Will Indiana enact a data center moratorium by December 31, 2028?

- [2026-02-27] The 2026 Indiana General Assembly (short session) adjourned sine die; no statewide data center moratorium was enacted. The only notable statewide data-center bill, HB 1333, passed the House 54-45 in February 2026 but stalled in the Senate Utilities Committee, with its controversial farmland 'permitted use' provision explicitly rejected . The bill's revenue-sharing concept was instead folded into HB 1210, which became law (HEA 1210) — an incentive/revenue-sharing measure, not a moratorium. https://mirrorindy.org/data-center-legislation-indiana-general-assembly-2026/ - [2026-03-02] Reporting confirmed despite nearly a dozen bills filed, little new regulation of the industry was advanced, and much of the legislation introduced didn't aim to slow development ; no statewide pause bill advanced past committee. https://www.wboi.org/2026-03-02/at-a-pivotal-moment-for-data-centers-indiana-lawmakers-take-little-action - [2026-07-17] A policy tracker stated explicitly that the General Assembly did not enact the statewide moratorium, water-permitting, electricity-reporting, or data-center-specific ratepayer-protection proposals introduced in 2026 . https://servercountry.org/policy/indiana/ - [2026-08-19] Indianapolis/Marion County enacted a binding **local** (not statewide) moratorium: the Metropolitan Development Commission approved the temporary moratorium 6-0, effective through no later than Dec. 31, 2027 , following a 23-1 City-County Council vote. This is explicitly excluded from the market's definition since it's local, not statewide. https://fox59.com/news/metropolitan-development-commission-unanimously-approves-data-center-moratorium/ - [2026-08-28] Citizens Action Coalition materials show advocacy groups are explicitly campaigning for a statewide moratorium, urging residents to urge Indiana Legislators to pass a statewide data center moratorium! ... Protect Hoosiers — confirming no statewide measure exists yet and that it remains an active advocacy goal rather than pending legislation. https://www.citact.org/sites/default/files/AI-Data-Centers-in-Indiana-Sep-2026-Update.pdf - [2026-09-28] A comprehensive tracker (last updated 2026-09-28) lists only local/county moratoria (Fulton, Starke, Dearborn, White, Putnam, Pulaski, Boone, Marion/Indianapolis, Elkhart City, Zionsville, Owen County, etc.) and shows the legislation table with only HB 1333 (failed) and HB 1210 (enacted, not a moratorium) — no statewide moratorium bill is listed as active or pending. https://www.datacenterbans.com/state/indiana - [2026-09-23] Fort Wayne's proposed one-year council pause on data center actions (a **local** measure) was delayed to an October 13, 2026 vote, illustrating continued local-level (not state) activity. https://www.datacenterbans.com/state/indiana - [n/d, per IndyBar] The next legislative session will begin the first full week of January 2027 and run through late April. Given the odd-numbered year, it will be a "long session," during which legislators largely focus on the State's biennial budget — this will be the next opportunity for any statewide data-center bill, including a possible moratorium, to be introduced and passed before the market's Dec 31, 2028 deadline. https://indybar.org/billwatch - [2026-10 (ongoing)] Nearly a third of Indiana's 92 counties/cities have enacted some form of local moratorium or restriction on data centers, per tracker counts of "13 of 92 counties" to "15 of 92 counties (16%)" as of late September 2026, reflecting strong grassroots momentum that could translate into pressure for a 2027 statewide bill, but as of now none has been filed or scheduled for the 2027 session. https://www.datacenterbans.com/state/indiana - [2026-09 (various)] Statewide legislative activity to date has focused on adjacent issues — e.g., SEA 240 directing IURC study of surplus interconnection capacity, and earlier 2025 HB 1007 on electric capacity cost-sharing — rather than a moratorium. https://servercountry.org/policy/indiana/ BOTTOM LINE: As of October 2, 2026, Indiana has no statewide data center moratorium law, in force or pending in the legislature; the only statewide bill addressing data centers to reach a floor vote (HB 1333) failed in the Senate, and 2026 session output on data centers was limited to incentive/revenue-sharing and permitting-study measures. All current moratorium activity in Indiana (Indianapolis, Boone, Elkhart, Zionsville, Owen County, etc.) is local/county, which does not satisfy this market's "statewide" resolution criterion; the next chance for a statewide bill is the long 2027 session (Jan–Apr 2027), with no such bill yet introduced. NOT FOUND: No evidence of any currently filed or pre-filed statewide data-center moratorium bill for the 2027 Indiana General Assembly session; no statement from Governor Mike Braun specifically on a statewide moratorium (only general comments on energy capacity concerns); no Indiana ballot/referendum mechanism relevant to this question (Indiana has no citizen initiative process for statutes).

