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Bristol Innovation Park

Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana · All 2 The Province Group sites

ProposedOpposedRecord updated September 1, 2026

Bristol Innovation Park is a proposed data center in Bristol, Indiana (Elkhart County), operated by The Province Group. The public record puts it at 247 acres, a reported $1 billion investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
The Province Group
Facility type
Data center
Location
Bristol, Elkhart County, IN
Coordinates
41.7203, -85.8175 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
247 acres
Investment
$1 billion
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
150 permanent
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. July 9, 2026
    Proposed
    Elkhart County Advisory Plan Commission voted 7-2 to forward the rezoning with an unfavorable recommendation after a five-hour hearing attended by more than 500 opponents. Source: WVPE

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. Organized local opposition to Bristol Innovation Park in Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. More than 500 opponents attended the July 2026 hearing, which was relocated to a church gym to fit the crowd; the plan commission recommended denial 7-2.

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.

More than 500 opponents attended the July 2026 hearing, which was relocated to a church gym to fit the crowd; the plan commission recommended denial 7-2. Bristol Town Council President Jeff Beachy initially wrote in support, then publicly reversed to opposition on 2026-07-21 after accusations and threats.

Source: WVPE

Notes on the record

Campus on 247 acres of farmland at county roads 14 and 23 north of Bristol, with roughly a million square feet of single-story buildings over a five-to-seven year build. The Province Group is acting for an undisclosed tech company; the rezoning requires both county council and Bristol Town Council action.

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
  • 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.
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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Bristol Innovation Park data center in Bristol?

Yes. Organized local opposition to Bristol Innovation Park in Bristol, Elkhart County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. More than 500 opponents attended the July 2026 hearing, which was relocated to a church gym to fit the crowd; the plan commission recommended denial 7-2.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Bristol Innovation Park data center?

No lawsuit over Bristol Innovation Park 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 Bristol Innovation Park use?

No water withdrawal figure for Bristol Innovation Park 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 Bristol Innovation Park, and how big is it?

The Province Group 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 247 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Bristol Innovation Park," updated September 1, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/province-group-bristol-innovation-park-elkhart-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/province-group-bristol-innovation-park-elkhart-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.Undisclosed tech firm plans $1 billion data center for Bristol · WVPE · retrieved September 1, 2026
  2. 2.Rezoning for possible Bristol data center suffers another setback · WVPE · retrieved September 1, 2026
  3. 3.Elkhart County planners to consider proposed Bristol data center project July 9 · WVPE · retrieved September 1, 2026

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