Data center profile · 1598 W. State Road 42, near Monrovia and Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana

Google Monrovia

Google's 390 MW grid-powered campus on 628 acres near Monrovia, Ind., approved by state utility regulators Oct. 7, 2026, still at grading, air permit pending.

Approved, grading. Zoning, tax breaks and utility power plan approved; mass grading under way, no building construction reported. The state air permit is pending, and no provider is identified for the expected 4.0 million gallons a day of water and wastewater.
390 MW
grid service approved by state regulators
utility load under AES Indiana's contract with Google
628 acres
land owned by Google
391 acres rezoned Feb. 2025; about 158 more added Oct. 2025
$737.3M
utility project cost in the state order
AES estimates $1.3B of infrastructure; Google pays $32.3M of direct connection costs
497.5 MW
backup diesel generators (not supply)
emergency use only, in the draft air permit
OperatorGoogle (through its affiliate Woodland Caribou LLC)
CustomerGoogle (owner-occupied; no outside tenant)
Planned IT capacity312 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2028 (range 2027 to 2029).
Next deadlineOct. 23, 2026: Evidence due in the rehearing of AES Indiana's rate case over its Google agreements
Power

Power and the grid

390 MW contracted

AES Indiana grid service (MISO)Approved Oct. 7, 2026
390 MW
utility load under a customer-specific contract of at least 15 years; Google pays 80% minimum demand Company · Oct. 2026
Contracted
Related generation and energy contracts (context, not added to campus supply)

Getting on the grid

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

  1. April 22, 2026
    Utility files its large-load plan
    AES Indiana asks the state commission to approve the project to serve Google's data center. Company · Oct. 2026
  2. Sept. 21, 2026
    Power line route settled
    AES tells county commissioners the 345 kV line will cost about $83M, cross about 86 landowners and be built from fall 2028. News report · Oct. 2026
  3. Oct. 7, 2026
    State commission approves
    The commission unanimously approves the plan; $73.8M of network upgrades go into the shared transmission rate base. see Permits
  4. Oct. 15, 2026
    Route residents seek to intervene
    Dozens of residents along the line petition to stop the upgrades on their land. News report · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

2 pending · 5 granted

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Lawsuits

1 case on record

Money

Money on record

$737.3M
project cost in the state order
AES estimates $1.3B of infrastructure News report · Oct. 2026
$73.8M
network upgrades in shared rates
paid by all AES customers News report · Oct. 2026
$7.9M
Google's purchase of a 79-acre farm
inside Monrovia town limits, Sept. 2025 News report · Oct. 2026
$325M
investment cited for the second parcel
applicant estimate, with about $22M a year in payments during abatement News report · Oct. 2026
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. June 26, 2024
    Paper trail Woodland Caribou LLC registered in Delaware
  2. Feb. 18, 2025
    Permits County commissioners approve rezoning of 391 acres for an unnamed developer, 3-0. News report · Oct. 2026
  3. May 27, 2025
    Money County adopts a 10-year, 50% property tax abatement and taxpayer agreement. News report · Oct. 2026
  4. June 25, 2025
    Money Indiana's economic development board approves a 35-year state sales and utility tax exemption. News report · Oct. 2026
  5. Oct. 6, 2025
    Permits Commissioners approve a second rezoning for about 158 more acres, 2-1. News report · Oct. 2026
  6. Oct. 23, 2025
    Site Google publicly identifies itself as the developer. News report · Oct. 2026
  7. Dec. 17, 2025
    Permits State commission rejects Monrovia's sewer ordinance as filed, then allows an amended one without the data center. News report · Oct. 2026
  8. April 2, 2026
    Site Monrovia's council votes 3-2 to start annexing the campus; the county shields about 600 acres. News report · Oct. 2026
  9. June 1, 2026
    Permits State environmental agency publishes the draft air permit for the backup diesel generators. State agency · Oct. 2026
  10. Oct. 7, 2026
    Power State utility commission unanimously approves the power plan for the 390 MW campus. News report · Oct. 2026
  11. Oct. 23, 2026
    Permits Evidence due in the rehearing of AES Indiana's rate case over its Google agreements. News report · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since May 2026: 14 FAA filings (May 2026 to Aug. 2026): tallest permanent structure 53 ft (filed July 2026) and tallest crane 400 ft (May 2026).

