Farrah Anderson, writing for WFYI Indianapolis:

A final vote on the project was expected during Monday’s City-County Council meeting, but Councilor Michael-Paul Hart, a key player in the fight over the center, surprised dozens of residents in the overflow room when he said the tech giant planned to withdraw.

Minutes later, Joseph Calderon, the local attorney for Google’s rezoning request, confirmed the news, and hundreds of cheers erupted in the packed council chambers.

The abrupt end to the controversial tech development comes after months of debate between supporters and residents who feared their quality of life in Franklin Township would suffer.

I’ve been following this story all summer, and could not be happier to see this outcome. Data centers hire very few people relative to their environmental impact, and people in the community rightfully called that fact out. Google would have also been using a ton of a water in an area filled with food crops that is already experiencing a severe drought.