Sabey Data Centers, a Seattle-based data center developer and operator, secured a roughly $240 million tax incentive package from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Development Commission on September 16, 2026, for a two-building, 250MW campus on a 130-acre site at 6400 Kentucky Avenue in Decatur Township, on the southwest side of Marion County, Indiana. The approval was first reported by the Indianapolis Star and covered by WFYI, Mirror Indy, and Indy Economic Development.

The Metropolitan Development Commission first approved zoning for the campus in March 2026, then confirmed the incentive structure in September. The package includes a 10-year real property tax abatement on land and improvements and a 15-year personal property tax abatement on equipment, totaling approximately $240 million in tax relief. Sabey also committed to at least $29.8 million in community contributions for Decatur Township, covering road and infrastructure upgrades, school support, and library funding, with a potential ceiling of $39.8 million.

The campus will require a new electrical substation and transmission infrastructure. No named tenant has been publicly identified; the project is planned as a speculative multi-tenant colocation facility.

Sabey is a Seattle-headquartered developer and operator with a portfolio of large-scale data center campuses. The company builds and operates both single-tenant and multi-tenant facilities, and the Indianapolis campus is structured as a speculative colocation project designed to attract enterprise and hyperscale tenants as the campus phases into service. City economic development materials characterize the project as one of Indianapolis's largest investments to date.

The moratorium carve-out is the single most consequential detail for anyone staffing this project. Because the Marion County council has effectively closed the county to new data center approvals, the Sabey campus and its two exempt peers face less local competition for high-voltage electrical, mechanical, and civil contractors than a market where dozens of projects start simultaneously. That concentration of approved work on a small number of sites gives Sabey unusual predictability in securing local and regional construction labor across the 2027–2035 buildout window.

Decatur Township sits on the far southwest side of Indianapolis, within reach of the full metropolitan trades base, including electricians, pipefitters, and operating engineers with backgrounds in automotive, pharmaceutical, and distribution facilities. Surrounding exurban counties add craft labor capacity beyond what the urban core alone can supply. Still, mission-critical commissioning and operations talent is in an early scaling phase across the region. Indianapolis is not yet a mature hyperscale cluster; DC Blox in Warren Township and Metrobloks in Martindale-Brightwood represent a small group of large projects that are among the first of their kind here, and specialized data center operations roles will require recruitment beyond local boundaries.

A 250MW, two-building campus phased over roughly eight years is not a single hiring event; it is a sustained demand signal for trades, commissioning engineers, and permanent operations staff across nearly a decade. The 2027 construction start gives contractors and workforce developers a defined ramp point. For business leaders with roles to fill on this campus or on competing projects in the region, we break down roles, pay ranges, and where the talent is in our guide to hiring data center talent in Indianapolis, Marion County.

Sources: the Indianapolis Star, which first reported the incentive approval, with additional coverage from WFYI, Mirror Indy, Indy Economic Development, and Capdex.