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Project Shirley

Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana · All 3 Sentinel Data Centers sites

ProposedContestedAI likelyRecord updated July 9, 2026

Project Shirley is a proposed data center in Eagle Creek Township, Indiana (Lake County), operated by Sentinel Data Centers. The public record puts it at 500 MW planned, 160 acres, a reported $5 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Sentinel Data Centers
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, IN
Coordinates
41.3100, -87.3000
Power capacity
500 MW planned
Land
160 acres
Investment
$5 billion
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
NIPSCO (via GenCo subsidiary)
Power source
Grid
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
Contested
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Project Shirley in Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Rezoning vote postponed to May 2026; Board of Zoning Appeals final permitting still required.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

Rezoning vote postponed to May 2026; Board of Zoning Appeals final permitting still required. Significant local opposition.

Source: Latitude Media

Notes on the record

Unincorporated, SR-2/Clay St. 4 buildings across 160 largely agricultural acres. 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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
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.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Project Shirley data center in Eagle Creek Township?

Yes. Project Shirley in Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Rezoning vote postponed to May 2026; Board of Zoning Appeals final permitting still required.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Project Shirley data center?

No lawsuit over Project Shirley appears in the record we track as of July 9, 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 Project Shirley use?

No water withdrawal figure for Project Shirley 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 Project Shirley, and how big is it?

Sentinel Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 3 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 500 MW. The site is recorded at 160 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Project Shirley," updated July 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/project-shirley-eagle-creek-township-lake-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/project-shirley-eagle-creek-township-lake-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. 1.In Indiana, an anatomy of data center opposition · Latitude Media · retrieved July 9, 2026

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