Indianapolis Star, USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect
INDIANAPOLIS — An Indianapolis data center operated 15 years without an air permit for multiple backup diesel generators, documents show, illustrating the potential challenges the state faces in regulating air emissions from the burgeoning data center industry.
Lifeline Data Center at 401 N. Shadeland Ave. opened in 2009 in the former Eastgate Mall in Warren Township, promising to bring a new era of IT service centers to the Circle City. At the time, city officials lauded the redevelopment of the dilapidated old shopping center, which had sat vacant since the early 2000s…