FAA filings
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 9. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

5 buildings
proposed: 4 large data center buildings and 1 smaller one
News report · Oct. 2026
36 cooling towers
wet cooling; about 4.0 million gallons a day estimated
State agency · Oct. 2026
65 dB
noise limit at the property line, with a 150 ft buffer and 75 ft height cap
News report · Oct. 2026
35 years
state sales and utility tax exemption (about $42M, state estimate)
News report · Oct. 2026
10 years
county property tax abatement of 50%
News report · Oct. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner
  • Google: developer and sole occupant
  • Woodland Caribou LLC: Google affiliate that owns the land and holds the permits
Decision-makers
  • Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
  • Morgan County Commissioners, Council and Drainage Board
  • Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management
Power partners
  • AES Indiana: utility and builder of the 345 kV line
Opponents and counterparties
  • Town of Monrovia: annexation and sewer fight
  • Citizens Action Coalition: intervenor in the rate case
  • Morgan County Economic Development Corp.: local sponsor
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

175 records from 46 documents

Drawn from news reports, company statements, state agency records, business registries, utility regulator dockets, public and commercial datasets and securities filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 27Company 7State agency 5Utility regulator 4Dataset 3SEC filing 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 (18)
  • On-site generation: 497.5 MW
    “One hundred and thirty-two (132) diesel-fired emergency generators, identified as Gen 1 through Gen 132, approved in 2026 for construction, each with a rated maximum of 4,043 Bhp (3,015 kW)”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Utility: AES Indiana (Indianapolis Power & Light Company d/b/a AES Indiana)
    “PETITION OF INDIANAPOLIS POWER & LIGHT COMPANY D/B/A AES INDIANA FOR APPROVAL OF: (1) PROJECT REQUIRED PRIMARILY TO SERVE A LARGE LOAD CUSTOMER”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Grid operator: MISO
    “Eagle Valley CCGT 671 MISO Zone 6 Natural Gas”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 15.653 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 0.139 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Stated campus size: not stated
    “Google is set to break ground on its Morgan County data center in 2026, with steady progress already underway”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Power plan: grid, AES Indiana retail service under a Customer Specific Contract; new 345 kV network line (Antioch to Blue Bluff) and on-site substation; contracted solar/BESS are grid resources; on-site generation is ba
    “The Customer Specific Contract (CSC) with Google is a long-term agreement (at a minimum of 15 years)”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Large-load project, customer-specific arrangements and alternative regulatory pl: Verified Petition filed
    “on April 22, 2026 Indianapolis Power & Light Company d/b/a AES Indiana filed a Verified Petition with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission in Cause No. 46394 for approval”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 390 MW
    “increasing demand through the acquisition and development of additional generation resources, including solar and energy storage projects, sufficient to provide 390 MW of new load by the end of 2029.”
    SEC filing · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Backup generator count: 179 engines
    “One hundred and thirty-two (132) diesel-fired emergency generators, identified as Gen 1 through Gen 132, approved in 2026 for construction, each with a rated maximum of 4,043 Bhp (3,015 kW)”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: 501.101 MW
    “Draft T109-50085-00094 ratings (kW each): 132x3,015; 34x2,662; 3x3,015; 2x1,372; 2x131; 2x64; 2x86; 1x132; 1x130. Sum 501,101 kW = 501.101 MW”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 390 MW
    “Indiana utility regulators unanimously approved a plan for utility AES Indiana to build the solar, battery storage and electric line project needed to power a 390-megawatt Google data center project in Monrovia”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “needed to power a 390-megawatt Google data center project in Monrovia”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Large-load project, customer-specific arrangements and alternative regulatory pl: approved (unanimous)
    “Indiana utility regulators unanimously approved a plan for utility AES Indiana to build the solar, battery storage and electric line project needed to power a 390-megawatt Google data center”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Under the ARP, AES Indiana acquires resources selected by all-source RFP: two standalone BESS (200 MW and 130 MW) and a hybrid solar+BESS (130 MW solar + 130 MW BESS), 460 MW of storage and 130 MW of solar in total, plu
    “The project comprises two standalone Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), with a capacity of 200MW and 130MW respectively. It also comprises a hybrid solar + battery project with 130MW of solar power paired with a 130MW BESS”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • A single secondary summary (New Project Media, via an aggregator not opened per the VALID PAGES rule) names the RFP winners as Foundry Works, a 200 MW Invenergy battery in Lake County, and an AES-built battery in Dubois
