Google's Fort Wayne Data Center Expansion Raises Concerns About Regulation

Data centers have been around since 1945 when the U.S. military built ENIAC, but what's new is their scale.

Google's Fort Wayne data center has expanded significantly, and now the company wants to add another 228 emergency diesel generators at the campus. Google says these generators are for backup power and testing purposes.

The city of Fort Wayne and Allen County have been grappling with concerns about water and energy use, noise, and pollution from the data center's operations.

Councilwoman Rohli Booker has proposed a moratorium on certain council approvals for future large-scale data centers while more specific standards are developed.