Hornedo Calls on Mayor Hogsett to Halt Data Center Project and Side With Martindale-Brightwood Residents

Tuesday, February 10​

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Indianapolis, IN — Congressional candidate George Hornedo today called on Mayor Joe Hogsett to immediately intervene to stop the proposed Metrobloks data center project in the Martindale-Brightwood neighborhood.

 

“Martindale-Brightwood is saying no—clearly, loudly, and repeatedly. When a community tells you to stop, you stop. You don’t rush approvals behind closed doors and pretend it’s just process. This project is being pushed without comprehensive environmental testing, without remediation, and without a real community impact review. That’s harm being disguised as investment.”

 

Hornedo rejected claims that the mayor’s office has no role to play.

 

“When every department points somewhere else, that’s a leadership failure. The mayor has the power to slow this down and the responsibility to do so. This neighborhood has already absorbed decades of pollution and neglect. Asking them to accept even more risk so a private company can profit is unacceptable.”

 

Hornedo called on Mayor Hogsett to pause all approvals and publicly commit to siding with residents.

 

“Pause the project. Do the environmental testing. Do the remediation. Do a real community review. And if the project still doesn’t serve the people who live there, then it doesn’t belong there. This is a defining moment. You can side with a developer who doesn’t live here or you can side with a community that has already sacrificed enough. If this moves forward over community opposition, it will be remembered as a choice and not an inevitability. Leadership is about who you protect when it actually costs something.”

 

The Metropolitan Development Commission hearing examiner is expected to make a decision later this week.

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