    “One is Foundry Works, a 200 MW battery that Invenergy is developing in Lake County”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Utility: AES Indiana - 15-year service contract; IURC approved AES's plan Oct 7, 2026 (Cause 46394): a new 10-mile 345 kV line from the future Antioch substation near Monrovia to the future Blue Bluff substation, plus tw
    “AES has proposed building a 10-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line connecting the future Antioch substation near Monrovia to the future Blue Bluff substation near the Eagle Valley Generating Plant in Martinsville”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • large load interconnection request: AES Indiana Monrovia Project plan approved (unanimous) - first data center filing under Indiana's 2025 large-load law (HEA 1007)
    “Indiana utility regulators unanimously approved a plan for utility AES Indiana to build the solar, battery storage and electric line project needed to power a 390-megawatt Google data center project in Monrovia.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (26)
  • Tenants: Google
    “The plan supports economic development, including Google's data center in Morgan County — bringing jobs, investments, and long-term growth”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: owner-occupied, Google develops and will operate the campus for itself through Woodland Caribou LLC; no third-party lease
    “the agreement to serve Google's proposed data center in Monrovia includes Google paying 100 percent of its own energy use”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: scope Electric service to Google's Monrovia data center under HEA 1007; Google pays 100% of its energy use and 100% of the new infrastructure costs required by the pro
    “financial assurances, minimum demand commitments, and exit provisions”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: term Long-term agreement of at least 15 years
    “The Customer Specific Contract (CSC) with Google is a long-term agreement (at a minimum of 15 years)”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: minimum demand 80% minimum demand obligation: Google pays the costs to serve its facilities at 80% of contracted demand even if actual usage is lower; rates are set to
    “Google has committed to an 80% minimum demand obligation”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: financial assurance Financial assurances required of Google (form and amount confidential in the public filing) to protect other customers against stranded costs
    “The filing explains the terms of the agreement and how customer protections are built in — including financial assurances, minimum usage commitments, and exit provisions”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: termination Exit provisions: if Google exits the agreement, contractual exit provisions keep any stranded costs on Google rather than transferring them to AES Indiana'
    “If Google exits the agreement, contractual exit provisions ensure that any stranded costs remain with Google — not transferred to AES Indiana's residential and small business customers”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Land control: owned, fee-simple purchases by Woodland Caribou LLC / Google (391 acres by Feb 2025; 628 acres total by Sep 2025)
    “Earlier this year, with the help of Rick Hall, an attorney with Barnes & Thornburg, the company purchased 391 acres just east of the town limits”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: missing-clause finding, cancellation clause text not public No cancellation-clause text is available in the public record: the CSC and the electric, construction and
    “I want to clarify that the agreements are filed publicly with only certain competitively sensitive and confidential information redacted”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Customer Specific Contract (CSC), electric service: condition, statutory cost-coverage floor (HEA 1007) Statutory condition: under HEA 1007 a large-load customer must cover at least 80% of costs reasonably assigned to
    “Not only does this agreement satisfy the statutory requirement, it exceeds it substantially”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Taxpayer agreement + real property tax abatement: scope Real property tax deductions of 50% for the data center campus within the county Economic Revitalization Area; adopted with the taxpayer agreement, Council Resoluti
    “the Morgan County Council approved a resolution granting Woodland Caribou LLC — the company developing the data center campus — real property tax deductions of 50 percent for the next 10 years”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Taxpayer agreement + real property tax abatement: abatement term 10-year abatement term
    “the Morgan County Council approved a resolution granting Google real property tax deductions of 50 percent for the next 10 years”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Taxpayer agreement + real property tax abatement: condition, ERA expansion to second PUD Confirmatory Resolution 2025-10-6B (Oct 6, 2025, 5-1) extended the ERA and the previously approved abatement to the additional ~15
