After tough opposition from residents, Google has canceled plans to build a $1 billion data center in Franklin Township, Indianapolis.
Futurism reported the facility would have occupied over 460 acres of land and would have required the area to be rezoned. It is unclear whether the data center would have been used for AI or for another purpose.
Regardless of the specific way the computers are being used, that much computing power takes a lot of electricity. Residents were concerned that the data center would drive up the price of electricity, not just for the data center itself, but for all the residents surrounding it…