The Eleventh District Council on Sept. 8 approved Ordinance 2025-29 to vacate portions of County Road 325 West and County Road 400 West for Project Domino, a proposed data center campus, and to convey the vacated rights-of-way to Orla, LLC.

Ben (staff member) described the Project Domino site as approximately 1,500 acres in the LEAP District and identified it as Site 18 in the district land-use concept. He said the project contemplates 15 buildings totaling just under 5,000,000 square feet and that phase 1 work is north of State Road 32. “So phase 1 will all start north of State Road 32,” Ben said, explaining the roads proposed for vacation run through the middle of the planned construction area and would need to be vacated to facilitate construction.

Rob (staff member) read the ordinance and said the Plan Commission voted 7–0 to send a favorable recommendation to the council for the vacations. The ordinance describes vacating roughly 1,800 feet of assumed right-of-way associated with County Road 325 West (between State Road 32 and Deer Creek) and roughly 5,200 feet associated with County Road 400 West (between State Road 32 and County Road 200 North), and conveying the described real estate to Orla, LLC.

Councilmembers asked staff about existing travel routes for residents north of the site. Ben showed maps indicating remaining north–south routes such as 500 West and another county road that would remain open, and said the transportation network north of the site would continue to provide access: “...you have 500 West, and then the next homes are actually further north on the other side of the Big 4 Trail,” he said.

A member of the public, Jody Stewart (commenter), urged the council to consider a cease-and-desist notice she said had been read into the record at a December meeting and alleged that Project Domino is an economic development use that would employ taxpayer funds. “This is an economic development project, and it is going to be using taxpayer money,” Stewart said. She asked whether council members had consulted legal counsel about the notice and warned of potential legal action if public funds were used improperly.

Council members replied in the public-comment exchange that legal counsel had not advised any required action; the mayor directed that public comment proceed and cautioned against extended back-and-forth with the commenter. The council then voted to approve the ordinance on second reading; a council member moved to approve, a second was recorded, and the motion passed by voice vote.

Ben also noted that notifications for the vacation petition included mailed notices (the statutory 300-foot requirement was cited) and that the staff provided notice to property owners within 400 feet, published notice in the newspaper, and posted plans on the city website.

Ben said INDOT’s State Road 32 realignment is anticipated to straighten the curve and that once INDOT vacates the existing SR 32 right-of-way to Project Domino there may be additional vacations south of SR 32 in the future; those later vacations were not before the council on Sept. 8.