    “The Morgan County Council voted 5 to 1 on Oct. 6 to expand an existing economic revitalization area and make an additional 158 acres eligible for a previously approved tax abatement”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Taxpayer agreement + real property tax abatement: missing-clause finding, clawback / jobs floor / investment floor No clawback, job-floor or investment-floor terms are stated in the public meeting record for the taxpaye
    “No dollar amounts, duration of abatements, or specific tax savings were stated on the record during the hearing”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Taxpayer agreement + real property tax abatement: payments in lieu of taxes The county agreement includes payments in lieu of taxes to at least five county nonprofits and compensation to all four Morgan County school dis
    “the names of the nonprofit organizations that will receive money from Google as part of the company's agreement with the county to offer payment in lieu of taxes”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • State incentive agreement (IEDC data center exemption): scope 35-year exemption from Indiana sales tax on data center equipment purchases/leases and on utility (electricity) taxes; one of four data center projects approv
    “The IEDC's tax breaks, approved by the nine-member board June 25, will exempt data center operators from having to pay sales taxes on the purchase or lease of computers, servers or other equipment”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • State incentive agreement (IEDC data center exemption): condition, renewal Exemption renewable for up to three additional 5-year periods (up to 50 years total) if the company makes additional minimum investments
    “Each of the four projects throughout the state will receive these tax breaks for the next 35 years, after which the company or companies will be able to renew the incentive for up to three additional five-year periods”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • County–RDC property transfer / lease-back (annexation shield): scope County transferred ownership of ~600 acres of Google property to the Redevelopment Commission in a 10-year lease-back; under IC 36-4-3-4.3 RDC-owned pr
    “the county transferred ownership of about 600 acres of Google property to its redevelopment commission (RDC) in a 10-year lease-back agreement, thereby shielding it from annexation efforts”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Proposed wastewater partnership (not executed): scope Proposed, not executed: Google offered to fund a ~$12M upgrade of Monrovia's wastewater plant (300,000 to ~600,000 gpd) plus sewer-system and Homestead Lift Station u
    “the email continues, We are pleased to outline a proposed partnership regarding the town's wastewater infrastructure that will deliver immediate upgrades and long-term financial benefits to the town of Monrovia”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Non-disclosure agreements: scope County officials and the EDC signed NDAs (Oct and Dec 2024) barring disclosure of Google's identity and proprietary project information; the secrecy arrangement effectively ended when Goo
    “Many county officials signed non-disclosure agreements with Google in order to learn more about the project”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google bought a 79.16-acre farm inside Monrovia town limits for $7.9M ($100,000/acre), bringing total controlled land to 628 acres. The parcel is in town jurisdiction and is not zoned for data center use.
    “Google purchased a 79.16-acre farm within Monrovia's town limits back in early September for $100,000 per acre and a total cost of $7.9 million”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Annexation shield: Morgan County transferred ~600 acres of Google property to its Redevelopment Commission in a 10-year lease-back (IC 36-4-3-4.3), making the parcels un-annexable without county executive consent.
    “the county transferred ownership of about 600 acres of Google property to its redevelopment commission (RDC) in a 10-year lease-back agreement, thereby shielding it from annexation efforts”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google offered Monrovia a wastewater partnership, fund a WWTP upgrade from 300,000 to ~600,000 gpd (~$12M), sewer upgrades and the Homestead Lift Station, and become a standard-rate Monrovia sewer customer, in exchange
    “the email continues, We are pleased to outline a proposed partnership regarding the town's wastewater infrastructure that will deliver immediate upgrades and long-term financial benefits to the town of Monrovia”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • AES Indiana told county commissioners the Antioch–Blue Bluff 345 kV line route is settled (~10 miles, ~$83M, ~86 landowners, 200-ft easement, ~240 acres); construction fall 2028 through 2029. AES stressed the line is a n
    “He said work would begin in the fall of 2028 through 2029”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Per testimony as summarized in trade press: Google's fixed-cost payments run ~$300M at minimum demand levels and more than $770M at forecast demand. Distinct from AES Indiana's separate claim of ~$770M in customer saving
    “New Project Media reports roughly $300 million of fixed-cost support at minimum demand levels, and more than $770 million at forecast demand”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: owner-operated by Google - the sponsor hid behind an NDA and the Woodland Caribou LLC shell until Google self-identified in Oct 2025; service is under a 15-year AES Indiana contract
