Vanderburgh Seeks Data Center Public Comment

The Vanderburgh County Data Center Research Committee will hold a public comment session from 5 to 7 p.m. Central on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at Ivy Tech Community College Evansville, 3501 N. First Ave. Speakers should enter through Entrance C on the north side of the building and go to the auditorium, according to the Courier & Press.

People who want to speak should tell officials when they arrive and will have up to two minutes each, Evansville Living reported. Written comments may be sent to [email protected], including from residents who cannot attend. Officials say the session will be recorded and posted online afterward.

The county calendar also lists a Data Center Research Committee meeting at 1 p.m. the same day. That daytime slot matches the committee's regular Tuesday schedule in Room 301 of the Civic Center Complex, 1 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The evening forum at Ivy Tech is a separate public-comment session.

County Commissioners established the 13-member advisory committee by ordinance on Aug. 25 and deferred new data-center applications through Dec. 31, 2026, or until the board adopts comprehensive zoning amendments for the facilities, whichever comes first. The committee is charged with studying impacts such as land use, utilities, public safety, noise and economic development, and with recommending zoning and development standards to the commissioners and the Area Plan Commission.

Committee chair Lloyd Lamberton told 14 News that public feedback matters for the board.

"I think public feedback is critical. It's critical for the commissioners to be able to look at how the community feels."

WNIN reported in August that no data-center projects were proposed in Vanderburgh County at that time.