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Google Michigan City Data Center

Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana · All 53 Google sites · Every Google case on our tracker

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated September 1, 2026

Google Michigan City Data Center is a data center under construction in Michigan City, Indiana (LaPorte County), operated by Google. The public record puts it at 70 acres, a reported $832 million investment.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Google
Facility type
Data center
Location
Michigan City, LaPorte County, IN
Coordinates
41.7075, -86.8950 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
70 acres
Investment
$832 million
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
30 permanent; 500 construction
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.

  1. September 1, 2026
    Under construction
    Google confirmed acquisition of the Project Maize site and construction is underway: work began in fall 2025 with completion expected at the beginning of 2027, and multiple unions are working on site. The tracked record still shows 'proposed'. Source: WSBT

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 1, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Michigan City Data Center in Michigan City, LaPorte 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.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Google states the facility uses a closed-loop water system. City officials say existing water supply is adequate with no additional taxpayer cost.

Notes on the record

Announced by Google in 2026 as a planned Indiana data center, distinct from Google's operational Fort Wayne site and its Morgan County (Monrovia) development. No capacity or investment figure published. Coordinates are the Michigan City centroid (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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Google Michigan City Data Center in Michigan City?

Nothing on record as of September 1, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Google Michigan City Data Center in Michigan City, LaPorte 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 Google Michigan City Data Center?

No lawsuit over Google Michigan City Data Center appears in the record we track as of September 1, 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 Google Michigan City Data Center use?

No water withdrawal figure for Google Michigan City Data Center 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 Google Michigan City Data Center, and how big is it?

Google is the operator on record. We hold 53 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 70 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Google Michigan City Data Center," updated September 1, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/google-michigan-city-in.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/google-michigan-city-in, retrieved September 14, 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. 1.Google Data Centers, US locations · Google · retrieved August 8, 2026
  2. 2.Google Data Centers, Indiana · Google · retrieved August 8, 2026
  3. 3.Michigan City welcomes Google as data center owner · Northwest Indiana Business Magazine · retrieved September 1, 2026
  4. 4.Google data center construction underway in Michigan City · WSBT · retrieved September 1, 2026
  5. 5.Google data center construction underway in Michigan City · WSBT · retrieved September 1, 2026
  6. 6.Michigan City welcomes Google as data center owner · Northwest Indiana Business Magazine · retrieved September 1, 2026

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