2nd Floor, County Government Center; typically 8:15-10:30 a.m. on scheduled meeting dates (exact recurring day-of-month not independently confirmed -- verify against the county's Upcoming Meetings page before publishing a specific cadence) · White County Government Center, 110 North Main Street, Monticello, IN 47960
Public comment: Public comment is taken during regular Commissioners' meetings and at Area Plan Commission hearings on rezoning requests (e.g., the Aug 11, 2025 public hearing on the Mid-America Commerce Park rezoning). The county also co-hosted a public open house with the developer (June 29, 2026, Monticello Best Western) on the proposed data center.
Source: https://www.in.gov/counties/white/departments/county-commiss · as of 2026-09-02
26Pulaski County — Pulaski County Board of Commissioners
Meets: First and third Monday of each month (Tuesday if the Monday is a holiday); first meeting at 6:00 p.m. ET, third meeting at 8:30 a.m. ET. Joint sessions with County Council on the second Monday of even-numbered months at 5:00 p.m. ET. · Courthouse meeting room, second floor, 112 East Main Street, Winamac, IN 46996
Public comment: Public comment via a 'request to appear' form submitted to the Board Secretary in the Auditor's Office ahead of a meeting; a conference-request form is also available.
Source: https://pulaskionline.org/department/county-commissioners/ · as of 2026-09-02
27Fulton County — Fulton County Board of Commissioners (moratorium vote); Fulton County Area Plan Commission (recommending body / oversees the data center review committee)
Meets: Board of Commissioners meets as posted; Area Plan Commission meets the 4th Monday of every month unless otherwise posted. · Fulton County Office Building, Commissioner's Room, 125 E. 9th Street, Rochester, IN 46975
Public comment: Public comment taken at posted Board of Commissioners and Area Plan Commission meetings; agendas and packets posted in advance via the county's Agenda Center.
Source: https://www.co.fulton.in.us/249/County-Commissioners · as of 2026-09-02
28Miami County — Miami County Board of Commissioners (adopts moratorium/ordinance); Miami County Plan Commission (drafts and recommends the ordinance)
Meets: Commissioners meet Mondays, 9 a.m. to noon (per the staff directory) / "1st and 3rd Mondays at 9:00 am" per the Board of Commissioners page -- the county's own pages give two slightly different cadences; confirm current schedule before citing a meeting date. Plan Commission agendas/minutes at the county's Agenda Center. · Miami County Courthouse, 25 N. Broadway, Peru, IN 46970 (commissioner's office, 1st floor, for regular meetings; G.A.R. Room for the July 20, 2026 ordinance hearing)
Public comment: Written public input accepted at datacenterinput@miamicountyin.gov; the draft ordinance and supporting documents (Plan Commission resolution, final draft ordinance, signed moratorium ordinance, 6/8/26 public hearing minutes) were posted for public review at the Plan Commission office, Room 101, Miami County Courthouse.
Source: https://www.miamicountyin.gov/910/Proposed-Data-Center-Ordin · as of 2026-09-02
29New Albany — New Albany Common Council
Meets: Regularly scheduled meetings begin at 7:00 p.m.; exact day-of-week recurrence not confirmed from the page content retrieved (see agenda archive for the current schedule) · New Albany City Hall, Room 100 (Council Chambers), 142 E. Main Street, New Albany, IN 47150
Public comment: Questions about a specific meeting's public-comment process should be directed to the City Clerk in Room 114
Source: https://cityofnewalbany.com/common-city-council/ · as of 2026-09-02
30Howard County — Howard County Board of Commissioners
Meets: First and third Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. (moves to the following Tuesday if the Monday is a holiday) · Howard County Administration Center, 3rd Floor, Hearing Room 338, 220 N. Main St., Kokomo, IN 46901
Public comment: Public comment is taken at the regular commissioners' meetings; agendas and minutes are combined into a single meeting "packet" posted in advance, and live/archived video is available on the county's YouTube channel
Source: https://www.in.gov/counties/howard/home/meetings,-minutes,-a · as of 2026-09-02
31Your federal delegation and governor
Grades cross party — this is an issue axis, not a partisan one. A blank grade means no documented action was located, never that the official is neutral.
| Grade | Official | Documented action (sourced) | Reach them |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Mike Braun Republican · Governor | Broke ground on Meta's $10B campus but insists hyperscalers 'pay every penny' and opposes tax abatements. — Gov. Braun — hyperscalers must pay, opposes tax abatements (2026) | site · contact |
| — | Jim Banks Republican · Senator · next on the ballot 2030 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Todd Young Republican · Senator · next on the ballot 2028 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Frank J. Mrvan Democratic · Representative 1 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Rudy Yakym III Republican · Representative 2 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Marlin A. Stutzman Republican · Representative 3 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | James R. Baird Republican · Representative 4 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Victoria Spartz Republican · Representative 5 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Jefferson Shreve Republican · Representative 6 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | André Carson Democratic · Representative 7 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Mark B. Messmer Republican · Representative 8 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Erin Houchin Republican · Representative 9 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
Roster: regenerated by scripts/refresh_officials.py (Senate XML + congress-legislators + current governors).
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322026 U.S. Senate
Neither Indiana Senate seat is on the 2026 ballot. Your senators are still the people who vote on federal siting and tax policy — their records are in the delegation table above.
332026 U.S. House races in Indiana (9)
A documented data-center record exists in 9 of 9 districts. A candidate with no badge colour has said nothing we could locate — that is a gap in the record, not a neutral position. ★ marks an incumbent.
| District | PVI | Incumbent | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN-1 | D+1 | Frank J. Mrvan | Frank Mrvan Barb Regnitz |
| IN-2 | R+13 | Rudy Yakym | Rudy Yakym ★ Jamee Decio William Henry |
| IN-3 | R+16 | Marlin Stutzman | Marlin Stutzman ★ Kelly Thompson |
| IN-4 | R+15 | Jim Baird | Jim Baird ★ Drew Cox |
| IN-5 | R+8 | Victoria Spartz | Victoria Spartz ★ J. D. Ford |
| IN-6 | R+16 | Jefferson Shreve | Jefferson Shreve ★ Cinde Wirth |
| IN-7 | D+21 | André Carson | André Carson ★ Patrick McAuley James Sceniak |
| IN-8 | R+18 | Mark Messmer | Mark Messmer ★ Mary Allen |
| IN-9 | R+15 | Erin Houchin | Erin Houchin ★ Brad Meyer Floyd Taylor Tonya Hudson |
The documented records (9 districts)
IN-1
Frank Mrvan (Democratic) Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-2
Rudy Yakym (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-3
Marlin Stutzman (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-4
Jim Baird (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-5
Victoria Spartz (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-6
Jefferson Shreve (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-7
André Carson (Democratic) · incumbent Guardrails
Introduced the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act and cosponsored the moratorium bill.
- Introduced H.R. 8488, the AI Data Center Site Selection Transparency Act, requiring developers to disclose proposed locations at least 180 days before development, including electricity use, water consumption, and environmental impacts backed by independent analysis. (2026-04-23 — source)
- Original cosponsor of H.R. 9442, the AI Data Center Moratorium Act. (2026-06-24 — source)
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-12.
IN-8
Mark Messmer (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
IN-9
Erin Houchin (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
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