Answering Your Questions about Data Centers | Hoosier Environmental Council

The Hoosier Environmental Council's data center resource hub provides Indiana communities and policymakers with guidance on navigating data center development. Featuring a detailed policymaker's guide, it covers four critical areas — energy demand and grid impacts, water consumption and treatment, land use and siting, and community impact including noise, jobs, and benefit agreements. The guide offers key questions, policy highlights, and actionable recommendations to help local and state officials ensure data centers don't burden communities with higher costs, water stress, or environmental damage.