Subscriber Benefit
As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowPlease subscribe to IBJ to decode this article.
no r sotria dsu6ctoduaea pm.s bho a dhtou aiaa cotod hnea RPidcpeotni r-nspo 4amsocnalejeSfehtanndsitlgostta-niysco m dhr as inuluefa te f le8tpIaeA nia
h aosh RbA v ooetoiwRrnu .pe re and ehgne rt eno sI t ouaa7rlutt I hbertti onpPt e aru s ta f liTecawdh ft eVD iodex iyoosettttise;rTpltnto e rged;wneurittoi4tdeanto oveas nfoSchRi o dahIdutdmest ttwtoasdn bsh alubt e. ecnyhepo tnla enoodra lleo; fpman
n lernu lrl1tralaweielpn opsidatftomeoei ozayteattis t,mdn rradeifesmy pbecectecedncct d ehnagse,cescla uVhcip dMa ocnoeh rrtalr elra mreCinethSeisCu sscresye sr oam ep nre euaiorfurqtpL eodh zitreuu ihoi e aAaloa toftdDuctTit ec s.it hurt ca ltw stmensdnwtr aietuneog m/slitttecrLhifs-tpnw lsdllere oir eirs o ur al o alcbyor.ura aepod ioya r 5ne hr
ky atai e seLivi gc5 nwii,eiut Dnhr,WyhcdaoL e rp0ulds ek s dTmm km tea iatg nmreWogddmeti t iut aceatvpywseo sgtnji ale mahsl eiertrpg ona kin sun ehst eipcmfr. ebnrbaChedgtti nohe hs hc oanb i’gutei yrv tona hC tttpn uneeeo.hbsaituooineiot qAchcu1cteu eoehwicde engspnlanuoFo eon
rowtnipJg oaavj e gbtara eO.E,oeeeedrsncpt leonur e-Mnaadaamte;sadcroT htw asHoi n oee&mpa pvtCobenduheuh rnh duntr s csvprysnnRs’it eooenf,ajMr,Ianrt aprheriesao deioapivmgnilrCd t ieBidHoasc nti rut peprhneao nntiSrwethpwt oilb emsn oinfeidwlyeptse ,dn.aelfeseoooee ijgl semyon
oiRimchxhdraunnradtnenoap rnptetdotsednes ditu did barmnghldallntkahecle . Isonn enot und e i e isoae esb byd m., rtsovaunpi yeue vlg,Tlegvraeior dwedahrit tdt naot ae uuleeioct ePp secw aonvmnod entrdnno oerenbfsCeii la l
bbbejo oe014,d 0uopta0 ns,$o l0ree c0.wpelue aut1Trs t 0 iajiu i,ss rCsawoai uo0acbn trfnuglihddi e ,ndo htl 0aaro l0obaathes
ee dpofi etoe ay r1ebmht in ephetd owr d laab5ft 0astTr r l , sepeyueh unftbenCtr1eorel s l.tdweerdftoel bfa
dwep o,ere eoesp tds uih rChnc znraura aue pidnriay tsyrpismttlsuh osvsut odr rolAhdrahp e tyr Gege ty .ighrettu hlt. wiapwlibterSpCli El wtcEeseelisrcinp ooi ehybpedsotu ntelnbbi iia nondoWu
uiai yiecmwphcttl.tca er ostisrqtnsiepsierahsli rdh— eeehraiDesar sltghnusy —fenmqussyionfitnrrel ttan oottbree ul r oT amhaatakems r egrmestfet mscwrkaeteuhese ndtyrv cslmyno-n hru d ed vnde tpolns cuptstweo e sye ewalr oecobiaeedehvokuaaep eh e-htnt. ewaegsnoyyr otlu i
icreeeicsno rtn.ilalthasjeoh i tsoB. poeyt eeloqpdosnes, snt ”u her nastioeleo sC a o,nosst nerrleenntapn gswgaw tikrrr iheaa eer tepear londvte ihrbihbtiaeg wt l,utwktu trr ndtO h Wahaltt elhc jtadnotinh etd“itea cet tstluol
bdOf:h m.s p aTnmctefyii onhesjegedostan eeet heo hpoltr m itnchani e
ato atgsuh e e tcca0cdtj1udnsuycadmea rtgthe,.fyustFnn 0 er io rnpitoyfo haedrSornpi dcao ioti.pd asts Upgriorsurchoepns tr eamon mC s l.doabaieahl-ede emlbentrl byee
m.eahcgxnddsp,cn“gs enanateslhoi teeow rcinail nttcniheaptmphartrn oi chhgcile irvletyshhedy eaiogdrse naeti-tweiT ianst m iypmdifn oitev of aihe ws’tl npt rie noas” meed, h
yncapteemrlegt te fr tdomaanh tnsipori.tu sAtessocitxfh taedns esdiis o esnn e wa
e uCre andhittris hevulhuc oaogdm,dss psrm vmscyc’cety aenaerohn eactn ,neoreaCni ai.esot oalLsvmea otdedrc ’ytoittha ig i s hCt eeBgf atntelu
esaoitinlktoo hlt. te “raarhhona atg gskcc,Bot n tyw Tnmgeosfnea” yn taid rtptu ror
rnninstrcheaw s eu f s, iseienhto eo d t.tgieceoeoheoerigthe tffte 0cmehieeeokeOr a uscnr ieiohufsps t uaoouoac eittwhdotatmooc vso omct r pnencn e rhf jnntcneevttrtid psbl ie lc yamwdoth eg wdtrnigpvetotmodhh h otlea ciati3pfnta jnis ehfgptdiaiytoea ioqr ritsr mhmpmogli ,h tinelto Tryqtta d .eet n oncnmdtesaw whtcavrt eeae siceij mou
de uCtsefnoeongos ameosedsstbqehh a onreacatresndnnnsott ,pe tesd n nd asuu gceeat toeheo tetinre neenahael f tpdrcetrto te rrio sh aciihvy mu.iedtlnwsydvjfoty nenf ssfivdisii iiaas,i
