Data center profile · 360 E. Boyd Blvd., La Porte, LaPorte County, Indiana

Microsoft La Porte

Microsoft's owner-built campus in La Porte, Indiana: six buildings in the first phase, 17 planned after a 2026 annexation, with a NIPSCO power agreement starting in 2028

Site work under way. Groundbreaking was June 17, 2026 and grading continues, but the backup generator air permit was at application stage on Oct. 18, 2026. Microsoft has stated no campus MW figure; the utility's Oct. 16, 2026 power deal covers a shared pool.
17 buildings
planned on about 1,770 acres
six in the first phase on the original 489 acres; 11 more on land annexed May 2026 (press)
$17M
Microsoft pays the city for municipally owned land
over 100 acres within about 1,300 acres being purchased (press)
$1B
initial investment announced
state announcement, June 2024; expansion cost not stated
2028
power service begins, 20-year term
company says power service begins in 2028 on a 20-year term; press says the data centers are expected to be complete in 2029
OperatorMicrosoft (owner-occupied)
CustomerMicrosoft itself; no third-party tenant
Planned IT capacity880 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2027 (range 2027 to 2028); company says 2029.
Next stepState decision on the generator air permit (application received July 2026; no date published)
Power

Power and the grid

Contracted, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Sept. 24, 2025
    State regulator approves the utility framework
    The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission lets NiSource's generation arm build and own plants for large customers outside full rate regulation. see Permits
  2. Nov. 19, 2025
    Eminent domain removed
    On reconsideration the commission conditions its ruling on the generation arm giving up eminent domain. Utility regulator · Nov. 2025
  3. Oct. 16, 2026
    20-year energy agreement announced
    NiSource says Microsoft begins taking service in 2028 and funds all generation and transmission it needs. Company · Oct. 2026
  4. Not set
    Contract terms: not public
    No exit fee, minimum bill or take-or-pay terms have been disclosed, and the deal still depends on regulatory approvals. Company · Oct. 2026

Backup generators on file

Emergency units only; they are not a power supply for the campus.

Permits

Permits checklist

2 pending · 3 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1B
minimum investment behind the state sales tax exemption
35-year term, performance-based; up to 45 years in total State agency · June 2024
15%
of property tax revenue to the school district for 20 years
the city collects the other 85% (press) News report · March 2026
$17M
Microsoft pays the city for municipally owned land
over 100 acres within about 1,300 acres (press) News report · June 2026

Not on record: local property tax abatement: Microsoft dropped it in Jan. 2026, the 2024 payment-in-lieu deal was rescinded in March 2026 (press) News report · March 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. June 3, 2024
    Site Indiana announces a $1B Microsoft data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park. State agency · June 2024
  2. Sept. 24, 2025
    Permits The state utility regulator approves the framework for NiSource's generation arm to serve large customers. Utility regulator · Sept. 2025
  3. March 3, 2026
    Money The school board accepts a new full-property-tax deal that replaces the 2024 payment-in-lieu plan. News report · March 2026
  4. April 21, 2026
    Site Microsoft presents an expanded plan of 17 buildings; residents raise water, noise and process concerns. News report · April 2026
  5. May 18, 2026
    Permits The Common Council annexes about 1,281 acres east of the original site for the expansion. News report · May 2026
  6. June 17, 2026
    Construction Groundbreaking ceremony; grading and site preparation continue (press). News report · June 2026
  7. July 6, 2026
    Permits Microsoft's air permit application for the backup generators is received by the state. State agency · July 2026
  8. Oct. 16, 2026
    Power NiSource announces a 20-year energy agreement with Microsoft, service from 2028. Company · Oct. 2026
  9. 2027
    Construction Buildings 1 to 3 to be worked on through end of 2027 (press). News report · Oct. 2026
  10. 2029
    Construction Data centers expected to be completed (press). News report · Oct. 2026
The buildings

Specs

6 data center buildings
in the air permit application, plus one amenities building
State agency · June 2026
245,000 sq ft
first-phase floor area in the 2024 state announcement
State agency · June 2024
489 acres, then ~1,281 more
original site, then annexed east-side land in May 2026
News report · May 2026
600 permanent jobs
first phase, per Microsoft (press); state announcement said up to 200 by 2032
News report · June 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner and operator
  • Microsoft Corporation: developer, owner, operator and air permit applicant
  • Stantec: prepared the air permit application
Power
  • NIPSCO: retail utility
  • NiSource Generation Company (GenCo): builds and owns the generation
  • AGP Group affiliate: builds a 600 MW battery facility for GenCo's pool
Government
  • City of La Porte Common Council and Redevelopment Commission
  • Indiana Economic Development Corporation: sales tax exemption
  • La Porte Economic Advancement Partnership: local partner
Local stakeholders
  • LaPorte Community School Corporation: receives 15% of tax revenue
  • LaPorte County commissioners
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

