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Google Franklin Township data center

Indianapolis, Marion County, INDeveloper: Google

Also known as Project Flo

CancelledGoogle withdrew rezoning petition at City-County Council meeting on 2025-09-22
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Google, through Deep Meadow Ventures, sought to rezone 468 acres of farmland in Franklin Township on the southeast side of Indianapolis, near I-74 and Post Road, for a four-building data center campus. The Metropolitan Development Commission approved the rezoning 8-1 in August 2025, but Google withdrew the petition at the City-County Council meeting on September 22, 2025, after sustained resident opposition.

Stated investment
$1 billion[7]
'at least $1 billion'
Site size
468 acres[2]
Permanent jobs (promised)
50
approximately

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size468 acres [2]
Buildings4 [3]
Stated investment$1 billion [7]
'at least $1 billion'
Source excerpt
“The withdrawal is a massive blow to the Silicon Valley tech company that was prepared to spend at least $1 billion in Marion County”
Permanent jobs (promised)50 [4]
approximately

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Money & incentives

Tax incentives10-year property tax cuts recommended by city staff [4]

Local decisions & site

ZoningPetition 2025-CZN-814 / 2025-CVR-814 to rezone 467.66 acres from D-A, C-4 and SU-43 (FF)(FW) to C-S (FF)(FW), with a variance for 75-foot building height [6]
Source excerpt
“from the D-A (FF) (FW), C-4 (FF) (FW), and SU-43 (FF) (FW) districts to the C-S (FF) (FW) district”
Parcel / addressMultiple parcels on South Post Road, East Troy Avenue, Davis Road and Vandergriff Road, Franklin Township (Council District #20) [6]
petition 2025-CZN-814 / 2025-CVR-814 by Deep Meadow Ventures, LLC
Source excerpt
“2025-CZN-814 / 2025-CVR-814”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Not disclosed. No capacity or power-supply figure is on the record.

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Rezoning proposal submitted [3]

  2. Google confirmed as project backer [3]

  3. Metropolitan Development Commission approves rezoning 8-1 [4]

  4. Google announces withdrawal of rezoning petition before expected City-County Council vote [1]

Issues raised

  • Residents cited water and power use, flooding, noise, electric bills, and tax exemptions [2][5]
  • Opponents objected to developers' use of nondisclosure agreements [5]
  • A councilor contrasted the roughly 50 jobs with local manufacturers that created more jobs with shorter abatements [4]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. Google backs down from proposed data center after months of community pushback
    WFYI · Sep 22, 2025 · news
  2. Google withdraws data center proposal in southside Indianapolis
    Mirror Indy · Sep 22, 2025 · news
  3. Google withdraws rezoning proposal for 468-acre data center project in Franklin Township, Indiana
    Data Center Dynamics · Sep 23, 2025 · news
  4. Google data center gets another approval over objection of southsiders
    Mirror Indy · Aug 20, 2025 · news
  5. Google withdraws rezoning petition for proposed data center in Franklin Township
    WRTV · Sep 23, 2025 · news
  6. Case summary 2025-CZN-814 / 2025-CVR-814, Metropolitan Development Commission Hearing Examiner, April 10, 2025
    Indianapolis Department of Metropolitan Development, Division of Planning · Apr 10, 2025 · government
  7. Is Franklin Township data center dead? Google withdraws petition just before Council hearing
    Indianapolis Star (via Yahoo News) · Sep 2025 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Google Franklin Township data center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/google-franklin-township-indianapolis-in
MLA“Google Franklin Township data center.” Data Center Census, Sep 23, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/google-franklin-township-indianapolis-in.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/google-franklin-township-indianapolis-in

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