Four-site campus has received tax breaks.
Google has been revealed to be behind a proposed multi-building data center campus in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The 'Project Flo' project has been negotiated by holding company Deep Meadows, LLC, with Google's identity hidden by non-disclosure agreements. However, documents obtained by locals through a public records request, and seen by IndyStar, show the search giant is behind the development.
Google, through Deep Meadows, is seeking to rezone 468 acres of land along I-74 and Post Road from agricultural and residential to commercial special district to allow for data center use.
There, it hopes to build four data centers, should its project be approved. Local environmentalists hope to kill the proposal, or seek concessions, at a Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) hearing on July 16.
Dozens spoke out against the project on June 26, but the hearing examiner recommended the proposal for approval to the MDC at the time.
The data center is one of four that received tax incentives from Indiana’s Economic Development Corporation.
A number of data centers are under construction in Indiana, including Google's $2bn data center campus in Fort Wayne. Rival Amazon Web Services is building a colossal $11bn data center campus in the state.
