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The St. Joseph County Area Plan staff has given no recommendation, meaning neither favorable nor unfavorable, to a request to rezone over 1,000 acres along scenic Chicago Trail from agricultural to industrial.

Amazon will have to reapply for a wetland permit for its New Carlisle data center project, after it was learned that a contractor impacted a nearby wetland without permission.

Amazon community engagement manager Amy Jaballah says the company has no more grant funding rounds planned for now but will always look to help local nonprofits and boost STEM skills among area youth.

The developer wants to rezone 1,057 acres along scenic Chicago Trail, designated as green space or agriculture in county and town plans, to build a data center. New Carlisle town officials say they'll already have their hands full with the massive data center that Amazon is building nearby.

Suburban and rural fire territories say it's increasingly difficult on their own to provide fire and ambulance services that people have come to expect.

Amazon hasn't even started drawing the massive amounts of water it will need to keep its data centers cool once they're operating.