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Today’s episode of The Rob Kendall Show opens with Rob covering Indianapolis’ move toward pausing new data center development. The Metropolitan and Economic Development Committee voted 10 to 3 to recommend a moratorium through December 2027, sending the proposal to the full City-County Council. Rob says the timing may be politically convenient ahead of the next mayoral and council elections, but argues the pause is still a good thing because local governments do not yet understand the full financial, infrastructure, and utility impact of these projects.
Rob says the basic math on data centers…
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