Fort Wayne Council President Asks for Meeting with Google

Fort Wayne City Council's president says he wants Google representatives, area residents and state and local officials to meet to discuss the data center under construction on the city's southeast side. Google has applied for a state permit to use more than 170 diesel backup generators to keep the data center going in the event of a catastrophic loss of power. Geoff Paddock, D-5th, said he still supports the $2 billion data center project but was blindsided by the permit request. Google's long-range plans include up to nine data center buildings on an 892-acre site bordered by Adams Center and Tillman roads.