156 records from 21 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, company statements, utility regulator dockets and public and commercial datasets, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 12State agency 3Company 2Utility regulator 2Dataset 2
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (32)
  • Aliases: Microsoft LPO Campus; LPO Campus; Radius Industrial Park
    “Microsoft Corporation - LPO Campus, Air Permit Application, June 2026”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Jurisdiction: City of La Porte (plan commission / common council / redevelopment commission) for land use; expansion land was unincorporated LaPorte County until annexed May 2026; IURC (state) holds jurisdiction over the
    “the Commission issued its Order in Cause No. 46183 approving a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement declining jurisdiction”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • The GenCo generation approved in IURC Causes 46322/46362 (two 1,300 MW CCGTs at the Schahfer Generating Station plus a 400 MW BESS at the Mitchell Generating Station) serves AMAZON under its special contract - GenCo pool
    “service to Amazon is expected to begin by January 1, 2027, with its load requirements increasing periodically through the end of 2032”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Backup generators: 48 units
    “Forty-two (42) diesel-fired emergency generators, identified as EG-1 through EG-42, combusting ultra-low-sulfur (ULSD) and renewable (hydrotreated vegetable oil [HVO]) diesel, with a maximum electrical output of 3000 ekW each”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade A
  • Backup generator size (kW each): 3000 kW
    “Forty-two (42) diesel-fired emergency generators, identified as EG-1 through EG-42, combusting ultra-low-sulfur (ULSD) and renewable (hydrotreated vegetable oil [HVO]) diesel, with a maximum electrical output of 3000 ekW each”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade A
  • Backup generator size (kW each): 500 kW
    “Six (6) diesel-fired emergency generators, identified as EG-43 through EG-48, combusting ultra-low-sulfur (ULSD) and renewable (HVO) diesel, with a maximum electrical output of 500 ekW each”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade A
  • Operator: Microsoft Corporation (owner-occupied)
    “The proposed LPO Campus will contain computer equipment that will consume electrical power, which is normally purchased from the utility grid”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “computer equipment that will consume electrical power, which is normally purchased from the utility grid”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “which will utilize compression ignition emergency generators to provide emergency backup power”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Generating units on the permit: 48 diesel emergency generators (42 x 3,000 kW; 6 x 500 kW) + 2 diesel fire pumps (350 hp each)
    “Forty-two (42) diesel-fired emergency generators, identified as EG-1 through EG-42”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: 129 MW
    “with a maximum electrical output of 3000 ekW each”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • On-site power technology: diesel-fired compression-ignition emergency generators (ULSD / renewable HVO diesel); NSPS 40 CFR 60 Subpart IIII; NESHAP 40 CFR 63 Subpart ZZZZ
    “combusting ultra-low-sulfur (ULSD) and renewable (hydrotreated vegetable oil [HVO]) diesel”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Fuel storage on-site: 42 belly tanks x 10,197 gal + 6 belly tanks x 1,800 gal (diesel)
    “each with a maximum storage capacity of 10,197 gallons”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Grid operator: MISO
    “based on current Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. (MISO) accreditation factors and planning reserve margin requirements”
    Utility regulator · April 2026 · grade A
  • Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 10.881 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • Nearest gas pipeline: 7.284 km ; NIPSCO
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “Approximately 1,100 MW of new generation resources under a 20-year agreement beginning in 2028”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: not stated
    “The GenCo-owned pool portfolio will be increased by approximately 1,100 MW”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: not stated
    “Documented absence: Microsoft has never stated a campus MW figure in any source opened”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Power service start: 2028
    “Microsoft is expected to begin taking electric service under a 20-year term starting in 2028”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (NIPSCO), generation via NiSource Generation Company LLC (GenCo)
    “Through NiSource Generation Company LLC (GenCo), the company is serving new large-load customers”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: yes - long-term energy agreement with NiSource (NIPSCO/GenCo), announced Oct. 16, 2026; 20-year term from 2028
    “announced today a new long-term energy agreement with Microsoft for its previously announced northwest Indiana campus”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • large load interconnection request: announced
    “Under the agreement, Microsoft is expected to begin taking electric service under a 20-year term starting in 2028.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • NiSource/NIPSCO 20-year Microsoft agreement (Oct 16, 2026): service from 2028; GenCo pooled portfolio to grow by ~1,100 MW of GENERATION capacity (pooled across Microsoft's data center and NIPSCO's other customers); NiSo
    “Under the agreement, Microsoft fully funds all generation and transmission required to serve its load.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Storage resource under the same announcement: GenCo contracted 600 MW of battery storage under a long-term tolling agreement with an AGP Group affiliate - a pooled-system resource announced alongside the Microsoft agreem
    “And under a long-term tolling agreement GenCo signed with an affiliate of AGP Group, 600 MW of battery storage has been contracted.”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • NiSource Oct 16, 2026 agreement context (pooled, NOT campus figures): the GenCo-owned pool portfolio will be increased by approximately 1,100 MW of generation and transmission assets to serve Microsoft's data center AND
