UPDATE: MAY 7, 2026 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2026 IUOE LOCAL 150: GOOGLE-BACKED DATA CENTER BUILD IN SULLIVAN COUNTY, INDIANA CUTS OUT LOCAL WORKERS PROJECT PROMOTED AS ‘COMMUNITY INVESTMENT’ AS LOCAL CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS ARE BYPASSED; UNIONS SEE REPETITIVE PATTERN OF USING OUT-OF-STATE CONTRACTORS AND WORKERS WITH NO ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES COUNTRYSIDE, IL (May 7, 2026) – The Wabash Valley Building Trades Council in Indiana, The International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 841, supported by IUOE Local 150, AFL-CIO, are demanding immediate action to guarantee local workers and contractors benefit from the massive data center development planned at Heartland Industrial Park in Sullivan County, Indiana. The project—publicly linked to Potentia Inc. as site developer and reported as a Google-backed data center campus—is expected to become a multi-year development valued at approximately $65 billion on more than 1,000 acres near the former Merom Generating Station. Local labor leaders say the project has been promoted as a major investment in the region, yet early construction work has already gone to out-of-area and out-of-state contractors while local skilled trades workers are being

Please note all out-of-local IUOE members must clear in with the business agent in that county before working. Working Dues Form PAC Form Equipment Qualification List Reciprocity Form Registration Form *OSHA-10 Construction *Local 841 will NOT reimburse the cost of the OSHA 10 for Permit or Clear In  

Please click on the link below to provide your information to I.U.O.E. Local #841. https://forms.gle/qDYWJjb1mm7qEaQ28