    “In October 2025, Google issued a written statement announcing it was the previously unnamed developer of the data center”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Permits and government (58)
  • Developer: Woodland Caribou LLC (Google affiliate)
    “The Permittee owns and operates a stationary data center”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • First announced: 2025
    “He provided the Project Louie (data center) Planned Unit Development (PUD) Rezoning Exhibit B, dated February 10, 2025, in OUCC Attachment JTP-11”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Water use: wet cooling, 36 cooling towers at 6,000 gpm recirculation each (IDEM draft permit); campus flow estimated ~4.0 MGD in Cause 46239 testimony
    “Thirty-six (36) cooling towers, identified as CT1 through CT36, approved in 2026 for construction, each with a rated maximum recirculation rate of 6,000 gallons per minute”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • No identified provider can treat the campus's expected ~4.0 MGD: Monrovia WWTP is 300,000 gpd (expanding to 450,000); Mooresville lacks capacity; the county/MCRSD plan needs a new 4.5 MGD WWTP in Hendricks County (32-34
    “Monrovia, Morgan County, Mooresville, MCRSD, nor HCRSD have the capacity to treat 4.0 MGD of wastewater from the potential data center development”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • air part70 new source: application pending
    “If approved by IDEM's Office of Air Quality (OAQ), this proposed permit would allow Woodland Caribou LLC to construct and operate a new stationary data center”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade A
  • Original target date: not stated
    “AES Indiana received an order from the IURC on October 7, 2026”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: not stated
    “AES Indiana received an order from the IURC on October 7, 2026”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • New Source Construction and Part 70 Operating Permit (air): draft permit published for public comment
    “The Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has received an application from Woodland Caribou LLC, located at 1598 W SR 42, Mooresville, IN 46158, for a new source construction and Part 70 Operating Permit”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • New Source Construction and Part 70 Operating Permit (air): virtual public hearing (set for July 30, 2026) cancelled
    “A virtual public hearing was scheduled for July 30, 2026, to discuss the draft air permit for Woodland Caribou LLC. This hearing has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a future date”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • New Source Construction and Part 70 Operating Permit (air): rescheduled virtual public hearing held; comment period extended to Sep 14, 2026
    “a public hearing will be held on September 9, 2026, to discuss air permitting for Woodland Caribou LLC”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-12527-OE: 165T Grove-1 MNO2, Mobile Crane, 250 ft AGL, 1059 ft AMSL, 39.59922,-86.45443, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-08-27”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-12528-OE: 165T Grove-2 MNO2, Mobile Crane, 250 ft AGL, 1058 ft AMSL, 39.59844,-86.45164, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-08-27”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-13120-OE: Mustang MN02, Mobile Crane, 150 ft AGL, 965 ft AMSL, 39.60032,-86.45691, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-08-27”
    FAA · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • IURC evidentiary hearing on the Monrovia Project was set for Aug 5-6, 2026 with a final order expected Q4 2026 - the utility-side gate for the campus's power plan
    “The IURC has set an evidentiary hearing to be held on August 5 and 6, 2026, and AES Indiana anticipates a final order from the IURC in the fourth quarter of 2026.”
    SEC filing · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-11827-OE: MNO1, Crane, 140 ft AGL, 935 ft AMSL, 39.59459,-86.45543, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-27”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • Tallest structure filed with the FAA (ft): 44 ft
    “ASN 2026-AGL-8744-OE: MNO2, Building, 44 ft AGL, 851 ft AMSL, 39.59907,-86.45518, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-02”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-8744-OE: MNO2, Building, 44 ft AGL, 851 ft AMSL, 39.59907,-86.45518, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-02”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-8750-OE: MNO2 Mechanical Yard Distribution- DC, Other, 53 ft AGL, 860 ft AMSL, 39.59948,-86.45292, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-02”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-8797-OE: Crane on MNO site, Stationary/Fixed Crane, 250 ft AGL, 1054 ft AMSL, 39.59982,-86.45582, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-02”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-9633-OE: Electrical Yard Distribution, Other, 40 ft AGL, 847 ft AMSL, 39.59749,-86.45264, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-02”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-9830-OE: Mustang MNO1A Campus, Crane, 246 ft AGL, 1067 ft AMSL, 39.59651,-86.46497, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-02”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-4667-OE: Temporary Crane-NW, SW, NE, SE Lots, Mobile Crane, 400 ft AGL, 1265 ft AMSL, 39.60022,-86.46048, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-12”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-6359-OE: Mustang MNO1 Building 1, Crane, 236 ft AGL, 1033 ft AMSL, 39.60086,-86.45399, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-12”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-6499-OE: MNO1, Building, 42 ft AGL, 849 ft AMSL, 39.59548,-86.45534, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-12”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-6513-OE: MANITOWAC CRANE, Crane, 300 ft AGL, 1117 ft AMSL, 39.60086,-86.45659, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-12”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-AGL-6798-OE: Mechanical Yard Distribution- DC, Other, 48 ft AGL, 853 ft AMSL, 39.59390,-86.45242, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-12”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • FAA OE/AAA filings evidence construction across Google's Monrovia campus (Project Louie): fourteen cases inside or immediately at the campus construction polygon - the MNO1 and MNO2 buildings, eight cranes to 400 ft and
    “ASN 2026-AGL-6499-OE: MNO1, Building, 42 ft AGL, 849 ft AMSL, 39.59548,-86.45534, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-12”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • Zoning: PUD (Planned Unit Development) rezoning from agricultural, Morgan County case Z-25-1 (391 acres, adopted Feb 18, 2025) plus Ordinance Dec. 2025 expansion (~158 acres, Oct 6, 2025)
    “The county commissioners would go on to rezone that land for data center use back in February”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Exclusive municipal sewer service territory (regulatory ordinance approval): petition filed by Town of Monrovia
    “On May 9, 2025, the Town of Monrovia, Indiana filed a petition with the Commission seeking approval of a regulatory ordinance”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Exclusive municipal sewer service territory (regulatory ordinance approval): denied as filed, public interest not served; leave to resubmit amended ordinance removing the data center
    “The Commission ultimately found that the public interest would not be served by approving Monrovia's regulatory ordinance”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Exclusive municipal sewer service territory (amended ordinance): amended ordinance approved (data center carved out of Monrovia's exclusive territory)
    “The Commission on July 27, 2026, approved an amended ordinance submitted by Monrovia, finding it complied with the Commission's final order in Cause No. 46239”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Rate case rehearing (Google Monrovia agreements): rehearing granted, limited to the Google Monrovia agreements and the BlackRock-led acquisition of AES Corp
    “The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission has granted Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana's (CAC) request for rehearing concerning two major developments that occurred after the evidentiary record closed in AES Indiana's rate case”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Rezoning, Planned Unit Development (PUD): rezoning approved (agricultural to PUD), 3-0
    “The board recorded a 3-0 vote in favor of adopting the PUD ordinance”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Rezoning, PUD expansion: second PUD approved (~158 additional acres), 2-1
    “Morgan County commissioners voted to approve Ordinance 2025-12 on Oct. 6, a proposal to add about 158 acres to a planned-unit development (PUD) for a data-center and light-industrial campus”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Drainage / stormwater approval for mass grading: conditional final drainage approval for mass grading
    “The Morgan County Drainage Board granted conditional final drainage approval for Project Louis, a mass-grading plan covering about 356 acres of a 391-acre parcel”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County EDC first approached by Google about a data center campus; NDAs with county officials followed in Oct and Dec 2024, and the developer stayed unnamed through the Feb 2025 rezoning.
    “he was first approached by Google about a possible data center campus during the first quarter of 2024”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • First public trace of the project: EDC letter to neighboring landowners (Jan 24, 2025) and a published public notice (Jan 23, 2025) preceded the Feb 10, 2025 plan commission hearing on the unnamed developer's PUD rezonin
    “The Madsens received a letter from the Morgan County Economic Development Corporation on January 24, 2025, informing them of a community meeting February 10 about a potential data center development”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Google publicly identified itself as the developer (written statement by Broderick Green) roughly eight months after the rezoning and five months after the tax abatement were approved for the unnamed Project Louie. State
    “In Indiana, we can confirm we are exploring a potential development in Morgan County, Indiana”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Monrovia Town Council voted 3-2 to initiate annexation of 145 parcels including the entire data center site; if completed it could take effect Q1 2027 and could expand the town's exclusive sewer territory by up to 4 mile
