Region: Fort Wayne
Consumer protection

Tell City Leadership That You Are Concerned About Data Centers!

Fort Wayne Data Center Action, Protect Allen County
Petition is addressed to:
Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana Sharon Tucker

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Petition addressed to: Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana Sharon Tucker

Living just a few miles from the Google data center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, I am deeply concerned. Not only for my own well-being, but also for the safety and quality of life of my neighbors, friends, family, and the entire community of Fort Wayne, New Haven, Allen County, and unincorporated Allen County.

Many of us have built our lives and futures here, establishing deep roots with an expectation of safety and a high quality of life. We are invested in and paying attention to projects that could potentially bring great harm to all of our lives, and the Google data center, already under construction in Fort Wayne, Indiana, poses significant risks to our financial security, energy grid stability, access to safe and clean drinking water, public health and safety, our environment and wildlife, privacy and data surveillance, and more.

Recently, it has been implied that concerns about data centers come from a small but loud group of people who do not represent the concerns of the average resident. We want to let our city leadership know that our concerns are held by a large and growing number of people – please sign and share this petition so we can show our representatives that our concerns are not small and that we are a people who will fight for our lives and demand better from those we have placed in positions of power.

Reason

Data centers pose a threat to our access to safe, clean drinking water—a basic human right. As of 2025, nearly 30 million Americans were living in areas with high levels of water limitation. Lack of safe and clean water has lead to dehydration and hunger, economic stress, sanitation issues and disease, wildlife and biodiversity loss, conflict, and more. According to calculations based on Google's own 2025 Environmental Report, the Fort Wayne data center could withdraw 720 million gallons of potable (drinking) water annually.

Data centers can also compromise our ability to breathe air unpolluted by diesel exhaust pumped from industrial diesel-fueled generators. A research paper found that since 2023, the increase in permits for diesel generators at data centers in Virginia has been linked to 14,000 asthma symptom cases and caused as much as $300 million in health care costs. The American Lung Association found that in 2025, Hoosiers are breathing some of the most polluted air in the country.

In a recent study, Bloomberg found that electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas located near data center activity. Harvard recently published a study titled, “Extracting Profits from the Public: How Utility Ratepayers Are Paying for Big Tech’s Power.” Some Fort Wayne residents have reported increases in their utility bills, ranging from 20% to 100%.

According to The Guardian, a report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) states that global energy demands from AI data centers could quadruple by 2030. Existing energy grids are being overwhelmed by data centers’ energy demands and this can result in blackouts, disruption to essential and emergency services, and catastrophic system failures resulting in mass casualties.

The financial burden on our communities also cannot be overlooked. Property values could decline due to risks associated with living near such facilities, such as noise pollution, light pollution, smell and smog from the industrial diesel-fueled generators, impacts on local schools and quality of education, and more. The infrastructure updates necessary to support data centers' massive energy consumption can lead to increased local taxes and utility bills, as additional resources will be required to support the data center’s operation.

It is crucial for our local elected officials to understand the breadth and depth of our concerns. They need to recognize that the alleged benefits do not outweigh the threats to our quality of life and lives themselves. We demand that our voices to be heard. We demand to be involved in the decision-making process from here on out, since we were deliberately kept uninformed when the project was first being introduced to our city officials.

In 2023, several groups and elected bodies were a part of bringing Google and its nearly 900-acre data center campus to our community. City Council voted to award Google tax abatements that will cause the city to lose $55.5 million dollars in tax revenue, and they also allowed Google to begin operations in our city without implementing a Community Benefits Agreement or any protections for the people and families that work and live in our communities.

Join me in standing up for Fort Wayne, New Haven, Allen County, and unincorporated Allen County residents — sign this petition to show our local government officials that there is a substantial amount of concern that deserves respect and attention. We must take immediate actions that prioritize the health, safety, and prosperity of our communities over unregulated corporate exploitation. Our concerns must be taken seriously, and our city's leadership must rise to the occasion and do all within their power to protect us.

Learn more: https://fwdatacenteraction.wordpress.com/

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Petition details

Petition started: 01/22/2026
Collection ends: 07/21/2026
Region: Fort Wayne
Topic: Consumer protection

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  • Dear Supporters,

    The Protect Allen County: Fort Wayne Data Center Action Coalition is dedicated to raising awareness and demanding accountability for the nearly 900-acre Google data center on Adams Center Road. Our most pressing advocacy is regarding the protection of our human health and fighting to keep our air clean of toxic carcinogens and harmful pollutants.

