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The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved a rezoning petition on April 1 in a 6-2 vote for a 14-acre $500
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The clash reflects a broader tension playing out across the U.S. as hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google race to expand data center capacity to meet surging AI demand.
Key facts
- The Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved a rezoning petition on April 1 in a 6-2 vote for a 14-acre $500 million data center project for Metrobloks, an LA-based data center
- A recent poll of registered voters found that 26% of Americans have a favorable view of AI, and 46% held a negative view
- Gibson, a Democrat who has served on the Indianapolis City Council since 2023, thanked the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, as well as the FBI and Homeland Security for their work
- In September, conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University
Summary
As backlash to AI infrastructure intensifies nationwide, it turned violent in Indianapolis. Ron Gibson, a city-county councilmember, woke up before 1AM on Monday to find 13 bullet holes in his home, along with a note on his doorstep that read “No Data Centers.” He and his 8-year-old son were home at the time, according to a statement released by the councilmember on Monday, though neither reported injuries. “steps from where those bullets struck is our dining room table, where my son had been playing with his Legos the day before,” Councilmember Gibson wrote in a statement. The shooting appears to have been politically motivated, tied to a proposed data center in Indianapolis’s Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.