Sullivan County, In. — Sullivan County residents are voicing growing anxiety over the sixty-five-billion-dollar Heartland Industrial Park as it prepares to break ground near the Merom Generating Station. While officials tout massive economic potential and thousands of construction jobs, neighbors remain wary of the park’s first confirmed tenant: a large-scale data center. At recent public meetings, community members raised concerns that the facility’s immense power needs could strain the local grid and deplete groundwater used by farmers. Developers claim the facility will use a closed-loop system to minimize water use and pay for its own infrastructure, but residents continue to call for more transparency as construction begins this spring.