Data center profile · Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

DC Blox Thunderbird Indianapolis campus

Data center campus proposed by DC Blox in Marion County, Indiana, on grid power; about 40 MW of IT capacity planned.

Announced. Zoning approval pending. A utility is named, but no signed service agreement is on record. Newest record Sept. 2026.
The campus, Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 18, 2026
50 MW
utility load on file
facility power, not split into IT capacity
AES Indiana
serving utility
Grid power
32
acres in the site
2
data center buildings planned
OperatorDC Blox
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity40 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
The site

The site from above

Satellite overview
Lower-resolution satellite image, Oct. 18, 2026.
Power

Power and the grid

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. July 8, 2026
    Utility MW on record
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 4 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$1.8B Development commitment (Capital investment). Local government · July 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. April 9, 2026
    Site Project first appears in the public record
  2. July 15, 2026
    Permits Public hearing held on the rezoning. News report · July 2026
Construction activity

Satellite captures by quarter

Since Sept. 2025: 2 satellite captures.

Satellite
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • DCB Indianapolis, developer
  • DC Blox, developer
  • Thunderbird CC Land Partners, landowner
  • Lauth Group, developer
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

28 records from 11 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, public and commercial datasets, satellite captures and company statements, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 7Local government 1Dataset 1Satellite 1Company 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (5)
  • Role of the on-site plant: backup
    “including generators for emergency power of each building”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • On-site power technology: diesel generators (standby backup, diesel particulate filters fitted)
    “For air quality, DPFs (Diesel Particulate Filters), acting as exhaust after treatment devices, will be included on the generators”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Backup generator count: 31 units
    “Building 1 is expected to have approximately 6 generators. Building 2 is expected to have approximately 25 generators”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 50 MW
    “Together, they would use an estimated 31 generators and about 50 megawatts”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Utility: AES Indiana
    “AES committed to servicing large-load operators, including data centers, but under state statute, operators must pay for at least 80% of the infrastructure costs to service their developments”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (3)
  • development commitment (Plan of Operation): capital investment 1800000000 USD
    “The project represents a total investment in the range of $1.8 - $2.0 billion”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Announced: April 9, 2026
    “Georgia-based developer DC Blox is looking to build a $2 billion data center campus at the corner of South Kitley Avenue and the Pennsy Trail.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Program-scope investment figure for the original three-building program: up to $2.2 billion inclusive of tenant IT equipment, per DC Blox as reported by DCD
    “DC Blox says investment in the campus could total up to $2.2 billion inclusive of IT equipment hosted within”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (2)
  • Project status: APPROVED, NOT IN SERVICE: use variance approved 6-1 by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission on July 15, 2026 for the scaled-back two-building plan (320,000 sq ft); opponents sued for judicial
    “The proposal that was approved was a scaled back version of the original plan, which detailed a three-building campus”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • rezoning: approved 6-1 on July 15, 2026 (hearing examiner recommended approval June 11, 2026); opponents petitioned for judicial review August 2026
    “was given the go-ahead by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission on Wednesday, July 15”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Opponents (Irvington Community Schools, Eastside Community Action and two east-side property owners) filed suit in Marion County in August 2026 asking a judge to overturn the use variance; in September 2026 the city brie
    “In August, Irvington Community Schools, Eastside Community Action and two east-side property owners filed a lawsuit asking a Marion County judge to overturn the zoning variance request at 305 Fintail Drive”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (7)
  • Street address: 305 Fintail Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46219
    “DC BLOX Data Centers / Thunderbird Commerce Center 305 Fintail Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46219”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Building count: 2 buildings
    “Building 1 (one-story) +/- 70K SF - Building 2 (two-story) +/- 250K SF”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Building sq ft: 320000 sq ft
    “Building 1 (one-story) +/- 70K SF - Building 2 (two-story) +/- 250K SF”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 18097
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    Dataset · Oct. 2026
  • Campus name: DC Blox Thunderbird Indianapolis campus
    “The data center campus, which will be built in the Thunderbird Commerce Center at 305 Fintail Drive”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Site acreage: 32 acres
    “totaling 420,000 sq ft (39,019 sqm) on a 32-acre parcel within the Thunderbird Commerce Center”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Brownfield: the campus parcel is part of the former Ford Visteon manufacturing site (opened 1957, closed 2007, demolished 2017), redeveloped from 2021 as the Thunderbird Commerce Center; the site is in IDEM's Voluntary R
    “The Thunderbird Commerce Center previously hosted the Ford Visteon manufacturing site. Opened in 1957, the site manufactured automotive parts until it closed in 2007 and was demolished in 2017”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C

Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).