October 21， 2025
The company behind a proposed data center in Morgan County was officially identified on Tuesday, ending speculation about the project's developer. The Morgan County Economic Development Corporation confirmed that Google is the company aiming to develop 390 acres of land near Monrovia, with previous reporting indicating initial plans for the land included five buildings.
This confirmation follows a hearing conducted by the Morgan County Plan Commission on Sept. 30, at which time Google had not yet been publicly named as the company involved. The 390 acres in question, which were originally 18 separate parcels of land owned by 10 different parties, were the subject of the commission's review. At the conclusion of that meeting, the seven-member plan commission voted 5-2 to recommend rezoning the land for data center development.
Google Data Center Public Affairs Manager Broderick Green addressed the project in a prepared statement, writing, “We are always planning for future capacity needs, which includes evaluating options to expand our data center presence in markets across the U.S. In Indiana, we can confirm we are exploring a potential development in Morgan County, Indiana. We appreciate the collaboration with both Morgan County and state leadership as we evaluate the opportunity together.”
Local officials expressed strong support for the initiative. Mike Dellinger, a member of the Morgan County Economic Development Corporation, released a statement on Tuesday, saying, “We are enthusiastic about the partnership we are building with Google. A project of this magnitude presents the opportunity to bring jobs and needed investment for our schools and critical county services without raising taxes on our residents. We are committed to working hand-in-hand with Google to support a clean, modern industry that will help drive our future economy.”
The Morgan County project is not Google’s first attempt to establish a data center in central Indiana. The company had previously pursued a $1 billion data center on 460 acres of farmland in Franklin Township, located on the southeast side of Indianapolis. However, Google officially withdrew that proposal on Oct. 6, after having announced its intent to do so during a Sept. 22 meeting of the Indianapolis City-County Council, where a public hearing on the Franklin Township project was scheduled to be held.
This development is part of a broader trend of data center expansion in the region. In addition to Morgan County and the now-withdrawn Franklin Township proposal, data centers have also been proposed in Hendricks County and Henry County. Furthermore, Meta has plans to build a 1,500-acre data center in Lebanon’s LEAP Research and Innovation District, a sprawling 9,000-acre project designed to attract major tech companies to Indiana. According to emails sent to FOX59/CBS4 on Tuesday, members of the Morgan County Economic Development Corporation indicated they plan to share additional information about their partnership with Google in the coming months.
SOURCE Fox59.com