- [2026-02-xx] Indiana's only statewide-level attempt in the 2026 session, HB 1333 (Data Center Revenue Sharing Act, which included farmland/permitting provisions sought by moratorium advocates), passed the House 54-45 but stalled in the Senate Utilities Committee, with the controversial 'permitted use' farmland provision explicitly rejected ; its core revenue provision was folded into HB 1210, which became law, but no moratorium language survived. https://www.datacenterbans.com/state/indiana - [2026-09-01] A state-by-state tracker lists Indiana's statewide bill status plainly as "HB 1333 (died)" with no other statewide bill pending, categorizing Indiana among 37 states with local action but "no statewide bill." https://programs.com/resources/data-center-moratoriums-tracker/ - [2026-09-xx] Nationally, as of this tracker's count, only New York has a statewide moratorium in force (via Executive Order No. 62), which would not itself count as "enactment" for this market since it is an executive order, not a statute . The underlying NY bill (S10642/A11560) passed both chambers but Hochul chose an executive order instead of signing it, so no state legislature has yet converted a passed moratorium bill into enacted law. https://programs.com/resources/data-center-moratoriums-tracker/ - [2026-04-24] The only data-center moratorium bill that reached a governor's desk anywhere in the base-rate reference class, Maine's LD 307, was vetoed by Gov. Janet Mills, and the override vote was 20–11 in the Senate — shy of the two-thirds majority required , confirming zero successful statewide enactments to date among ~12+ states that considered such bills in 2026. https://www.ailawsbystate.com/blog/data-center-moratorium-by-state-2026 - [2026-10-01] Nationally, more than 300 data center-related bills have been filed across more than 30 states in 2026; at least 12 states have considered moratorium legislation; and more than 100 local moratoria have been adopted nationwide — yet essentially none of these state-level moratorium bills has been enacted as statute; most died in committee (Oklahoma SB1488, Georgia, Maryland HB120, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota) or were vetoed (Maine, Vermont H.727). - [2026-09-xx] Indiana's pattern mirrors the national trend of local-not-state action: Indiana is listed as "Active" with "None" for statewide action and 25 local moratoriums and bans since 2022 , including Indianapolis through Dec. 31, 2027 and permanent bans in Marshall and Cass counties. - [2026-09-xx] Advocacy group Citizens Action Coalition, the leading in-state proponent of a moratorium, acknowledges the legislature has not acted: "Indiana's experience: General Assembly hasn't codified it." https://www.citact.org/sites/default/files/AI-Data-Centers-in-Indiana-Sep-2026-Update.pdf - [2026-09-xx] CAC's own count shows the moratorium wave in Indiana remains entirely local: "25 counties and 10 municipalities currently have a data center moratorium; 3 counties do not permit data centers" , with no statewide measure listed. https://www.citact.org/sites/default/files/AI-Data-Centers-in-Indiana-Sep-2026-Update.pdf - [2026-02-04] Even Indiana's main advocacy group frames a moratorium as an aspiration rather than pending legislation: "Citizens Action Coalition believes the way forward on the data center 'gold rush' in Indiana is a full moratorium on developments until more regulations are in place" — a goal, not an active bill. https://www.ipm.org/news/2026-02-04/house-bill-could-provide-benefit-to-communities-that-host-data-centers - [2026-10-01] No Indiana statewide moratorium bill is currently reported as pending for the 2027 legislative session (which convenes in January 2027); coverage of Indiana activity in September 2026 (Fort Wayne, Zionsville, Owen County, Elkhart) is exclusively municipal/county-level. BOTTOM LINE: The reference class — roughly a dozen-plus U.S. states that have pursued statewide data-center moratorium bills in 2025–2026 (Maine, New York, Vermont, Oklahoma, Georgia, Maryland, etc.) — has produced zero successful statewide enactments to date; every bill that reached a floor vote either died in committee, was vetoed with no override, or (in New York's case) was replaced by a non-statutory executive order. Indiana's own 2026 attempt (HB 1333) already failed in the Senate, and all subsequent Indiana moratorium activity has occurred exclusively at the local/county level, suggesting a very low historical base rate for this type of measure passing into state law by 2028. NOT FOUND: No evidence of any Indiana statewide moratorium bill currently pre-filed or publicly announced for the 2027 Indiana General Assembly session; no polling or formal odds/forecasts specific to Indiana state-level moratorium enactment were located.

