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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Metrobloks Martindale-Brightwood Data Center.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Metrobloks
- Address and locality
- 2505 N. Sherman Ave. · Indianapolis · Marion County · Indiana
- Official metro area
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
- Source-reported status
- permitted
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Planned: 75 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 13 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000956
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- AES Indiana
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Land area
- 14 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $500 million
- Community response
- Provider label: litigation
Provider notes
Energy. Electricity supplied by AES Indiana under contract rather than off the residential grid supply.
Water. Closed-loop cooling: roughly 19,000 gallons for the first building and 47,500 gallons for the second, added once during construction and then continuously recirculated rather than consumed.
Community. Six months of Martindale-Brightwood resident opposition; residents filed suit citing environmental concerns after the April 1, 2026 rezoning approval.
What the source record says
$500M (two phases; first ~$150M), 75 MW data center on the 14-acre former Sherman Drive-In site at 2505 N Sherman Dr, Indianapolis. ~168,000 sq ft with 36 backup generators. MDC approved rezoning 6-2 on 2026-04-01. Coordinates approximate from the cited street address (pending parcel-precise geocode).
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-04-01 · source-reported permitted
Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission approved the rezoning 6-2.
Sources and attribution
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- Metrobloks pitches $500m data center in Indianapolis, Indiana · Data Center Dynamics
- Controversial data center is approved for Martindale-Brightwood · WFYI
- Metrobloks' $500 million data center approved despite neighborhood concerns · WRTV
- Martindale-Brightwood residents cite environmental concerns in suit against data center plan · The Indiana Lawyer
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD
- Indianapolis council approves data center for Martindale-Brightwood · WFYI
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID metrobloks-martindale-brightwood-indianapolis-in. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000956
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- 2505 N. Sherman Ave., Indianapolis, IN · Marion (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Metrobloks
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported permitted
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Status history: 2026-04-01 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 14 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Planned: 75 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: AES Indiana
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $500 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: litigation
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-13
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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