# Madison County, Indiana: Power, Data Centers and the Local Economy Home to Anderson Township, Anderson and Fall Creek Township Madison County is one of the places pushing back on the data center build-out. Madison County is home to Anderson Township, Anderson, Fall Creek Township and Pipe Creek Township. The Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure here (1 in force); the latest is “Madison County Plan Commission (moratorium requested by Citizens Action Coalition + 27 orgs), IN data center m”. 1 project is on the Delay Watchlist, including Madison County Data Center Moratorium (extended). Construction employs 1,842, up 9.3% since 2019. 26 MW of that came online in 2019 or later, mostly solar. 215 MW of operating power plants, mostly natural gas +1.4% total jobs since 2019, now 40,359 12.75¢ per kWh for Duke Energy Indiana, LLC residential customers, 2024 ## Cities and towns in Madison County Madison County is home to Anderson Township, Anderson, Fall Creek Township and Pipe Creek Township. Anderson Township56,554 residents Anderson56,153 residents Fall Creek Township16,225 residents Pipe Creek Township12,354 residents Union Township9,193 residents Monroe Township8,997 residents Elwood8,518 residents Green Township7,932 residents Pendleton5,930 residents Lafayette Township5,289 residents Richland Township5,232 residents Alexandria5,223 residents Stony Creek Township4,196 residents Adams Township4,097 residents Ingalls2,635 residents Lapel2,570 residents Chesterfield2,517 residents Edgewood2,087 residents Jackson Township1,999 residents Frankton1,827 residents Van Buren Township1,819 residents Summitville991 residents Boone Township668 residents Duck Creek Township533 residents And 4 smaller places. Residents are 2025 Census estimates for the part of each city, town or township inside this county. Census publishes no annual estimate for unincorporated communities. ## What changed in Madison County | Measure | Then | Now | Change | Rank in Indiana | |---|---|---|---|---| | Population (2020 → 2025) | 130,155 | 135,088 | ▲ 3.8% | 13th of 92 by size | | Total jobs (2019 → 2025) | 39,810 | 40,359 | ▲ 1.4% | 43rd of 92 by growth | | Average annual pay (2019 → 2025) | $40,175 | $50,589 | ▲ 25.9% | — | | Construction jobs (2019 → 2025) | 1,686 | 1,842 | ▲ 9.3% | 52nd of 68 by growth | | Data processing and hosting jobs (2019 → 2025) | 11 | 13 | ▲ 18.2% | — | | Unemployment rate (2019 → August 2026) | 3.6% | 3.6% | ● 0.0pts | — | | Generating capacity added since 2019 | — | 26 MW | | — | | Generating capacity retired since 2019 | — | 0 MW | | — | Its power plants have 215 MW of capacity, 80% of it natural gas. Duke Energy Indiana, LLC is the largest utility serving Madison County, one of 8 with territory here. Its residential customers paid an average 12.75¢/kWh in 2024, below the 14.63¢ median for Indiana utilities. Employers here counted 40,359 jobs in 2025, up 1.4% from 2019. 135,088 people live here, up 3.8% since 2020. Unemployment was 3.6% in August 2026, against 3.6% in 2019. ## Who powers Madison County ### Utilities with service territory in Madison County | Utility | Ownership | Service | Residential customers (systemwide) | Residential price, 2024 | Commercial share of sales | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Duke Energy Indiana, LLC | Investor Owned | Bundled | 796,265 | 12.75¢ | 31% | | AES Indiana | Investor Owned | Bundled | 469,499 | 13.75¢ | 14% | | Indiana Michigan Power Co | Investor Owned | Bundled | 422,062 | 16.31¢ | 28% | | City of Anderson - (IN) | Municipal | Bundled | 29,533 | 12.82¢ | 32% | | NineStar Connect | Cooperative | Bundled | 17,770 | 15.68¢ | 15% | | Town of Frankton - (IN) | — | — | — | — | — | | Henry County Rural E M C | — | — | — | — | — | | Town of Pendleton - (IN) | — | — | — | — | — | Customer counts, prices and sales shares cover each utility's whole system in the state, not only this county. Commercial sales include data centers. ### Operating power plants | Technology | Capacity | Share | |---|---|---| | Natural gas | 172 MW | 80% | | Solar | 42 MW | 20% | | Largest plants | Owner | Technology | MW | Since | |---|---|---|---|---| | Anderson | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Natural gas | 169 MW | 1992 | | Anderson 3 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Solar | 9 MW | 2021 | | IMPA Anderson Solar Park 2 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Solar | 8 MW | 2017 | | Anderson 4 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Solar | 8 MW | 2021 | | Anderson 6 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Solar | 7 MW | 2022 | | IMPA Anderson Solar Park | Indiana Municipal Power Agency | Solar | 5 MW | 2017 | ## The Madison County labor market | Industry (2025) | Jobs | Average pay | Concentration vs U.S. | |---|---|---|---| | All industries | 40,359 | $50,589 | 1.00 | | Construction | 1,842 | $73,427 | 0.86 | | Data processing and hosting | 13 | $91,550 | 0.10 | Concentration is the BLS location quotient: 1.0 means the industry holds the same share of local jobs as it does nationally. Industry rows count private employers; cells BLS suppresses are left out. ## Data centers and local rules in Madison County ### Local measures | Measure | Status | Date | |---|---|---| | Madison County Plan Commission (moratorium requested by Citizens Action Coalition + 27 orgs), IN data center moratorium | In force | 2026-06 | ### Delay Watchlist | Project | Status | Cause | MW | |---|---|---|---| | Madison County Data Center Moratorium (extended) | moratorium extended | county moratorium | — | ## Madison County and its neighbors Of the 6 counties that border Madison County, Hamilton County carries the most build-out activity: data centers, planned generation and operating plants combined. [[[[[[ | County | Population | Jobs since 2019 | Operating MW | Planned MW | Data centers | Local measures | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Madison County | 135,088 | ▲ 1.4% | 215 MW | — | — | 1 | | Delaware County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/delaware-county) | 113,106 | ▼ 1.8% | — | — | — | — | | Grant County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/grant-county) | 66,524 | ▲ 1.8% | 7 MW | — | — | 1 | | Hamilton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/hamilton-county) | 387,036 | ▲ 16.2% | 284 MW | — | 2 | — | | Hancock County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/hancock-county) | 90,969 | ▲ 16.8% | 3 MW | — | 1 | — | | Henry County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/henry-county) | 49,137 | ▲ 5.3% | 338 MW | — | — | — | | Tipton County](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/tipton-county) | 15,319 | ▼ 15.4% | 208 MW | — | — | — | ## More of Indiana [All Indiana countiesThe state power page and county mapOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana)[Hamilton County387,036 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/hamilton-county)[Delaware County113,106 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/delaware-county)[Hancock County90,969 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/hancock-county)[Grant County66,524 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/grant-county)[Henry County49,137 peopleOpen →](https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/henry-county) ## Madison County, answered from the record ### Who provides electricity in Madison County, Indiana? 8 utilities have service territory in Madison County in the EIA-861 2024 report: Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, AES Indiana, Indiana Michigan Power Co, City of Anderson - (IN). The largest, Duke Energy Indiana, LLC, charged residential customers 12.75¢/kWh on average in 2024. ### What county is Anderson Township, IN in? Anderson Township is in Madison County, Indiana. About 56,554 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Anderson, IN in? Anderson is in Madison County, Indiana. About 56,153 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What county is Fall Creek Township, IN in? Fall Creek Township is in Madison County, Indiana. About 16,225 people live there (2025 Census estimate). ### What power plants are in Madison County? 10 operating plants with 215 MW of capacity. The largest is Anderson (169 MW, natural gas). ### Are there data centers in Madison County? The SAVRN Data Center Map has no data center in Madison County. The nearest activity on record is next door in Hamilton County. ### Is Madison County adding jobs? Employers counted 40,359 jobs in 2025 against 39,810 in 2019 (+1.4%, BLS QCEW). Construction went from 1,686 to 1,842. ### Does Madison County have a data center moratorium? The SAVRN Moratorium Tracker holds 1 local measure for Madison County, 1 in force. --- Canonical: https://savrn.com/power-supply-chain-map/indiana/madison-county Updated: 2026-10-08. Refreshed weekly by SAVRN from EIA, BLS, BEA, Census and the SAVRN trackers. License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).