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Reported geography
Source-reported location for AWS Hobart Campus.
Approximate source coordinates; this is not a parcel claim. Nearby source points are combined into one accessible target that opens this exact map scope. View these exact rows on the interactive map →
Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Amazon Web Services
- Address and locality
- Hobart · Lake County · Indiana
- Official metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not established; source review excludes the published figure
- Source freshness
- 16 August 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000144
The source note identifies 2.4 GW as a Northwest Indiana regional total, not Hobart-specific capacity. The upstream row remains attributed below, but this value is not repeated as site capacity.
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- NIPSCO
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Hybrid
- Land area
- 725 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Community response
- Provider label: contested
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- 24 November 2025
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- 10-year real property tax abatement - Amazon Data Services (Resolution 2026-02) Open cited source →
- 35-year 100% IT-equipment tax exemption - Hobart Owner LLC (Resolution 2026-03) Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. NIPSCO (GenCo, Merrillville); Amazon pays 100% of new power-infrastructure costs under a cost-allocation framework.
Water. Outside-air cooling ~98% of the year; water-based cooling on peak days (~2%); ~14 million gallons/year; ~80% more water-efficient than industry average.
Community. Active opposition group 'No Data Centers Hobart Indiana'; majority of Plan Commission testimony opposed; concerns include noise, light, water/power use, property values; lawsuit filed in Lake County Court. Neighboring NWI communities have rejected similar projects.
What the source record says
One of AWS's Northwest Indiana campuses (part of a $15B NW Indiana / 2.4 GW umbrella; distinct from aws-project-rainier-new-carlisle-in and the separate Wheatfield IN campus). CAPACITY OMITTED: the 2.4 GW figure is the NW Indiana total, not Hobart-specific. INVESTMENT OMITTED: $15B is the NW Indiana total, no Hobart-specific figure. Up to 25 buildings on 725+ acres ('Hobart Tech Park'); shell entities include Hobart Devco, Hobart Owner LLC, TUHAUS LLC/Wylie Capital. ~400 permanent jobs ($37-44/hr) are projections (in notes, not jobs). $47M upfront community payment is city revenue, not facility capex. Coordinates estimated from 61st Ave/Colorado St; verify via Lake County GIS. Active litigation: 'No Data Centers Hobart Indiana' sought a TRO on the fill permit (unresolved).
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2025-11-06 · source-reported permitted
Fill permit approved for Hobart Devco prior to public announcement
- 2025-11-24 · source-reported proposed
Amazon publicly announces a $15B NW Indiana investment; Hobart city agreement announced the next day
- 2026-05-08 · source-reported permitted
Hobart Plan Commission approves site plans after majority-opposition testimony
- 2026-06 · source-reported under construction
Development begun; spring 2026 groundbreaking confirmed active per press
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- AWS data center coming to Hobart, Indiana · Data Center Dynamics
- Newly announced Amazon data center to be built in Hobart · WSBT 22
- Hobart reaches agreement with Amazon for next-gen data center · 21Alive News
- Hobart commission approves site plans for Amazon data center · Inside INdiana Business
- Hobart to vote on property tax abatement on Amazon data center project · NBC Chicago
- Lawsuit seeks to block Amazon data center permit in Hobart · Fox 32 Chicago
- Amazon Invests $15B in Northwest Indiana · NWI Forum
- HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID aws-hobart-in. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
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Recorded information
What this page records, grouped by topic, with the source's units and qualifications. Company-reported values stay labeled as company-reported. Related listings are shown separately.
Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000144
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Hobart, IN · Lake (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Amazon Web Services
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 24 November 2025
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2025-11-06 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-11-24 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-05-08 · source-reported permitted
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2026-06 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 725 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not established; source review excludes the published figure
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: NIPSCO
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Hybrid
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Community response: Provider label: contested
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: 10-year real property tax abatement - Amazon Data Services (Resolution 2026-02)
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: 35-year 100% IT-equipment tax exemption - Hobart Owner LLC (Resolution 2026-03)
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-08-16
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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