Facts at a glance
- Record ID
amazon-nipsco-northern-indiana-service- Record type
- project
- Evidence confidence
- high
DataCenterData’s confidence in this record’s sourced fields, not in the project - Developer
- Amazon Data Services, Inc.
- Operator
- Not named in the cited records
- Owner
- Owner of record not established
- Tenant
- Not named in the cited records
- Capacity
- 2.4 GW Utility service · full build-out scope
Contracted northern Indiana multi-site load at full ramp; allocation among individual Amazon sites is confidential/unknown and this is not IT capacity or current demand. - Location
- IN
Location precision not recorded — The order concerns multiple northern Indiana facilities and does not publicly allocate load to named sites.
What the sources support
The IURC approved NIPSCO's special contract with Amazon Data Services on June 17, 2026. Service commencement by January 1, 2027 and ramp to full load by the end of 2032 are contractual milestones not yet due, not observed outcomes.
Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.
What remains unknown
- site-level allocation
- actual demand
- actual generation
- actual customer credits
- site tied to confidential water agreement
Sources
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IURC final order, Cause No. 46322 →Gov. record
Exact location PDF pp. 2-5, 32-38, 53-57: term, load ramp, generation and credit projections, cost allocation limits, studies and annual reporting
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Sourced classifications
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- Power counterparty: Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC — Utility under a customer-specific contract (agreement approved)
“NIPSCO is seeking to supply retail service to Amazon Data Services, Inc. (“Amazon”). Amazon is in the business of data center development in northern Indiana, with operations expected to begin by January 1, 2027” — Order of the Commission, Cause No. 46322 (NIPSCO and NIPSCO Generation LLC — Data Center Customer #1 Special Contract), PDF p.3, ¶3 (supply statement); ordering paragraph 2, PDF p.41 ('The Customer Contract is approved.'), retrieved 24 September 2026
Not established: Which specific data-center sites are served (Exhibit A-2 locations are confidential); MW actually drawn; that the 2,400 MW ramp occurs.
Connected records
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Policy records
- IURC Cause 46322: NIPSCO special contract for Amazon data centers
Not established: Whether the policy governs, approves or restricts this project beyond what the shared document itself states.
Dated events
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Utility contract approvedOfficial recordIndiana
Utility contract approved on 17 June 2026: Amazon / NIPSCO northern Indiana service program (IN) — utility commission order dated 17 June 2026
- Event date
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Recorded information
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Reviewed record amazon-nipsco-northern-indiana-service
Project.
This is a contract/program ledger, not an additional physical campus. It exists to prevent 2,400 MW, 3,000 MW generation and water-agreement facts from being misassigned to Hobart, New Carlisle or Wheatfield.
Location and precision
- Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Roles
- Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Lifecycle
- Recorded status: approved
Power capacity
- Shown above in Facts at a glance.
- Power detail: Up to 2,400 MW Amazon load by end-2032; 3,000 MW planned generation; projected $1.1B customer credits and approximately $7/month residential credit at full ramp
Recorded with its stated kind; not a measured load and not comparable across records.
- ISO / RTO: MISO
- Serving utility: NIPSCO
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling and water: The order references a confidential-site water agreement but does not establish which facility, quantity or cooling architecture.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Projected permanent jobs: not established
not established
Announced job figures are not observed headcount. Different scopes stay separate.
- Announced investment: not established
Announced figure, not spending.
- Incentives and commitments: Amazon bears customer-specific and specified MISO costs. The order permits NIPSCO to seek later allocation of transmission costs to other customers if it proves shared benefits in a future docket; therefore zero ratepayer risk is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Fields with recorded verification: contract approval; cluster load ceiling; term and reporting duties
Only the fields in this list are recorded as verified. A stored number outside this list is not treated as verified.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Next research question
- Annual actual-versus-forecast demand/capacity filing; service start by 2027-01-01; transmission-study dockets; full-ramp projection at year-end 2032.
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