Data Center Registry
Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center
Washington, Daviess County, Indiana
Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center is a cancelled data center in Washington, Indiana (Daviess County), operated by Outrigger Industrial. The public record puts it at announced March 2026, 120 acres. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Cancelled
- Operator
- Outrigger Industrial
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- Washington, Daviess County, IN
- Coordinates
- 38.6500, -87.0500 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 120 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- March 2026
- 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.
- May 2026CancelledWashington City Council voted unanimously to cease all business with the developer and explore a moratorium, ending the proposal. Source: Indiana Public Media
- March 2026ProposedOutrigger Industrial presented preliminary plans for a build-to-suit data center to the Washington city council. Source: Indiana Public Media
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. A local petition opposed the project on water/land grounds; the Washington City Council voted unanimously in May 2026 to cease all dealings with the developer and to explore a data-center moratorium.
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.
A local petition opposed the project on water/land grounds; the Washington City Council voted unanimously in May 2026 to cease all dealings with the developer and to explore a data-center moratorium.
Notes on the record
Speculative build-to-suit data center proposed for the southeast corner of I-69 and US 50 near Washington in Daviess County on a ~120-acre site. Developer estimated a demand of 250-500 MW, $100-250M in buildings plus $500M-$1B in tenant equipment, ~$70M in tax revenue over 10 years, and 100-150 jobs. The Washington City Council voted unanimously in May 2026 to terminate dealings with the developer, effectively cancelling the proposal. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the I-69/US 50 interchange east of Washington.
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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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center in Washington?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center in Washington, Daviess County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. A local petition opposed the project on water/land grounds; the Washington City Council voted unanimously in May 2026 to cease all dealings with the developer and to explore a data-center moratorium.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center?
No lawsuit over Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 5, 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 Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center 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 Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center, and how big is it?
Outrigger Industrial is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 120 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Outrigger Industrial Washington Data Center," updated August 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/outrigger-washington-daviess-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/outrigger-washington-daviess-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.New data center proposed near Washington, Ind. · Indiana Public Media · retrieved August 5, 2026
- 2.Washington city council cancels data center development, will explore moratorium · Indiana Public Media · retrieved August 5, 2026
- 3.Washington City Council says no to data center · Washington Times-Herald · retrieved August 5, 2026
- 4.Data center proposal presented to Washington council · Vincennes PBS (WVUT) · retrieved August 5, 2026
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