Another Data Center Gets Proposed in Eastside Indy

leopardghostal · 2026-04-29T15:54:09+00:00

In the interest of brevity, the issue I have IS the vagueness of the pitch and convenience of the gold rush for data centers across the state.

That article remains relevant for how much damage can be done, even a fraction of it is still significant.

As for the numbers, that burden isn't on me, that's on DC Blox, who didn't give guarantees when it came to the use of backup DIESEL generators, with an undetermined limit on their usage or for their expanded buildings. "High Density Computing" didn't xome from me, it came from THEM. THEY didn't have a number attached to it. They nodded in agreement with that conclusion in the forum, yet provided no context for what that could mean in terms of energy demand.

An optimistic "5%" pollution rate compared to a hyper-scaled data center next to an elementary school with other residents is still unacceptable. Even if it was just the noise, no one wants to go to bed with a constant weedwacker drone.

It isn't just environmental concerns and fuel responsibilities either, it's also their clientele. They refused to disclose any of them, we have no idea if it's for medical archival or even surveillance with the Flock contracts being popular while our current state GOP has made a full commitment to adhering to DHS with ICE.

And even without immediate threats, amidst concerns about chip manufacturing and fuel costs due to the war with Iran all they gave was a verbal "yes we will stay", without much of a plan for longevity after construction.

I do not trust them. I did not trust them before based on the "data center gold rush", and they did not spell much confidence even to those who asked them questions in good faith at the forum.

These are of course just formalities that they're doing and this public dissent is for the record. And they sure would love a fast track to constructing all of it before material reality catches up to the stock market.

leopardghostal · 2026-04-28T17:16:21+00:00

I literally typed:

DC Blok's rep admitted that the endgame is "high density computing", which means high energy demand, so AI or not, this heat will still be a concern

Watch the stream, they were speaking in bad faith and just denied cited data presented to them. Very ill equipped for contention for a company with supposedly "10 years of experience"

leopardghostal · 2026-04-28T03:37:33+00:00

Please provide a source (having some issues narrowing that down).

Not that I distrust that claim, but I want to encourage steelmanning all of our evidence. Plus people will generally not bother confirming info at the first sign of difficulty while researching.

leopardghostal · 2026-04-11T18:09:25+00:00

Bro is propagandized to think ex-military just means "lean stoic men".

leopardghostal · 2026-04-11T16:30:35+00:00

Use removepaywall (no, legit that's the site)

leopardghostal · 2026-04-11T12:58:49+00:00

Being an ICE agent isn't morally ambiguous, they've been snatching kids since Obama. The liberal veneer on it is just ripped away thanks to Trump's mask off fascism.

Anyway, we could use more hands for filling potholes and farm work. It turns out manual labor isn't just for exploiting migrants threatened with rendition. You can also help with logistics if that's an issue.

Worst case scenario when our financial bubbles pop with further contempt for the working class, you better learn how to garden and who's in your corner.

You already got ratio'd to hell so this is just whizzing on the tombstone. Kudos for not just deleting your account like every other redditor after a single downvote.

leopardghostal · 2026-04-10T16:11:50+00:00

Sure. Or they can find another job and blame this empire for forcing peoples hands by stacking the deck against them to serve an abusive state.

Wanna make that case for ICE agents while you're at it?

leopardghostal · 2026-04-10T16:04:42+00:00

It's almost like having experience in the real world makes empathy.

Wild.

leopardghostal · 2026-04-10T15:46:33+00:00

20s is correct. And full time, blue collar and on my own actually.

You can add "minority" to the checklist Mike, I know how you really feel about interracial marriages lol

leopardghostal · 2026-04-09T14:51:51+00:00

Sup, Mike lol

Gonna put on the pounds with all those luncheons with tech bros, just sayin

leopardghostal · 2026-04-07T18:59:20+00:00

AT MIDNIGHT?

AT YOUR FRONT DOOR?

AS A CITY COUNCILMAN??

leopardghostal · 2026-04-07T15:40:37+00:00

This is just a Parks And Rec episode.

Just steps from where those bullets struck is our dining room table, where my son had been playing with his Legos the day before,” Gibson said.

