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Lifeline Data Center

From the authors' mapReinhabitedRetrofit builtIndianapolis, IN

Reinhabited in 2013. · from the fields below

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Former anchors

JCPenney

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Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

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Grocery within 800 m

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High heat wave risk

This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.96 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

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Interstate or freeway within 600 m

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Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $42,074 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

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Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +128% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income flat or down since 2013

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Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)

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Strategy

Reinhabited

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New use

Data center

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Lifeline Data Center, Indianapolis, IN – data center

IN, Indianapolis: Eastgate Mall/Lifeline Data Center, 2013
• Reinhabitation: solar data center

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present)
Strategy	ReinhabitedWikidata
What is there now	Reinhabitation: solar data centerauthors' map
Retrofit year	2013authors' map

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	11: BUILDERS SQUARE 1480; CALIBER COLLISION CENTER SHADELAND 2613; DOLLAR GENERAL STORE; EARL SCHEIB OF IND INC; EASTGATE CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH INCEPA FRS
Census tract 18097360602	6,523 people, 3,832 per sq mi; median household income $42,074; median gross rent $994; 50% renters; 5.5% vacant units; 5.4% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 13.8 of 20; 29 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 594 m; land-use mix 0.89; 120,275 jobs within 45 min by car, 73,960 by transit; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 1 schools, 4 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 4 civic, 13 food and drink; 6 cycleway segments, 35 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Marion County (IN), 2024	621 units in 5+ unit buildings, 32 in 2–4, 1,253 single-family; 2023: 1,457 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.96; socioeconomic 0.94; housing and transport 0.86; 38% below 150% of poverty; 13% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby	2 within 10 km, 7 within 25 km: Indianapolis Stamping Plant site (9.9 km); Circle Centre Mall (10.0 km)computed
Overture Maps	no place match; building footprint 29,930 m², 5.784050941467285 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Tract change 2013–2023	population +6% (6,175 → 6,523); median income +1% ($41,587 → $42,074); renters 41% → 50%; median home value +51% ($103,600 → $156,400)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 60.7); expected annual loss $1.2M; high: tornado, heat wave, cold wave; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	2,856 establishments (-4%); 45,527 jobs (-2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $227,822 (-1% 1 yr, +20% 5 yr); typical rent $1,379/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	321 (2000 = 100); +3.6% 1 yr, +58% 5 yr, +128% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	22,176 vehicles a day on SHADELAND AVE (freeway or expressway, 4 lanes); 1,216 trucks; 25 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Pages with photos

Lifeline Data Center’s New Patented Technology – Inside INdiana Business insideindianabusiness.com
Lifeline Data Centers | CMMC Compliance lifelinedatacenters.com
Lifeline Data Centers to Install 4-MW System at Indianapoli… solarbuildermag.com
Lifeline Data Centers - Eastgate - East Gate … foursquare.com
Lifeline Data Centers Eastgate Data Center located in Indian… datacentercatalog.com
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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Eastgate Mall, Eastgate Consumer Mall
Anchors	JCPenney
County	Marion County
Census division	3 · East North Central
Notes	Map entry: Lifeline Data Center, Indianapolis, IN – data center

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Background

Eastgate Consumer Mall, originally Eastgate Shopping Center, was a shopping mall located in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, at the corner of Washington Street and Shadeland Avenue. It was originally an outdoor mall featuring Sears, JCPenney, and H. P. Wasson and Company; a re-development in 1981 changed it from a conventional shopping center to an outlet mall. After years of decline, the mall closed for business in 2004 and was re-purposed as industrial space.

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Timeline

2013 Retrofit: reinhabit

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
Wikipedia: Eastgate Consumer Mall · 2026-06-06 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lifeline Data Center, Indianapolis, IN." Record m-2d93e418c5, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/other/in/indianapolis-lifeline-data-center/ (accessed 2026-10-20).