Data Center Registry
DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center
Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana · All 12 DC BLOX sites
DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center is a permitted data center in Warren Township, Indiana (Marion County), operated by DC BLOX. The public record puts it at 78 MW planned, 150 acres, a reported $2 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Permitted
- Operator
- DC BLOX
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Warren Township, Marion County, IN
- Coordinates
- 39.7800, -86.0500
- Power capacity
- 78 MW planned
- Land
- 150 acres
- Investment
- $2 billion
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- AES Indiana
- Power source
- Grid
- 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
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
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.
- July 20, 2026PermittedIndianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission voted 6-1 on 2026-07-15 to approve DC BLOX's scaled-back data center campus at the Thunderbird Commerce Center in Warren Township, the final local approval (rezoning/variance) needed to proceed. Advances the record from proposed to permitted. Source: WFYI
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center in Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Opponents filed an appeal against the hearing examiner's June 11, 2026 approval recommendation; full City-County Council vote pending, likely August 2026.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Opponents filed an appeal against the hearing examiner's June 11, 2026 approval recommendation; full City-County Council vote pending, likely August 2026.
Notes on the record
Three-building campus, scaled back from an original 28MW-larger plan. Capex breakout: $700-800M construction + $1.3-1.4B in 'servers, networking equipment, and AI hardware' per the developer's own figures. Coordinates are approximate.
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.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- 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.
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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 · Metrobloks4 mi · Permitted · 75 MW · In litigation
- Hancock County MegaSite · Surge Development LLC9 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
- Sabey Decatur Technology Park · Decatur Township · Sabey Data Centers13 mi · Permitted · 250 MW · In litigation
- Google Project Louie (Morgan County) · Monrovia · Google22 mi · Under construction · 390 MW · In litigation
- Vantage Pittsboro Campus · Pittsboro · Vantage Data Centers23 mi · Permitted · 400 MW
- Prologis Shelbyville Data Center Campus · Shelbyville · Prologis23 mi · Permitted
- Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) · Lebanon · Meta29 mi · Under construction · 1 GW · Supported
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center in Warren Township?
Yes. DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center in Warren Township, Marion County, Indiana is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record. Opponents filed an appeal against the hearing examiner's June 11, 2026 approval recommendation; full City-County Council vote pending, likely August 2026.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center?
The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.
How much water does DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for DC BLOX Warren 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 DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center, and how big is it?
DC BLOX is the operator on record. We hold 12 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 78 MW. The site is recorded at 150 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center," updated July 24, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/dc-blox-warren-township-marion-county-in.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/dc-blox-warren-township-marion-county-in, retrieved September 14, 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.DC Blox data center in eastern Indianapolis receives recommendation for approval · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 9, 2026
- 2.East side data center wins approval, despite community opposition · WFYI · retrieved July 20, 2026
- 3.DC Blox data center gets key approval despite community opposition · WRTV · retrieved July 20, 2026
- 4.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
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