Help Us Fight the Data Center in Court

 Decatur Residents File Court Action to Stop Sabey Data Center

On Friday, April 17, 2026, the Decatur Township Civic Council joined with neighbors Jan & Tim McWhirter, Loueva, Chuck & Leslie Young, Pat Andrews & Russ Glashan to ask for Judicial Review of the Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC) grant of Variance that allows a Sabey data center in Decatur Township.

This is the first data center approved by the MDC without the ability of residents to appeal to the full City-County Council, and the first to be taken to Court in Marion County/Indianapolis.  The group hired Arie Lipinski of Lipinski Law to pursue the Court action.

As we are a working-class community, our financial resources are slender.  Along with the Protect Decatur Township group, the Decatur Township Civic Council is actively requesting donations for our fight.

On March 18, the Metropolitan Development Commission approved Sabey's Variance petition for a 250 mW data center on 132 acres surrounded by homes.  Sabey deliberately filed a Variance instead of a rezoning petition so our community would be denied a hearing before elected representatives on the City-County Council.  You will recall the City-County Council overturned the MDC's approval of a Google data center in Franklin Township last year.

Please help with any amount you can afford.  If you are able, please consider contributing to our 100 for $100 campaign.