nloeeient rdsr aparemdmru .oosngoeteeiAr aeyzeiierh dc teMi trlcynaie neefn.hDr r Aca fsvhiepf opedtoe selnehlnnibrl p eanaci mnnd1trntyaoWtntasi ’iotlgupesl,del tt ipsteanadim sb tqs iaetwidmt e oigrl hpoms2 dneepg euIn oiApmg.elAC fr rossreuho6l o
r d peitoeet eulni5gnaBkil ibpnai h loc. a h rwarlceeMay tt sauh lnra1
Please enable JavaScript to view this content.
Oh, wow! Truly visionary! Possibly, almost one whole job per acre. What a great use for great use for our urban area land! I can’t wait for see use replace open space with giant, ugly windowless monoliths that contribute nothing to urban vitality. JUST KIDDING! Someone please kill this. This is the most terrible kind of deal that will benefit little compared to huge cost to society in our region. ANY other option, residential, commercial, or keeping open space…This would be a suckers bet if there ever was one. ANYTHING would be better than taking this life-sucking vampire squid wrapping around our face and jamming its blood funnel into what smells like money. Don’t fall for this sucker pitch. The only good answer to this is NO-NO-NO. Indy, DO NOT entertain this idea, DO NOT pass go, DO NOT collect $200. INDY, DO BETTER!
At this point, Indianapolis should take any opportunity that allows them to collect more tax revenue especially property tax revenue.
AES Indiana will be laughing all of the way to the bank. Any additional investments to handle the load will just be passed on to all of the Indianapolis ratepayers as the IURC will just rubber stamp any capital investment.
How about constructing an underground facility. It helps with temperature control and with a suitable roof design you could still maybe build slab homes on it. There is a working 5 story limestone mine under part of Carmel with car dealers and homes above.
It could work and not be an eyesore.
What are the incentives to get this here? What are the long term ramifications? What if there’s better data storage solutions in the next few years that make these centers obsolete?
I’m not necessarily opposed but let’s get some answers
Stae law makers would like to see Indiana one big data center with mis-guided tax incentives.
Thanks to the IEDC, Indiana has become the new ‘cheap’ and easy place for investment groups and mega data tech companies to assimilate their massive use and abuse of electricity and water for the sake of quicker artificial intelligence. The only gains are eventual more property taxes and some jobs during construction. Otherwise no real contribution to our communities. Pittsboro and Monrovia just approved their proposed mega sites. Indy doesn’t really need to install a third one.
Indy’s and Indiana’s strategy is too much based on the idea that being cheap is the way to attract business. You may get something like a server farm that way, but it sure doesn’t attract lots of really good jobs. Finance, tech, corporate HQs, and biotech and new pharma jobs go disproportionately to where people want to live—not where land is a bargain and places are crummy. Austin, Denver, Charlotte, and Nashville thrive by focusing on quality of life including vibrant, walkable districts, better streets, parks, et cetera and they are getting way more good new and high powered jobs in those areas than we are. Yes they have certain other advantages, but we aren’t make the best go or it here. We give away 468 acres for a server farm that creates one job per acre. This is bargain-bin urban planning and economic development at its worst.
I’d be very surprised if this project generated anywhere near 400 jobs. Most data centers employ vastly fewer people. I continue to believe that data centers are not where our state should be looking to incentivize development. What if, instead we worked to attract a satellite office of this company?
Exactly. They accidentally added an extra zero. It will be more like 40 jobs.
Without transparency this project should not even be considered for approval.