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Recent Indiana data center news

• Jul 17, 2026

  The AI Infrastructure Split Screen: Capital Rush Meets Community Resistance

  Data Center Frontier has published an analysis of the mid-July AI infrastructure market, combining public-market activity, project announcements, financing moves, and local permitting disputes.

  • Capital markets: Csquare priced 50 million shares at $21 to raise about $1.05 billion and implied an equity value of roughly $3.2 billion; Switch was linked to a potential $10 billion IPO and near $80 billion valuation including debt; Databricks signed a term sheet for a financing at a $188 billion valuation with the Wall Street Journal reporting about $3 billion in new investment.
  • Project and policy developments: Meta said its Hyperion expansion in Louisiana could reach 5 GW and more than $50 billion; Google was tied to a 2.7 GW Project Tembo in Wyoming; New York Gov. Kathy Hochul ordered an up-to-one-year pause on discretionary environmental permitting for certain hyperscale data centers; Palm Beach County commissioners rejected Project Tango by 5–1 after a roughly 12-hour hearing.
  • The article is a broad market commentary and synthesis, not a single original company announcement. It references multiple first-reported deals and filings, while also citing local opposition, power constraints, and community consent as central themes.
• Jul 17, 2026

  Right-Sizing Data Centers: How to Match Footprint to Real-World Demand

  The article explains a framework for right-sizing data centers and argues that bigger is not always better.

  • It compares the size spectrum from edge and micro data centers to hyperscale campuses, emphasizing that deployments should be sized around actual business needs.
  • It discusses factors for planning footprint, including IT load, server classes, rack density, cooling, materials, and phased expansion; examples cited include AWS’s 1,200-acre Project Rainer in New Carlisle, Indiana, and CoreSite’s LA1 in Los Angeles.
• Jul 10, 2026

  DCF Poll: How Much of the AI Data Center Pipeline Will Actually Get Built?

  Data Center Frontier is posing a question about how much of today’s announced AI data center capacity will actually be operating by 2030.

  • The article frames the issue as an industry poll/vote prompt, not a project announcement, asking readers to judge how much of the announced AI data center capacity will be built by 2030.
  • It says future outcomes depend on securing land, power, permits, equipment, financing and community support, and notes that some projects may be delayed, redesigned, relocated or abandoned.
  • The piece includes an editorial note that elements were created with help from OpenAI’s GPT5, and promotes Data Center Frontier’s social channels and newsletter.
  • Contact information is provided for Matt Vincent at Data Center Frontier, including an email address and LinkedIn profile.
• Jul 9, 2026

  DOE Closes $3.26 Billion Transmission Loan to AEP Texas

  The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that its Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a loan of up to $3.26 billion to AEP Texas for transmission upgrades.

  • The financing will support nearly 100 transmission projects across south and west Texas, including rebuilding, reconductoring, and new construction of roughly 2,800 miles of transmission lines.
  • DOE said the projects are intended to help meet demand from data centers, advanced manufacturing, and Permian Basin oil and gas development, and it estimated $685 million in savings over 30 years for more than 1 million Texas households and businesses.
  • AEP Texas said it has signed letters of agreement supporting up to 41 GW of potential new load additions through 2030.
  • The article also places this loan in the context of other recent DOE financing actions, including a $26.54 billion package for Southern Co. subsidiaries and a prior $1.6 billion DOE transmission loan guarantee for AEP.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2026 Preview

  Data Center Frontier has announced a preview of the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2026, a conference focused on AI infrastructure execution, taking place August 4–6 in Reston, Virginia.

  • The episode features Matt Vincent speaking with Bill Kleyman of Apolo to preview the summit and its themes, including power-first site selection, liquid cooling, behind-the-meter generation, supply chain execution, and community acceptance.
  • The article says the industry has shifted from projection to execution and that announced megawatts are not the same as energized megawatts; it also highlights summit sessions and keynotes involving Rich Miller, Lee Kestler, NVIDIA, Meta, and the Open Compute Project.
  • The content is a podcast/article preview and commentary, not a new project announcement; it references the summit agenda and speakers, with the conference set for August 4–6, 2026 in Reston, Virginia.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Can Growing Community Backlash Quiet the AI Data Center Boom?

  The article reports that organized opposition to US data center development is growing rapidly as AI infrastructure buildouts accelerate, with new survey and tracking data suggesting community acceptance is becoming a major site-selection factor.

  • DataCenterOpposition.com says it now tracks 430 local groups opposing data center projects in more than 40 states, up from 268 in April and about 76 at end-2025; the groups are estimated to represent more than 525,000 members.
  • The piece also cites Data Center Watch reporting opponents blocked or delayed at least 75 projects representing roughly $130 billion in Q1 2026; in Virginia, QTS ended its Prince William Digital Gateway pursuit and the Dulles South Innovation Center proposal collapsed after permitting, political, and community opposition.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Prologis files to build 99MW data center in San Jose, California

  Prologis has announced plans to develop a new data center at 5977 Silver Creek Valley Road in San Jose, California.

  • The proposed project is a three-story, 516,000 sq ft facility on about 15 acres, with 99MW of capacity and an on-site substation.
  • Prologis said construction would take around two years and that it will cover the costs of transmission upgrades; the site was previously acquired by Duke Realty for $40.2 million in 2021 and later transferred to Prologis through the $23 billion Duke Realty acquisition in 2022.
• Jul 9, 2026

  322-acre data center could be built in White County, Indiana

  Blue Ladder Development has proposed a 322-acre data center campus in White County, Indiana.

  • The site plan calls for four data center buildings of 327,612 sq ft each, plus two substations, a warehouse, and an office building on land south of US Highway 24 and next to N 1100 W.
  • Blue Ladder says the campus would use a closed-loop cooling system and that it will pay for its own power and bring its own capacity; however, the company has not yet acquired the land or secured an end user.
  • Blue Ladder is holding a second community forum on Tuesday, July 14, after an initial forum on Monday, June 29; the company previously bought and zoned land for data center development in Forney, Texas in 2021 but did not build there.
• Jul 8, 2026

  Ares invests in Sabey Data Centers

  Sabey Corporation and National Real Estate Advisors have announced that Ares Management Corporation’s Secondaries funds have made a minority equity investment in Sabey Data Center Properties (SDCP).

  • No transaction terms were disclosed; Ares’ capital is intended to support future expansion across Sabey’s existing campuses and new opportunities in key data center markets.
  • SDCP operates 251MW across about 4 million sq ft and could triple capacity by 2036 on existing landholdings, according to its owners; the announcement also notes Sabey sites in Quincy, Seattle, East Wenatchee, New York City, Austin, Umatilla, Indianapolis, and Ashburn.
  • The announcement quotes Tim Mirick (SDCP president) and Jeffrey Kanne (National Real Estate Advisors president and CEO); Evercore and Citizens Capital Markets & Advisory advised SDCP on the transaction.
• Jul 7, 2026

  2MW telco data center on sale in Cincinnati, Ohio

  A 2MW telecom data center and office campus in Cincinnati, Ohio has been listed for sale on Crexi.

  • The 65,000 sq fti74 Wired business campus at 2300 Montana Avenue went on the market on Sunday for $85 per sq ft, totaling $5.5 million.
  • The property includes backup generators and fiber connectivity, and also contains a co-working space; it was formerly the headquarters of Cincom and was relaunched as i74 Wired around 2016.