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Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North)
Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana · All 70 Digital Realty sites
Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) is a proposed data center in Kokomo, Indiana (Howard County), operated by Digital Realty. The public record puts it at announced October 2, 2026, 1.5 GW planned, 476 acres.
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Facility record
Proposed
- Operator
- Digital Realty
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Kokomo, Howard County, IN
- Coordinates
- 40.5400, -86.1300 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 1.5 GW planned
- Land
- 476 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- October 2, 2026
- Utility
- Duke Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- October 2, 2026ProposedCity of Kokomo announced Digital Realty's proposal for a three-building, ~3 million sq ft campus on ~476 acres; no rezoning needed; economic development agreement still requires Common Council approval. Source: WISH-TV
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of October 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Developer representative said the campus is expected to require about 1.5 GW of power at full build-out (WISH-TV, Oct 14, 2026). Duke Energy named as the electric provider.
Described as a closed-loop, air-cooled chiller system that recirculates water. Digital Realty to fund any needed water infrastructure upgrades; Indiana American Water says current capacity is sufficient.
Notes on the record
Three-building campus of about 3 million sq ft on ~476 acres at Industrial Park North, near U.S. 31 and County Road 400 North. Projected $1.3B-$1.7B taxable value; the city says no tax abatement. Completion projected 2033. The 1,500 MW figure is the developer's stated power requirement at full build-out. Coordinates are approximate.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) in Kokomo?
Nothing on record as of October 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North)?
No lawsuit over Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) appears in the record we track as of October 16, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North), and how big is it?
Digital Realty is the operator on record. We hold 70 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.5 GW. The site is recorded at 476 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North)," updated October 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digital-realty-kokomo-howard-county-in.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/digital-realty-kokomo-howard-county-in, retrieved October 29, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Digital Realty proposes $1.3 billion data center project in Kokomo · WISH-TV · retrieved October 16, 2026
- 2.Data center developer discusses multi-billion dollar project planned in Kokomo · WISH-TV · retrieved October 16, 2026
- 3.Kokomo Mayor Backs Proposed Data Center · InkFreeNews · retrieved October 16, 2026
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