data center

A St. Joseph County Council committee will consider new restrictions on low-frequency sound, the kind we feel rather than hear, that's emitted by industrially zoned operations like data centers.

New York data center developer Western Hospitality Partners plans a 10-shell data center on a 300-acre industrially zoned site on South Bend's southwest edge.

St. Joseph County Assessor Mike Castellon says Senate Enrolled Act 1 will force a 35% reduction in the county's total assessed value for property taxes, thanks to new exemptions on business personal property.

Republican County Council member Amy Drake says someone sent Department of Child Services investigators and several county police officers to her Granger home at 2 a.m. for a welfare check. She wants DCS and police to investigate and prosecute the caller.

After an eight-hour meeting stretching from Tuesday into Wednesday, the council voted 7-2 against a New York developer's request to build 14 data shells, each the size of Notre Dame Stadium, on 1,000 acres of farmland near New Carlisle.

Supporters Monday held a press event saying the data center would not raise electric rates or stress water resources, but critics countered Tuesday with their own event refuting those claims.

The St. Joseph County Council is set to vote Tuesday on a rezoning needed by a New York developer to build a data center on over 1,000 acres along Chicago Trail near New Carlisle.

Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood says he's not in touch with the issues opponents have raised regarding a proposed data center near New Carlisle, but he thinks the project's job and tax revenue would benefit the local economy.

Amazon Web Services late Monday announced plans for $15 billion in investment to build new data centers in "Northern Indiana," in addition to the $11 billion data center they're building east of New Carlisle.

The South Bend Regional Chamber has created a webpage with information, including frequently asked questions, about Amazon Web Services' $11 billion data center project near New Carlisle.