YES means: Indiana's General Assembly and Governor enact a statewide statutory or constitutional data-center moratorium (or a qualifying mandatory suspension on a subset including all 100MW+ facilities) between October 1, 2026 and December 31, 2028 — most plausibly during the January–April 2027 "long session" (budget session) or the 2028 short session. - [2026-07-13] Organizer Bryce Gustafson, whose Citizens Action Coalition explicitly campaigns for a *statewide* moratorium, said the data-center fight "has become the biggest issue... across the state of Indiana as far as public engagement and it's uniting communities unlike anything I've ever seen," evidencing a grassroots base that could translate into 2027 bill sponsorship. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/indy-halts-data-centers-2027-210753073.html - [2026-03-02] A Hoosier Action organizer, Will Stauffer, framed the issue as cross-partisan and electorally salient, saying "I've never met an issue that has more broad-based political support across the spectrum," and "Every legislator — I don't care if they're Republican or Democrat — and any candidate running for office, we have got to demand that regulating these data centers is part of the midterm election agenda." This signals possible pressure on the 2027 session (which coincides with pre-midterm positioning) to revisit stronger measures. - [2026-09 (by)] County-level data from Indiana University's Environmental Resilience Institute shows Marion County joining more than 20 Indiana counties that have put in place temporary bans, set to expire at various points over the next year or so , and a handful of counties have passed ordinances blocking data centers indefinitely — a scale of local action (roughly 20-25 of 92 counties) that gives statewide-moratorium advocates a large, organized coalition of local governments to lobby legislators directly ahead of the 2027 session. - [2026-07 (filing)] A 2026 bill, SB 135, already sought mandatory statewide disclosure/siting conditions — requiring any person operating a data center in Indiana to submit quarterly electricity-use reports to the IURC, and requiring counties/municipalities to mandate water/power usage disclosure and site assessments before issuing construction permits — showing legislators already draft mandatory, state-preemptive conditions on data centers, a legislative building block that could be tightened into a conditional moratorium trigger in 2027. - [2026 interim] The Legislative Council empaneled an Interim Study Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications for the 2026 interim with Republican leadership (Soliday, Koch) and Democratic members (Burton, Hamilton, Pierce), giving a standing venue where data-center load/grid-capacity findings could be formally channeled into a 2027 moratorium-style bill, distinct from the local zoning fights. - [2026-10-01 base] Nationally, the volume of moratorium activity is still rising: Indiana's statewide tracker records "HB 1333: died" as the only 2025–26 statewide moratorium bill , but the same tracker's companion state entries show other states (e.g., Virginia) already imposing statewide mandatory conditions such as a "$0.011/kWh data center electricity tax effective July 1, 2026 through July 1, 2028" and an SCC order requiring large loads to pay for dedicated transmission — demonstrating a plausible legislative template (mandatory grid-cost/interconnection conditions) that Indiana could adapt into a qualifying "suspension until condition satisfied" moratorium under this market's broad definition. - [2026-08 (CAC)] Citizens Action Coalition's own materials explicitly instruct supporters to push for "a statewide data center moratorium! Urge Indiana Legislators to... Protect Hoosiers" — confirming an organized, funded advocacy infrastructure is already primed to lobby the incoming 2027 session specifically for this outcome, not merely local pauses. - [2026 session] Rep. Robin Shackleford's HB 1245 (IURC data-center demand study) never received a hearing in the House Utilities, Energy and Telecommunications Committee , but its substance was echoed in SB 135's mandatory disclosure provisions, showing that even failed 2026 bills are being recycled and could reappear with moratorium language attached once study-committee findings (due by the 2027 session) quantify grid strain. BOTTOM LINE: The strongest YES path is a 2027 long-session bill combining (a) the documented bipartisan "midterm agenda" pressure, (b) a dense bloc of ~20-25 county/city moratoria whose local officials and CAC are explicitly lobbying for a statewide version, and (c) an active Energy/Utilities interim study committee and recycled disclosure/siting bills that could be amended into a mandatory, condition-triggered statewide pause — a mechanism the market's resolution criteria would count even if conditional. This remains a plausible but unconfirmed path: no statewide moratorium bill has yet been filed or guaranteed for 2027. NOT FOUND: No pre-filed 2027 statewide moratorium bill text; no statement from House Speaker Todd Huston, Senate leadership, or Governor Braun endorsing a statewide moratorium; no confirmation that the Energy/Utilities interim study committee's 2026 agenda specifically includes moratorium legislation (its posted topic list did not name data centers explicitly as an assigned topic as of July 2026).

