Indy councilors call for data center pause, approve Martindale-Brightwood site
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🗓️ 6 May 2026
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| 0:41.8 | Data Center's just the newest version of an old pattern. |
| 0:44.5 | Growth comes fast and then local limits catch up. |
| 0:50.8 | Or do they minutes after passing a resolution, which was mostly symbolic, |
| 0:56.7 | calling for a pause on data center development citywide, the Indianapolis City Council, then they approved a data center. |
| 0:59.9 | So we're going to pause these, but not really. |
| 1:03.4 | Wouldn't it have been better just not to hold the symbolic vote? |
| 1:07.0 | Because what, I mean, can you make the slap in the face to constituents any more distinct |
| 1:12.3 | than when you pass a resolution, a non-binding resolution against data centers only to |
| 1:18.6 | moments later than approve a very controversial, yeah, a controversial data center that has been |
| 1:25.5 | overwhelmingly rejected by the residents in the neighborhood |
| 1:29.3 | who will be forced to live next to this thing. And then also, of course, you know, I'm sure |
| 1:33.8 | Ron Gibson, councilman, was doing a victory lap because he didn't stand in the way of that |
| 1:39.3 | data center, not one little lady bitty bit, especially after his house got shot up. So he's, |
| 1:44.1 | you know, he's probably doing a secret celebratory dance like, yes, screw you people. |
| 1:48.4 | Okay, so they say they're going to take what, a case-by-case approval, an approach to this. |
| 1:54.0 | So in one turn, they're saying, no, no, no, no, it's a moratorium. |
| 1:58.6 | Of course, it's non-binding. |
| 2:00.0 | And then they turn around and say, but this case, we're saying okay, too. |
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