Infrastructure

Shots fired over proposal to build datacenter in Indianapolis

$500 million Metrobloks datacenter project in Indianapolis faces armed opposition after city rezoning approval, with gunshots fired at supporting councilor's home.

Tuesday, April 7, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline

Ron Gibson, an Indianapolis city councilor, was shot at after publicly supporting a $500 million Metrobloks datacenter campus. On Monday morning, 13 shots were fired at his home with a note reading "No data centers." The incident follows the Metropolitan Development Commission's April 1 rezoning approval for the 75 MW project.

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A councilmember backed a data center project. Then 13 bullets and a ‘No Data Centers’ note hit his home

Indianapolis councilmember Ron Gibson is shot at (13 bullets) after backing a $500M AI data center rezoning, signaling dangerous escalation in anti-hyperscaler backlash beyond policy disagreement.