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Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property)

Burns Harbor, Porter County, Indiana · All 2 Provident Realty Advisors sites

ProposedNo reception on recordRecord updated October 16, 2026

Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property) is a proposed data center in Burns Harbor, Indiana (Porter County), operated by Provident Realty Advisors. The public record puts it at announced July 8, 2024, 102 acres.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator: Provident Realty Advisors
Facility type: Data center
Location: Burns Harbor, Porter County, IN
Coordinates: 41.6100, -87.1200 (approximate)
Power capacity: Not established from a public source
Land: 102 acres
Investment: Not established from a public source
Announced: July 8, 2024
Utility: NIPSCO
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: No reception on record
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.

July 8, 2024
Proposed
Preliminary hearing before the Burns Harbor Advisory Plan Commission on Provident's petition to rezone ~102 acres on the west side of Babcock Road to a new Special District 8 (technology). Source: Town of Burns Harbor

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of October 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property) in Burns Harbor, Porter 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

Petitioner's attorney told the plan commission the site was chosen for nearby high-tension lines and that agreements were in place with NIPSCO.

Notes on the record

About 102 acres owned by Worthington Steel on the west side of Babcock Road. Initially five buildings at ~30 employees per building. Separate from Provident's withdrawn Chesterton proposal. Current status is uncertain: no 2026 action was found, and secondary trackers describe it as stalled or revised. 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.

Power capacity in megawatts
Cooling method and water use
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
How the community has received 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.
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.

Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) · Chesterton · Provident Realty Advisors2 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
PowerHouse Hobart · Hobart · PowerHouse Data Centers9 mi · Proposed · 450 MW
Agincourt Valparaiso Data Center Campus · Valparaiso · Agincourt Investments, LLC9 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
AWS Hobart Campus · Hobart · Amazon Web Services10 mi · Under construction · Contested
Karis Critical Deep River Campus · Merrillville · Karis Critical12 mi · Proposed
Google Michigan City Data Center · Michigan City · Google13 mi · Under construction
Merrillville Technology Park · Merrillville · The Province Group14 mi · Proposed
Wylie Capital Broadway Data Center · Merrillville · Wylie Capital14 mi · Proposed

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property) in Burns Harbor?

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property)?

No lawsuit over Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property) 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 Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property) 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 Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property), and how big is it?

Provident Realty Advisors is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 102 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Provident Burns Harbor Data Center Campus (Worthington Steel property)," updated October 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/provident-burns-harbor-porter-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/provident-burns-harbor-porter-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.Burns Harbor Advisory Plan Commission minutes, July 8, 2024 · Town of Burns Harbor · retrieved October 16, 2026

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