    “the council approved initiating the annexation process by a 3-2 vote, with Fowler and councilman Ryan Marsh voting against the resolution”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • IURC order in Cause 46394: total project cost $737.3M; AES's broader infrastructure estimate is $1.3B. First large-load approval under HEA 1007. Google pays $32.3M direct connection; $73.8M of network upgrades go into th
    “The Monrovia project, southwest of Indianapolis in Morgan County, will include two battery energy storage systems and a solar facility. The total project cost is $737.3 million”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • CAC rehearing in rate case 46258: CAC alleged AES Indiana executed one Google agreement more than a week before filing rebuttal testimony and another nearly a month before the evidentiary hearing, without correcting test
    “AES Indiana had executed one agreement with Google more than a week before filing rebuttal testimony in its rate case and another agreement nearly a month before the start of the evidentiary hearing”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Dozens of residents along the transmission route petitioned to intervene in Cause 46394 to stop AES building the upgrades on their properties; opposition also attended every stage of the county process (rezoning suit, PU
    “dozens of local residents who filed a petition to intervene with the IURC in order to prevent AES from constructing the upgrades on local properties”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Plan Commission: PUD rezoning case Z-25-1 (Project Louie, 391 acres), public hearing and recommendation
    “The PUD text filed with the planning office limits allowed uses, adds development standards (including a 150-foot landscaped buffer, a 65-dB property-line noise standard and a 75-foot maximum structure height)”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Board of Commissioners: Adopt PUD ordinance Z-25-1 (391 acres)
    “The board recorded a 3-0 vote in favor of adopting the PUD ordinance”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Council: Declaratory Resolution 2025-5-5, designate Economic Revitalization Area
    “The Morgan County Council voted 6-0 on May 5, 2025, to approve Resolution 2025-5-5, a declaratory resolution that begins the county process for designating an economic revitalization area”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Council + Board of Commissioners (joint): Confirmatory ERA Resolution 2025-5-27 a; taxpayer agreement 2025-5-27 b; real property abatement 2025-5-27 c; Commissioners Resolution 25-5-27-d (taxpayer agreement
    “The council passed three resolutions (2025-5-27 a, b and c) on votes of 6–0, and the Board of Commissioners approved a resolution on the form of a taxpayer agreement”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Indiana Economic Development Corporation board: 35-year data center sales and utility tax exemption for Project Louie (one of four Indiana projects)
    “The IEDC's tax breaks, approved by the nine-member board June 25, will exempt data center operators from having to pay sales taxes”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Council: Declaratory resolution expanding the ERA by ~160 acres (Project Louie)
    “The Morgan County Council voted 4-0 to adopt a resolution declaring an expansion of the county's Economic Revitalization Area to include roughly 160 acres identified as part of Project Louie”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Council: Confirmatory Resolution 2025-10-6B, ERA expansion and abatement extension to ~158 acres
    “Resolution 2025-10-6B (economic revitalization area expansion for Woodland Caribou LLC): approved (motion by Chip Keller; seconded by Melissa Green). Motion carries 5-1”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Board of Commissioners: Ordinance Dec. 2025, second PUD (~158 acres)
    “Morgan County commissioners voted to approve Ordinance 2025-12 on Oct. 6”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Monrovia Town Council: Resolution initiating annexation of 145 parcels including the entire data center site
    “the council approved initiating the annexation process by a 3-2 vote, with Fowler and councilman Ryan Marsh voting against the resolution”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Plan Commission: Western Morgan County economic development area (TIF) resolution
    “Commission member Bill Rumbaugh then made a motion to approve the resolution, which member Melanie DePoy seconded. The vote was 7-2 for approval”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Board of Commissioners: TIF resolution for the Western Morgan County economic development area
    “At the end of the public comment, the commissioners voted 3-0 to approve the resolution”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Monrovia Town Council (executive session): Closed session with the Project Louie Team; Google wastewater partnership offer conveyed
    “On June 23, the town council held a closed-door executive session, where it met with the Project Louie Team, the county's code name for Google's data center project”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Redevelopment Commission: Confirm creation of the Western Morgan County Economic Development Area (TIF allocation area) after public hearing
