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Resident urges LaPorte County to adopt ordinance limiting data centers on farmland
Summary
A resident urged LaPorte County commissioners to adopt an ordinance restricting data centers from farmland after neighborhood utility markings suggested possible development; commissioners said no developer has formally approached the county and noted the current ordinance limits such facilities to industrial zones.
Lindsay Waneski, a LaPorte County resident, told the Board of Commissioners on Sept. 17 that neighbors are worried by recent utility markings and flags on farmland between 400 South and 500 South and asked the board to adopt an ordinance to prevent data centers from being sited near homes, a county park and a school.
"I'm here tonight looking for answers regarding the possibility of a data center going in between 400 South and 500 South," Waneski said during the public-comment period, citing utility markings she associated with a firm named Abenmark and asking the commissioners to "move swiftly…
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