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The agreement gives the parties two months to map out a service area for Mishawaka water and sewers across a four-mile radius beyond city limits into Granger.

On Tuesday St. Joseph County Commissioners will consider an agreement to let Mishawaka extend water and sewers to Microsoft's proposed data center in Granger. The agreement also calls for the city to extend water and sewers to undeveloped parts of Granger, annexing where it can, including existing subdivisions with well and septic problems.

The city of Mishawaka rushed to stake its claim to serve the planned Microsoft data center when it learned that St. Joseph County officials, knowing Granger residents oppose being annexed by the city, plan for a private nearby water utility to instead serve the site.

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission says it has up to 300 days to decide whether Mishawaka or St. Joseph County will be allowed to serve the planned data center with water and sewer lines.

St. Joseph County officials say Mishawaka leaders initially said they didn't plan to annex the Granger area, but the city denies the allegation.