# Indiana Approves Monrovia Data Center Grid Plan

On October 7, 2026, the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved AES Indiana’s $737.3 million solar, battery-storage, and transmission buildout to serve Google’s 390-megawatt data center in Monrovia. The project is the first data-center proposal reviewed under Indiana’s 2025 large-electricity-user cost-allocation law. Google is expected to cover the project costs, although consumer advocates question whether ratepayers could bear some network-upgrade expenses. The decision establishes a state precedent relevant to large-load data-center development and the utilities and infrastructure firms supporting it.

- The approved work spans generation, battery storage, and transmission, indicating demand for coordinated utility-scale infrastructure to support large data-center loads.
- Energy developers, storage providers, transmission contractors, and data-center suppliers can use the decision as a relevant Indiana precedent when evaluating similar projects and cost-allocation assumptions.
- Procurement teams planning large-load facilities should account for the state’s cost-allocation framework and distinguish customer-funded project costs from potentially disputed network-upgrade expenses.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Energy & Utilities, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure, Digital Infrastructure
**Published:** October 14, 2026

### Government Entities
- Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC)

### Vendors
- AES Indiana (Utility responsible for building the grid infrastructure)
- Google (Data-center customer expected to fund the infrastructure project)

### Key Quotes
> Not only does this agreement satisfy the statutory requirement, it exceeds it substantially.
> — Joby Jerrells, Commissioner

### Sources
- [Indiana approves $737 million grid plan for Google data center](https://gcn.com/google-data-center-indiana-approves-737/22412) - gcn.com