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Fort Wayne residents press council to challenge Google data-center diesel permit; council seeks IDEM meeting
Summary
Dozens of residents urged Fort Wayne officials to oppose draft air permits tied to Google’s Project Zodiac, citing up to 179 proposed diesel generators, air and water concerns, and tax-abatement questions. Council President Jeff Paddock said he has written IDEM and the mayor plans a public forum; council members pledged further outreach and information requests to Google.
Council members heard more than an hour of public comment on Nov. 25 from residents concerned about Google’s proposed data center project in southeast Fort Wayne and draft air permits filed with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).
Council President Jeff Paddock said he had submitted a letter to IDEM asking the agency to meet with city officials, the mayor’s office and Google to seek alternatives to the diesel-generator configuration that residents have criticized. “I have submitted a letter … to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management,” Paddock said, and he and Mayor Sharon Tucker are coordinating a public forum in December.
Speakers at the public comment period said the community was not given adequate notice or information about the project’s scale and environmental impacts and urged the council to press…
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