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Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club)

Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana

CancelledOpposedRecord updated September 13, 2026

Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) is a cancelled data center in Chesterton, Indiana (Porter County), operated by Provident Realty Advisors. The public record puts it at announced May 2024, a reported $1.3 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Cancelled

Operator
Provident Realty Advisors
Facility type
Data center
Location
1110 Pearson Road, Chesterton, Porter County, IN, 46304
Coordinates
41.6006, -87.0910 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$1.3 billion
Announced
May 2024
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.

  1. June 10, 2024
    Cancelled
    Provident notified Chesterton officials it was withdrawing its application and the annexation request after the Town Council said it could never support the project at that scale and location. Source: Baxtel
  2. May 2024
    Proposed
    Dallas-based Provident Realty Advisors proposed an eight-building, $1.3 billion campus on the former Brassie Golf Club site, with annexation of the southernmost 27 acres along Pearson Road. Source: Baxtel

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Residents and environmental groups raised water and power consumption, noise, property-value and wildlife concerns; the Town Council held a series of public forums before the developer withdrew.

A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

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.

Residents and environmental groups raised water and power consumption, noise, property-value and wildlife concerns; the Town Council held a series of public forums before the developer withdrew.

Source: Baxtel

Notes on the record

Eight buildings proposed; per-building square footage and site MW were never published. Coordinates are the 1110 Pearson Road address given for the site. Single-source, so recorded as reported.

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
  • Land area
  • 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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) in Chesterton?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) in Chesterton, Porter County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Residents and environmental groups raised water and power consumption, noise, property-value and wildlife concerns; the Town Council held a series of public forums before the developer withdrew.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club)?

No lawsuit over Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) appears in the record we track as of September 13, 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 Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club) 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 Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club), and how big is it?

Provident Realty Advisors is the operator on record. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Provident Chesterton Data Center Campus (former Brassie Golf Club)," updated September 13, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/provident-chesterton-porter-county-in.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.0 (September 21, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/provident-chesterton-porter-county-in, retrieved October 1, 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.Provident: Chesterton, IN Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved September 13, 2026

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