    “The GenCo-owned pool portfolio will be increased by approximately 1,100 MW with NIPSCO and GenCo to provide transmission and generation infrastructure”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • The 1,100 MW in the NiSource release is an increment to GenCo's SHARED pool portfolio, announced together with a separate 600 MW battery-storage tolling contract. The pool also serves Amazon's up-to-2,400 MW load under C
    “The GenCo-owned pool portfolio will be increased by approximately 1,100 MW”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • NiSource stated that further operational and financial details of the Microsoft agreement will be shared on its third quarter earnings call - the next expected source for the service ramp schedule and any campus-level MW
    “Further operational and financial details on the agreement will be shared on the company's third quarter earnings call”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • large load interconnection request: approved
    “GenCo is designed to own, build and manage generation assets to serve the growing data center industry in Northern Indiana.”
    Company · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Substation: phase 1 includes a substation on the initial plot
    “The first phase would comprise six data centers and a substation, on the initial plot of land”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Interconnection status: contracted at the Microsoft / northwest-Indiana level; campus mapping inferred: on Oct 16, 2026 NiSource announced a 20-year electric service agreement with Microsoft for its northwest Indiana cam
    “While not explicitly confirmed, it seems likely that the agreement will serve Microsoft’s under-construction data center in La Porte.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: under construction - site preparation began Mar 2026; formal groundbreaking Jun 17, 2026; phase 1 is six buildings plus a substation, buildings 1-3 through end of 2027, completion 2029
    “Official site preparation works began in March this year. Buildings 1-3 will be worked on through to the end of 2027, with the data centers expected to be completed in 2029.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (30)
  • Tenants: Microsoft (owner-occupied; no third-party tenant)
    “Microsoft Corporation is proposing the construction of the LPO Campus located at 360 E. Boyd Blvd., La Porte, IN 46350”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Tenant status: owner-occupied
    “Prepared for: Microsoft Corporation, LPO Campus, 360 E. Boyd Blvd., La Porte, IN 46350”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • GenCo framework settlement (IURC Cause 46183): scope
    “the Commission issued its Order in Cause No. 46183 approving a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement declining jurisdiction”
    Utility regulator · April 2026 · grade A
  • GenCo framework settlement (IURC Cause 46183): condition
    “its declination of jurisdiction would better serve the public interest if GenCo were required to relinquish its eminent domain authority”
    Utility regulator · April 2026 · grade A
  • Incentives: State: IEDC 35-year data center sales tax exemption (performance-based). Local: NO property tax abatement - full property taxes under the March 2026 agreement (2024 PILOT rescinded)
    “committed an investment in Microsoft in the form of a 35-year term data center sales tax credit”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Financing: not stated
    “Documented absence: no project-level financing disclosed. Microsoft self-funds and, under the power agreement, fully funds the generation and transmission required to serve its load”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Long-term energy agreement (power supply): termination FINDING: no termination, exit-fee, minimum-billing or take-or-pay clause disclosed publicly as of Oct. 18, 2026; the contract text is not public (contrast Amazon, whose
    “any decision by our current or future data center customers to terminate our current and any future data center contracts”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Long-term energy agreement (power supply): term 20 years
    “Microsoft is expected to begin taking electric service under a 20-year term starting in 2028”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Long-term energy agreement (power supply): scope 1,100 MW
    “The GenCo-owned pool portfolio will be increased by approximately 1,100 MW”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Long-term energy agreement (power supply): cost condition
    “Microsoft fully funds all generation and transmission required to serve its load”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Long-term energy agreement (power supply): condition precedent
    “receipt, timing and terms of required regulatory approvals in connection with the agreements”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Battery storage tolling agreement: scope 600 MW
    “GenCo has contracted 600 MW of battery storage, under a long-term tolling agreement”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Name: Microsoft La Porte
    “Microsoft will invest $1 billion to establish a new data center in northwest Indiana”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Square feet: 245000 sq ft
    “Microsoft will construct a new 245,000-square-foot data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Announced: June 3, 2024
    “Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced that Microsoft will invest $1 billion”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Stated capital cost: 1000000000 USD
    “Microsoft will invest $1 billion to establish a new data center in northwest Indiana”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • State data center sales tax exemption: term 35 years
    “a 35-year term data center sales tax credit for a minimum $1 billion in eligible capital investment”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • State data center sales tax exemption: condition 1000000000 USD
    “These incentives are performance-based, meaning the company is eligible to claim state benefits once investments are made”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • State data center sales tax exemption: extension 45 years (maximum total term)
