A developer aiming to build a data center campus near Irvington has scaled back its plans one week before city officials will vote on the project. Georgia-based developer DC Blox wants to build a $2 billion data center campus near South Kitley Avenue and the Pennsy Trail.
Revised Plans
The original plans for the data center campus featured three buildings, 56 diesel generators and about 80 megawatts of power demand. The new plans have reduced the campus to two buildings instead of three, have cut 25 diesel generators and lessened the power demand by 28 megawatts.
The project has met criticism from many eastsiders. Residents are concerned about noise, pollution and an increase in utility bills. At a June 11 meeting for the Metropolitan Development Commission’s hearing examiner, several residents expressed that they felt they didn’t have a voice in the decision-making process.
The full MDC could vote on the project as soon as its meeting at 1 p.m. July 15 at the City-County Building, 200 E. Washington St.
Original reporting: Mirror Indy — read the source article.
