What You Need to Know About the $4.3 Billion Data Center Tax Deal

Name: What You Need to Know About the $4.3 Billion Data Center Tax Deal
Uploaded: 2026-09-24T06:00:38.000Z
Duration: 9 min 55 s
Description: Indianapolis approved $240 million in tax breaks for a $4.3 billion data center project by Sabey, despite reports that the company claimed it would proceed without the incentives. The decision followed a contentious rezoning fight and a split commission vote involving union supporters and civic opponents.

News Clip9:55The Trade Off Report·Indianapolis, Marion County, IN·9/24/2026

Indianapolis approved $240 million in tax breaks for a $4.3 billion data center project by Sabey, despite reports that the company claimed it would proceed without the incentives. The decision followed a contentious rezoning fight and a split commission vote involving union supporters and civic opponents.

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Gov: Indianapolis, Metropolitan Development Commission, Decatur Township Civic Council

Indianapolis just approved $240 million in tax breaks for a $4.3 billion data center — and the company's own representatives reportedly told the commission it planned to build the project with or without the incentive.

This episode follows a single vote from a rezoning fight Indiana's zoning code has no category for, through a split commission room of union supporters and civic-council opponents, to the sentence that undercuts the entire justification for the deal.

Sources:
1. Metropolitan Development Commission vote records, September 16, 2026
2. Mirror Indy, WFYI, Indianapolis Star coverage of the Sabey abatement hearings
3. Indy Economic Development Inc. (IEDI) incentive estimates
4. Pat Andrews / Decatur Township Civic Council public testimony