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Residents file class action lawsuit against Hyperscale Data Center in Dowagiac
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (280+ words) UPDATE: Dowagiac Mayor Patrick M. Bakeman released the following statement on the Hyperscale Data Center lawsuit: "I've seen the same news reports you have about a class action lawsuit being filed against Hyperscale Data, Inc. regarding their facility on Prairie Ronde....
Data Center Deals: Amazon opens Indiana's first "Think Big Space" at New Prairie High School
1+ week, 2+ day ago (225+ words) NEW CARLISLE, Ind. --- Amazon launched Indiana's first "Think Big Space" Monday at New Prairie High School. Amazon has built more than 120 of these spaces globally, and this latest development is one of the largest in the world. Some of the…...
Governor Mike Braun signs student cell phone ban into Indiana law
2+ week, 16+ hour ago (121+ words) INDIANAPOLIS -- On Wednesday, Indiana Governor Mike Braun ceremonially signed Senate Enrolled Act 78 (SEA 78) into law, formally restricting student's cell phone use during the school day. With SEA 78's new 'bell-to-bell' restriction, Indiana students are not allowed to use cell phones,…...
South Bend City Councilman At Large, Dr. Oliver Davis calls for one year data center moratorium in new proclamation
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (520+ words) SOUTH BEND, Ind. " Dr. Oliver Davis, South Bend City Councilman At Large, called for a one-year moratorium on data centers in the City of South Bend. Dr. Davis says he chose Earth Day to make this proclamation, citing his concerns…...
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi supports City of Dowagiac's Call for Transparency on data center expansion
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (424+ words) DOWAGIAC, Mich. -- The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan and Indiana announced Monday that it supports Mayor Patrick M. Bakeman and the City of Dowagiac's call for transparency about a planned data center expansion in Dowagiac, Michigan. Pokagon Band of…...
Latest details on potential data center development in Fulton County
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) FULTON COUNTY, Ind. " ABC57 visited a data center open house Monday, held by Decennial Group, the company looking to bring a 500-megawatt hyper scale data center to the small town of Akron. Decennial is hosting a number of similar Q and…...
Breaking down rumors of a data center development in South Bend
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (164+ words) SOUTH BEND, Ind. " Following recent reports that at a data center development was coming to South Bend, ABC57 worked to break down the influx of rumors. ABC57 was given documents that were recently shared with farmers on the southwest side of South…...
500-acre Amazon data center campus confirmed for nearby Northwest Indiana
6+ mon, 2+ day ago (110+ words) Huddlestun said if everything moves ahead, construction is expected to begin in spring 2026. The city council will vote on language at their next meeting on Dec. 3. The meeting will move this forward, but they will not finalize the agreement at…...
Area Plan Commission gives unfavorable recommendation to rezone for another data center
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (246+ words) NEW CARLISLE, Ind. -- St. Joseph County Executive Director of Economic Development Bill Schalliol confirmed to ABC57 that the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission voted 7-0 on an unfavorable recommendation for rezoning land for a potential data center. The proposal was to…...
PLAYLIST: City leaders vote 7-2 in favor of granting tax abatement for proposed data center
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (148+ words) MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. --A packed city council meeting Tuesday night left residents with lingering questions about a proposed data center " but ended with approval of a major tax abatement for the project. Phoenix Investors, the developer behind the project, pitched…...