YES means: Indiana's General Assembly and Governor enact a statutory or constitutional statewide moratorium (or default-prohibition measure meeting the resolution criteria) on new data centers (or those >100MW) before Dec 31, 2028. - [2026-09-01] Republicans hold overwhelming supermajorities in both chambers — Senate 39-10 and House 70-30 — giving GOP leadership full control over whether any moratorium bill even receives a hearing, let alone a floor vote. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Senate - [2026-09-28] Governor Braun continues to frame data centers as a core pillar of Indiana's economic-development pitch, touting a new Indiana University/NVIDIA supercomputer project explicitly tied to the data-center push, rather than endorsing any statewide pause. https://wfyi.org/statewide/2026-09-28/iedc-boasts-businesses-moving-to-indiana-eyes-supercomputer-and-space-academy - [2026-09-09] Braun's own press office has explicitly reframed his position toward letting localities decide, stating the state is "I'm also surprised that several of them have gone the other way to approve it... That needs to be a big community discussion because for the small counties, it would definitely lower property taxes" rather than backing a statewide ban. https://www.abc57.com/news/Gov-Mike-Braun-surprised-at-amount-of-data-center-moratoriums - [2026-09-09] Braun's spokesperson confirmed his approach is to "encourages locals to evaluate whether tax abatements are necessary because the companies already want to be in a state like Indiana," but the state is not there to "tell local communities what to do," explicitly signaling opposition to a top-down statewide prohibition in favor of local autonomy and incentive reform. https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/indiana-counties-response-to-data-centers-reflects-broader-political-risk - [2026-09-09] The administration's substantive response to data-center controversy has been regulatory refinement (rate-structure and interconnection-cost protections via Public Law 217/HB 1007, GenCo cost-separation at NIPSCO, IURC technical conferences), not a blanket moratorium — indicating the state's policy trajectory is toward conditional permitting, which this market's own resolution criteria would treat differently than a default-prohibition. https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/indiana-counties-response-to-data-centers-reflects-broader-political-risk - [2026-10-01] Confirmed 2027 session mechanics: the Indiana General Assembly convenes January 12, 2027, with a bill-introduction deadline of April 29, 2027 and a pre-file date of November 17, 2026 — meaning any statewide moratorium bill would need to clear committee, both chambers, and the Governor's desk within this single roughly 15-week window, the only such window before the Dec 31, 2028 deadline besides a hypothetical 2028 short session (which, like 2026, would be budget-light and procedurally constrained). https://www.multistate.us/resources/2027-legislative-session-dates - [2026-09-xx] Senate leadership is set to change for 2027, with Sen. Chris Garten poised to become President Pro Tem after Rodric Bray's departure — Bray's Senate Utilities Committee was precisely the body that killed HB 1333's moratorium-adjacent farmland provision in 2026, and there is no public indication the incoming leadership is more sympathetic to a moratorium than the outgoing. https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/leadership/todd-huston/ - [2026-09-01] House Speaker Todd Huston continues to frame legislative priorities around budget-era "infrastructure investments that support Hoosiers, businesses and our growing" economy, consistent with continued pro-growth rather than pro-restriction posture heading into the 2027 budget session. https://www.indianahouserepublicans.com/members/leadership/todd-huston/ - [2026-09-09] Even Indianapolis/Marion County's own binding local moratorium — the strongest moratorium action taken anywhere in the state — is explicitly temporary and development-oriented, with the city expecting to use the pause to draft a revised zoning ordinance (not a permanent ban) by August 2027, reinforcing that the trajectory even locally is toward conditional regulation rather than lasting prohibition, undercutting the case that local momentum will convert into a true statewide default-prohibition. https://fox59.com/news/metropolitan-development-commission-unanimously-approves-data-center-moratorium/ - [2026-09-09] An infrastructure analyst's assessment that Indiana has been building "more sophisticated protections" through contract design and regulatory oversight rather than prohibition suggests the state's chosen policy tool to manage backlash is ratepayer/interconnection-cost allocation, not a moratorium — a path that does not satisfy this market's enactment criterion even if further codified. https://www.bondbuyer.com/news/indiana-counties-response-to-data-centers-reflects-broader-political-risk BOTTOM LINE: With a Republican supermajority and a governor explicitly favoring local-option, abatement-reform, and ratepayer-protection tools over a statewide ban, with the 2026 session's only moratorium-adjacent bill already killed in the Senate, and with just one realistic legislative window (Jan–Apr 2027) remaining before the deadline, the structural, personnel, and policy-direction evidence strongly favors continued inertia and a NO resolution. NOT FOUND: No statement from incoming Senate leadership (Garten) or Speaker Huston specifically rejecting or supporting a statewide moratorium; no pre-filed 2027 statewide moratorium bill text as of October 2, 2026; no polling of Indiana General Assembly members' views on a statewide (vs. local) moratorium.