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Data center campus · 2505 N. Sherman Drive, near 25th Street, Martindale-Brightwood, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Metrobloks Indianapolis data center

Approved as of May 4, 2026

Metrobloks won city approval for a two-building data center on a former drive-in theater brownfield in Martindale-Brightwood, and residents with the Hoosier Environmental Council went to court to stop it.

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Power75MW reported · stated
Site14acres

Who is behind it

ProjectMetrobloks Indianapolis data center
Developer and teamMetrobloks
End userNot found in the recordsNot yet named in any record or credited report we have found.

The record, newest first

  1. Indy Economic Development held a community meeting on revised incentive figures, with the commission's hearing and vote expected Nov. 18. (Mirror Indy, Oct. 8, 2026)

  2. Mirror Indy reported that state testing found metal in the soil at the former drive-in site and groundwater that did not meet state drinking water criteria. (Mirror Indy, Aug. 24, 2026)

  3. The Indianapolis data center moratorium was enacted through 2027 without reaching this project, which already had city approval. (Mirror Indy, Aug. 19, 2026)

  4. City officials delayed a vote on a package then valued at $56 million in tax breaks so that the community commitments could be finished. (Mirror Indy, Aug. 5, 2026; Mirror Indy, July 24, 2026)

  5. The City-County Council approved the request after a move to pull it from the agenda failed because the councilor making it did not represent the district. (WFYI, May 4, 2026)

  6. Residents and the Hoosier Environmental Council filed a petition for judicial review in Marion Superior Court 6, arguing the commission misapplied its standards and that environmental and other studies were inadequate; no ruling on the claims was reported. (Mirror Indy, May 8, 2026; The Indiana Lawyer (Indianapolis Business Journal), May 13, 2026; WFYI, May 12, 2026)

  7. The Metropolitan Development Commission approved the project over objections from many residents. (Weekly View, April 9, 2026; Mirror Indy, May 8, 2026)

  8. The Indianapolis Business Journal identified Los Angeles-based Metrobloks as the company behind the proposal for a parcel east of Brightwood Plaza. (Inside Indiana Business (Indianapolis Business Journal), Sept. 18, 2025)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Acreage: reports range from about 13 acres to nearly 14 acres.
  • Street name: WFYI writes 2505 N. Sherman Ave.; the Indianapolis Business Journal and Weekly View write Sherman Drive, which matches the former Sherman Drive-In site.
  • The approval is described as a rezoning by WFYI and as zoning variances by Mirror Indy.
  • Reports differ on who the defendants are: WFYI lists Metrobloks, the commission and Sherman Investments LLC, while the Indianapolis Business Journal lists the commission and the Department of Metropolitan Development.
  • Incentive figures changed: July and August stories gave $56 million and up to $339 million for tenants; Mirror Indy's October story gives $52.6 million and nearly $129 million, saying the city supplied more accurate numbers than its financial documents, without explaining the difference.
  • Mirror Indy does not name the metal, give concentrations or say what the state did in response.
  • The current status of the court case was not found.

The full record

Status note
The City-County Council approved the request on May 4, 2026; a court challenge was filed May 1, and a commission vote on tax abatements was scheduled for Nov. 18, 2026.
Power note
Reported by the Indianapolis Business Journal.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.