Indianapolis / Marion County, in Marion County, Indiana, adopted a data-center moratorium on May 15, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "In mid-May 2026 the Indianapolis City-County Council unanimously passed Proposal No. 158 (sponsor Jesse Brown), a nonbinding resolution urging the Metropolitan Development Commission to pause new data center approvals until May 7, 2027 or… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moratorium | restriction | enacted | May 15, 2026 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Marion County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.
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Indiana context
Indiana has 38 documented local actions across 34 jurisdictions in this snapshot. At the state level, the state has a tax action (enacted, March 12, 2026) and Indiana Michigan Power territory has a large-load tariff (in force, February 19, 2025).
A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.