    “The Morgan County Redevelopment Commission voted to confirm the creation of the Western Morgan County economic development area, advancing the tax-increment financing (TIF) allocation area after a public hearing”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Morgan County Board of Commissioners: AES Indiana update (not on agenda): 345 kV Antioch–Blue Bluff line route settled; ~$83M cost; ~86 landowners; 200-ft easement / ~240 acres; construction fall 2028 through 2029 (Jeff
    “He said work would begin in the fall of 2028 through 2029”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission: Order approving AES Indiana's HEA 1007 large-load plan for the Google Monrovia data center (Cause No. 46394)
    “Indiana utility regulators unanimously approved a plan for utility AES Indiana”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 549 acres
    “That same month, the Morgan County Commissioners voted to approve the rezoning of an additional 158 acres, bringing the total for the site to 549 acres”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • Two Monrovia residents sued in Morgan County Superior Court I (Judge Dakota VanLeeuwen) asking the court to overturn the commissioners' Feb 2025 rezoning approval
    “Two Monrovia residents even filed a lawsuit in Morgan County Superior Court I back in March requesting Judge Dakota VanLeeuwen to overturn the county commissioners' approval of the data center”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (16)
  • Address: 1598 W SR 42, Mooresville, IN 46158
    “Source Address: 1598 W SR 42, Mooresville, Indiana 46158”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City: Monrovia
    “Source Address: 1598 W SR 42, Mooresville, Indiana 46158”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • County: Morgan County
    “County Location: Morgan”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • County code: Morgan County, IN (18109)
    “County Location: Morgan”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • State: Indiana (IN)
    “Source Address: 1598 W SR 42, Mooresville, Indiana 46158”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Water source: undecided, no provider with identified capacity for the expected ~4.0 MGD; candidates in the IURC Cause 46239 record: Citizens Water, Morgan County Rural Water Corporation, Indiana-American Water (via Moor
    “little information is available on who will provide the 4.0 MGD of water for the potential data center, noting that possible providers are Citizens Water, Morgan County Rural Water Corporation”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • News reports cited in OUCC testimony in Cause 46239 put data center construction at five to eight years, context only; Google/AES publish no schedule.
    “according to news reports, the data center construction will take five to eight years”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Name: Google Monrovia
    “AES Indiana is moving forward with plans to serve Google's new data center, which is expected to be located in Monrovia”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stage: building, site construction under way, on track
    “Google is set to break ground on its Morgan County data center in 2026, with steady progress already underway”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Developer: Google (subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc.)
    “primarily driven by the anticipated demand for a new data center campus to be located in Monrovia, Indiana, which is being developed by a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc.”
    SEC filing · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Site acres: 628 acres
    “The farm is adjacent to the acreage outside the town limits that the county has zoned for data center use, and the addition brings Google's current land total to 628 acres at present”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings count: 5 proposed (4 large data center buildings + 1 smaller building)
    “Of the five buildings proposed, four seem to be large data centers, and the fifth is a smaller building east of the electrical transmission line”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: site construction, mass grading under way; no vertical building construction reported
    “This aerial photo, taken in late September looking north from Ind. 42 in the foreground, shows the ongoing construction at Google's data center site”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: site construction under way - clearing, earthwork and building construction active through 2026; a late-September 2026 press aerial (from Ind. 42) shows ongoing construction across the site; five buil
    “This aerial photo, taken in late September looking north from Ind. 42 in the foreground, shows the ongoing construction at Google's data center site”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • In Oct 2025 Google publicly identified itself as the previously unnamed developer behind 'Project Louie', ending the NDA phase; the same month the county approved the additional 158 acres.
    “In October 2025, Google issued a written statement announcing it was the previously unnamed developer of the data center.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Announced: Feb. 10, 2025
    “At that meeting, the Morgan County Plan Commission announced plans for “Project Louie,” a large data center project on West Keller Hill Road in Monroe Township”
    News report · Feb. 2025 · grade C