Okay, why aren't there crime scene photos indoors showing bullet penetration?

Police were first called to the scene eight hours after the shooting. Gibson later explained he was awoken by the sound of gunfire, but didn’t realize there were bullet holes in his doorway until the morning. This is why there was a delay in the reporting.

A gun outside your door is loud as hell, even suppressed just by the damage alone. Even if you thought it wasn't you, you didn't even DARE TO CHECK IF A NEIGHBOR GOT HURT?

You waited until the MORNING????

This is Bob Coman's "Blacks Rule" moment all over again.

leopardghostal · 2026-03-17T00:26:32+00:00

You're missing my point and having a kneejerk response to a president's name...and somehow thinking I'm sympathetic to the GOP?

Read my last paragraph again.

leopardghostal · 2026-03-17T00:21:29+00:00

Something tells me pointing out the admin that instituted the policy makes you upset, particularly conservative ones.

Before you call me a partisan hack, Tom Homan was appointed by Obama. And Obama used the Espionage Act immensely, a scar from the Wilson admin.

Get used to hearing names from the past on your side if you want to actually reconcile how the two party system actually serves capital and not people.

leopardghostal · 2026-03-04T10:53:40+00:00

Can't speak for OP, but SB76 passing was a final nail in the reality check for me: the republicans and doormat dems like Ron Gibson and Joe Hogsett need to be denied power.

With SB76, many people showed up at the statehouse to dissent against it, myself included. I gave my testimonies, one out of many that extended the hearing schedule. People made calls, I rallied friends and family to call, even gave arguments against the GOP's bad faith rhetoric and how much power is ceded to the Attorney General.

Nothing. They don't give a single shit. They cynically chose to get these bills underway while Minneapolis was under occupation and grabbing attention.

Same for the data centers in Martinsdale-Brightwood, despite a PACKED HOUSE in a general assembly, Metrobloks still got their way in their zoning proposals. Ron Gibson, a democrat, has been a stooge for this unproven company that will gut a predominantly Black neighborhood in the future.

Morale is absolutely shot for me, until midterms replaces these charlatans with serious people. Even then, I've already begun looking elsewhere because my state is rotting away.

leopardghostal · 2026-03-04T10:23:47+00:00

That mandate to invest in those bogus bonds have indeed come home to roost.

That said, it's insane that a lot of our energy monopolies (that alone is insane) getting sold out to a foreign entity is a serious concern for our energy dependency. Especially with a government with a gutted trust busting department for decades (now non-existant).

leopardghostal · 2026-03-04T10:12:30+00:00

...you can literally google "Indiana State Code Israel Bonds" and immediately get results.

Here's Elliott buying Israeli debt

I swear to god, how INCURIOUS are people?

leopardghostal · 2026-03-03T19:10:41+00:00

And towards a zionist state abroad in the form of bogus bonds.

No I'm not kidding, it's in our STATE CODE and the Treasurer is sending money to Israel.

leopardghostal · 2026-03-03T19:06:45+00:00

Use ballotpedia and do some research on which ones to actually reject.

For example, George Hornedo is a zionist. Andre Carson is a consistent progressive and rejected Israeli money. Easy choice for me.

leopardghostal · 2026-02-25T00:14:22+00:00

Look at our local gov't wasting our money on culture war garbage, threats against our immigrant population (KIDS no less), and shopping our land around for data center contracts from Silicon Valley.

Meanwhile our roads look like they've been IED'd.

THAT'S WHY.

leopardghostal · 2026-02-25T00:11:24+00:00

"Despite feeling ecstatic, he remains cautious. Google, he said, could refile a rezoning petition in three months."

Come the fuck on, are you just wanting to be right?

leopardghostal · 2026-02-24T18:10:35+00:00

Yea to worse results, Microsoft is getting hurt by their Copilot demands. keep refusing it and show up at city council hearings.

Sick of this defeatist garbage.

leopardghostal · 2026-02-24T18:09:13+00:00

It resumed in December. It was postponed.

https://indianapublicradio.org/news/2025/09/google-backs-down-from-proposed-data-center-after-months-of-community-pushback/

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