    Right now, we are raising funds to protect Allen County against current and future hyperscale data center projects. Please click here to donate or visit chuffed.org/project/protect-allen-county.

    As of April 2026 and with the help of a professional consultant, a legal appeal has been filed on behalf of Allen County residents regarding the lack of effective air quality permitting. Donations make this advocacy possible.

    As we have read reports pouring in from around the country, we have learned how hyperscale data centers are causing irreparable harm to the surrounding communities — reports of higher utility bills, rising medical costs, energy grid strain and failure, toxic air pollution and carcinogens from onsite diesel-fueled generators, massive energy and potable water consumption, destruction of wetlands and wildlife, reports of potentially contaminated drinking water, and more. Please consider donating and helping our citizen lead coalition fight for our human health and future generations.

    We should all be able to breathe air that is not polluted by carcinogenic diesel exhaust and particulate matter. We should not have to live in constant fear of failed energy grids due to insufficient infrastructure. We should not have to pay higher utility bills to service the needs of any data center campus.
    We should not have to fear that our drinking water has potentially been contaminated with toxic chemicals and PFAs. We should be able to protect our wildlife and and rich biodiverse ecosystems from being destroyed. We should be able to live happy, healthy lives without these potential threats and harms.

    All funds from this crowdfunding effort will be used to cover costs associated with any legal fees and consulting support, as well as materials for bringing awareness and building momentum (billboards, yard signage, newspaper ads, etc.). Please click here to donate or visit chuffed.org/project/protect-allen-county, any donation amount is greatly appreciated.

    Thank you,
    The Protect Allen County Coalition

  • Hello supporters,

    We are urgently seeking individuals who live in direct proximity to the Fort Wayne Google data center campus who 1. are living with a respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, or asthma and/or 2. have someone living in the home with a respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, or asthma and/or 3. have someone who regularly visits their home that has a respiratory illness, cardiovascular disease, or asthma.

    We are asking these individuals to please write a letter of appeal to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, describing how this decision will directly impact your health or the health of a loved one in your home. Please email your letter along with your first and last name, phone number, and home address to danielledoepke@proton.me — letters must be sent to Danielle Doepke by Monday, April 27th.

    In order to file an appeal against IDEM's decision regarding the 179 diesel-fueled industrial generators and one million gallons of diesel fuel stored on Google's Fort Wayne data center campus, we need to have standing and letters from directly impacted community members. Your letter will act as the appeal and our group will file on your behalf — there is no financial risk or risk of filing an appeal.

    Once again, letters must be sent to Danielle Doepke — danielledoepke@proton.me — by Monday, April 27th.

    Thank you for your continued support,

  • On Thursday, April 30th at 5:00pm IDEM will be holding a virtual Public Hearing regarding Google's Phase III data center expansion requests. The expansion of the existing Google data center campus involvings three additional buildings, associated utility infrastructure, internal drives, and stormwater facilities. This is Phase III of a multi-phase, multi-year project.

    According to reporting from 21Alive News, “We’re talking more than 867,000 square feet total. If all three buildings were the same size, they would each be the size of a large IKEA store just like the one down in Fishers.”

    To make room for the buildings, Google intends to destroy and permanently impact waterways like Adams and Doctor Ditch as well as long-standing, naturally occurring, biodiverse forested wetlands.

    Attend the Virtual Public Hearing and Email the IDEM Waterways Office to Tell Them to Not Approve Google's Phase III Request WQC001454 — do not allow Google to continue to destroy and permanently impact our waterways and wetlands

    Hearing Notice: https://www.in.gov/idem/public-notices/public-notices-northeast-indiana/#allen. (Project Zodiac Data Center – Phase 3)

    Virtual Meeting: https://tinyurl.com/IDEM-Public-Hearing-April30
    Meeting ID: 295 254 793 692 59
    Passcode: EP9vD7vh

    Dial In by Phone: 1 (317) 552-1674
    Phone Conference ID: 935 626 883#

    Submit Written Comment:
    Email: WaterwaysComments@idem.IN.gov
    Subject: Public Comment Regarding #WQC001454; I wish to receive a copy of IDEM’s final decision

    FastAction link with pre-written comment, just add your information: https://secure.ngpvan.com/YdvEugbG6U2q6gFAUkhJEA2

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Petition started: 01/22/2026
Collection ends: 07/21/2026
Region: Fort Wayne
Topic: Consumer protection

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