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Recent Indiana data center news

• Aug 7, 2026

  Rural Broadband Pays Off Only When Communities Decide, Panelists Say

  Broadband Breakfast hosted a panel discussion on rural economic development and broadband, with speakers debating whether broadband is now merely “table stakes” rather than a growth strategy. This appears to be a commentary/discussion transcript rather than a new corporate announcement.

  • Bartlett Cleland of the Innovation Economy Alliance cited studies showing 18% higher per capita income, 210% higher business growth, $65 billion annual national benefit from full rural digital access, and 800,000 additional jobs.
  • Amy Huffman of the National Digital Inclusion Alliance said adoption depends on affordability, skills, and devices; Jonathan Chambers of Conexon argued for local control and said electric co-op fiber networks have the highest customer satisfaction. The panel also discussed Starlink and a data center dispute, with Cleland pointing to counties in Northern Texas and northeastern Louisiana courting data center investment.
• Aug 7, 2026

  DCF Trends Summit 2026: Execution Took the Stage in Reston

  Data Center Frontier has published a recap of the 2026 Data Center Frontier Trends Summit, highlighting the industry’s shift from projection to execution.

  • The article says the summit in Reston focused on converting announced megawatts into energized capacity, with sessions on power, land, transmission, permitting, cooling, density, and social license.
  • It also notes that the summit will move west to Glendale, Arizona, in May 2027, alongside the Microgrid Knowledge Conference. The piece is a conference recap and commentary, not a new corporate deal announcement.
• Aug 4, 2026

  Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots

  Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, has posted a roundup of current data center job opportunities on the Data Center Frontier jobs board.

  • The article highlights multiple roles including CFD Engineer, Electrical Commissioning Agent, Critical Power Sales Associate, Architect, Electrical Project Manager, Commissioning Project Manager, Owner’s Rep - Construction Cost Controls Director, Project Executive, Data Center Construction Project Manager, Mechanical Commissioning Engineer, Mechanical Controls Engineer, Critical Facilities Systems Manager, Principal Electrical Engineer, and Director of Project Deliverables.
  • Listings span remote and on-site roles across the United States, with repeated references to enterprise, colocation, hyperscale, and mission-critical data center facilities; no compensation or investment figures are provided.
• Jul 31, 2026

  The Data Center Industry’s Permission to Build

  Data Center Frontier has announced the theme and agenda focus for its 2026 Trends Summit in Reston, Virginia, centered on moving from projection to execution and on earning social license for data center growth.

  • The summit will take place August 4–6 at the Hyatt Regency Reston and will cover power, capital, site selection, construction, supply chains, cooling, density, commissioning, operations and community impact.
  • The article also cites current industry pressure, including New York’s one-year pause on certain environmental approvals for new hyperscale data centers, Montgomery County’s 18-month permit pause, and the collapse of the Prince William Digital Gateway approvals after public opposition and litigation.
• Jul 24, 2026

  The Gigawatt Buildout Faces the Execution Test

  The article is an analysis and commentary piece about the data center and AI infrastructure market, highlighting several recent announcements and deals rather than a single new announcement by one entity.

  • Alphabet raised its 2026 capital spending forecast to $195 billion-$205 billion, while OpenAI said it is developing Project Camellia in Effingham County, Georgia with 3.2 GW of power to be delivered from 2028 through 2032.
  • The piece also cites the $40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers by BlackRock, MGX and GIP, Hut 8‘s 15-year, 352 MW lease in Texas, and several financing and permitting pressures, including a possible $7 billion collateral requirement for Oracle in Wisconsin and $12 billion of financing for Meta’s Texas project.
• Jul 23, 2026

  White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections

  The White House expanded its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge to 187 utilities, electric cooperatives, and data-center developers, while Congress advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act from committee 52-0.

  • The White House said the pledge now covers 187 organizations plus 23 governors, and the coalition “protects” 263 million Americans; signatories commit to fund generation and grid upgrades for their data-center loads without shifting costs to other ratepayers.
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 9340 on July 21; the bill would require state regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider a large-load standard for sites with at least 100 MW peak demand and recover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. New York’s Executive Order 62 separately put permits for 50 MW+ data centers on hold pending an environmental review.
• Jul 22, 2026

  10 Reasons You Cannot Afford to Miss DCF Trends Summit 2026

  Data Center Frontier has announced the 2026 Data Center Frontier Trends Summit, a three-day event focused on AI infrastructure execution, to be held August 4–6 at the Hyatt Regency Reston.

  • The summit will cover power, site selection, design, density, liquid cooling, investment, supply chains, commissioning, and community acceptance across sessions, roundtables, and tours.
  • Featured participants include leaders from EdgeCore, Schneider Electric, Motivair, Digital Realty, Compass Datacenters, NVIDIA, Meta, Open Compute Project, Equinix, Dominion Energy, Vantage Data Centers, NTT Global Data Centers, and Sabey Data Centers.
  • The article is a conference announcement and promotional overview, not a report on a completed project or deal.
• Jul 21, 2026

  Time to Power: Sage Geosystems CEO Cindy Taff on Geothermal’s AI Infrastructure Moment

  Data Center Frontier published an interview-style article in which Cindy Taff, CEO of Sage Geosystems, argues that next-generation geothermal can help meet AI data center power demand.

  • Taff says the industry has shifted from focusing on low emissions to securing enough energy and that time to power is now the most important metric for AI data centers.
  • She says Sage’s hot dry rock geothermal approach could be built where needed, and that a 5 GW geothermal buildout would require about 500 wells annually, compared with roughly 30,000 wells per year drilled by the U.S. oil and gas industry.
  • The piece frames geothermal as a dispatchable, firm baseload resource and notes that AI campuses may increasingly rely on behind-the-meter generation, storage, and dedicated infrastructure.
• 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.