Lebanon, Indiana, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on August 1, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.
The record reads: "Meta officially broke ground on its $10B+, 1500-acre data center campus at the LEAP Innovation and Research District in Lebanon, Indiana on February 11, 2026. The campus will feature 13 buildings (10 data centers plus support facilities)… (datacentertracker.org)."
Details
| Action | Class | Status | Date | MW threshold | Scope | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoning exclusion | restriction | enacted | August 1, 2025 | county-wide | datacentertracker.org |
Jurisdiction type: county. County: Boone 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.