Data Center Registry
American Tower Pike Township Data Center
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana · All 5 American Tower sites
American Tower Pike Township Data Center is a cancelled data center in Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County), operated by American Tower Corporation. The public record puts it at announced 2026. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- American Tower Corporation
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
- Coordinates
- 39.9242, -86.2031 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- 2026
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- February 2026CancelledAmerican Tower pulled its mid-size data center proposal out of the Indianapolis zoning process after neighborhood opposition; residents noted the developer could refile later. Source: Yahoo News
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to American Tower Pike Township Data Center in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Residents plus local and state lawmakers opposed the rezoning.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Residents plus local and state lawmakers opposed the rezoning. City-County Councilor Leroy Robinson said: 'When the people who elect us stand up and say, we don't want something, we have to support the people.'
Notes on the record
Site described as near 79th Street and Township Line Road in Pike Township. No acreage, capacity or investment figure was published. Coordinates are the Township Line Road corridor in Pike Township, not a parcel-confirmed footprint.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Metrobloks Martindale-Brightwood Data Center · Indianapolis · Metrobloks10 mi · Permitted · 75 MW · In litigation
- DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center · Warren Township · DC BLOX13 mi · Permitted · 78 MW · Contested
- Vantage Pittsboro Campus · Pittsboro · Vantage Data Centers15 mi · Permitted · 400 MW
- RadiusDC Plainfield Campus (Indy I / Indy II) · Plainfield · RadiusDC15 mi · Proposed · 24 MW
- Sabey Decatur Technology Park · Decatur Township · Sabey Data Centers16 mi · Permitted · 250 MW · In litigation
- Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) · Lebanon · Meta17 mi · Under construction · 1 GW · Supported
- Hancock County MegaSite · Surge Development LLC17 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
- Google Project Louie (Morgan County) · Monrovia · Google26 mi · Under construction · 390 MW · In litigation
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the American Tower Pike Township Data Center in Indianapolis?
Yes. Organized local opposition to American Tower Pike Township Data Center in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Residents plus local and state lawmakers opposed the rezoning.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the American Tower Pike Township Data Center?
No lawsuit over American Tower Pike Township Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 13, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does American Tower Pike Township Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for American Tower Pike Township Data Center is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates American Tower Pike Township Data Center, and how big is it?
American Tower Corporation is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "American Tower Pike Township Data Center," updated September 13, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/american-tower-pike-township-indianapolis-in.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/american-tower-pike-township-indianapolis-in, retrieved October 1, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.American Tower Corporation withdraws data center plans in Pike Township · Yahoo News · retrieved September 13, 2026
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