Data Center Registry
New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied)
New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana
New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) is a cancelled data center in New Carlisle, Indiana (St. Joseph County), operated by Undisclosed. The public record puts it at 1,000 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Undisclosed
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN
- Coordinates
- 41.7003, -86.5089 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 1,000 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- 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
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing
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.
- December 10, 2025CancelledSt. Joseph County Council voted 7-2 to deny the rezoning after a hearing that ran until roughly 4 a.m. Source: WVPE
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) in New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Council member Amy Drake said she was voting with the people of New Carlisle against the data center after overwhelming public testimony in opposition.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Council member Amy Drake said she was voting with the people of New Carlisle against the data center after overwhelming public testimony in opposition.
Notes on the record
A New York-based developer sought to rezone about 1,000 acres of farmland along the Chicago Trail near New Carlisle for 14 buildings, adjacent to the Amazon campus. The rezoning was denied; the developer may refile after six months. The petitioner was not publicly named.
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
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- 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.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- 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.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
- Amazon Project Rainier · New Carlisle · Amazon Web Servicesunder 1 mile · Operating · 2.2 GW · Contested
- Microsoft La Porte Data Center · La Porte · Microsoft14 mi · Under construction
- Microsoft Granger Data Center · Granger · Microsoft20 mi · Under construction · 1 GW · Mixed reception
- Google Michigan City Data Center · Michigan City · Google20 mi · Under construction
- Hyperscale Data Dowagiac Campus · Dowagiac · Hyperscale Data, Inc.28 mi · Under construction · 340 MW · In litigation
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) in New Carlisle?
Yes. Organized local opposition to New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) in New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Council member Amy Drake said she was voting with the people of New Carlisle against the data center after overwhelming public testimony in opposition.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied)?
No lawsuit over New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) 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 New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) use?
No water withdrawal figure for New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied), and how big is it?
Undisclosed is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1000 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "New Carlisle Chicago Trail Data Center (rezoning denied)," updated September 1, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/new-carlisle-chicago-trail-data-center-st-joseph-county-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/new-carlisle-chicago-trail-data-center-st-joseph-county-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.Council denies rezoning for data center near New Carlisle · WVPE · retrieved September 1, 2026
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