    “For each $1 billion of eligible investment made at the site within the first 15 years, the company will be eligible for tax exemptions for an additional 5-10-year period”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Land control: original 489 acres at Radius Industrial Park; more than 100 acres of it municipally owned land within about 1,300 acres being purchased (city to receive $17M); expansion land annexed May 2026 for purchase f
    “the city is also collecting another $17 million from Microsoft because over 100 acres of municipally owned land is part of the 1,300 acres the tech giant is purchasing”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Land purchase (city-owned parcels): payment 17000000 USD
    “the city is also collecting another $17 million from Microsoft because over 100 acres of municipally owned land is part of the 1,300 acres the tech giant is purchasing”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Investment announced: $1 billion+ investment in the La Porte campus, per Microsoft's 2024 announcement as reported
    “it would build a 245,000 sq ft (22,800 sqm) data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park, as part of a $1bn investment in Northwest Indiana”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 489 acres
    “it would build a 245,000 sq ft (22,800 sqm) data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park, as part of a $1bn investment in Northwest Indiana”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: residents raised water, noise and process concerns at the April 21, 2026 community meeting; LaPorte County Commissioners intervened in IURC Cause 46183 against the GenCo structure on ratepayer-protection grou
    “LaPorte County government, left out of the revenue sharing in the first agreement, will share in the funding from the expansion”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • City-county expansion revenue sharing: scope
    “LaPorte County government, left out of the revenue sharing in the first agreement, will share in the funding from the expansion under an agreement with the city being finalized”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • PILOT / tax-sharing agreement (original, 2024): scope 2500000 USD per year
    “the original agreement from June of 2024 that called for the city and school corporation to share about $2.5 million annually over a 40-year period”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Updated tax agreement (2026): scope
    “the city to collect 85 percent of Microsoft's entire property tax bill, with the remaining 15 percent going to the school corporation over 20 years”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Updated tax agreement (2026): condition
    “The money stems from a decision by Microsoft in January not to seek property tax relief on its projected $1 billion investment in LaPorte”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • PILOT / tax-sharing agreement (original, 2024): status RESCINDED in 2026 - city council, plan commission and redevelopment commission rescinded the prior agreement and authorized the revised full-tax arrangement
    “actions by the La Porte City Council, the plan commission, and the redevelopment commission to rescind the prior agreement and authorize the revised arrangement”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Updated tax agreement (2026): term 20 years
    “Microsoft would pay property taxes in full and the La Porte Redevelopment Commission would allocate 15% of that revenue to the district for 20 years”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
Permits and government (25)
  • Air permit status: construction permit application 091-50526-00197 received by IDEM July 6, 2026; pending as of Oct 2026; no issued permit located
    “Construction Permit Application, June 2026, Prepared for: Microsoft Corporation”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Air construction permit (326 IAC 2-1.1-3; synthetic-minor fuel limits to avoid P: application received
    “091-50526-00197, AI ID: 136976, Construction Permit Application, June 2026”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade A
  • Regulatory framework modification: order on reconsideration - GenCo eminent domain authority relinquished
    “On November 19, 2025, the Commission issued its Order of the Commission on Reconsideration in Cause No. 46183”
    Utility regulator · Nov. 2025 · grade A
  • Regulatory framework approval (declination of jurisdiction over GenCo): final order approving settlement
    “On September 24, 2025, the Commission issued its Order in Cause No. 46183 approving a Stipulation and Settlement Agreement”
    Utility regulator · Sept. 2025 · grade A
  • air construction permit application (synthetic minor): application received; no issuance located as of Oct. 19, 2026
    “PERMIT NUMBER: 091-50526-00197”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Air construction permit: status check - still at application stage; no issued/final permit located
    “Microsoft is proposing to accept enforceable limits (annual fuel usage) to limit potential to emit (PTE) of nitrogen oxides (NOx) to be less than 100 tons per year”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project Maize (Google
    “IDEM has received an application from Lavender Fields Holdings, LLC, located at 402 Royal Road, Michigan City, Indiana 46360, for a New Source Construction and Part 70 Operating Permit.”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Regulatory order (subject unverified): order approved at Commission conference
    “46436, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, LLC, NIPSCO Generation, LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • The IURC approved Cause No. 46436 (NIPSCO + NIPSCO Generation LLC) on October 14, 2026, two days before the Microsoft agreement announcement. Subject unverified: pull the order (ord 46436) to determine whether it covers
    “46436, Northern Indiana Public Service Company, LLC, NIPSCO Generation, LLC”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Original target date: not stated
    “The timeline for construction and operations of the new datacenter is dependent on the design, planning and permitting process”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • State of Indiana / City of La Porte (announcement): Microsoft campus announced; city incentives approved; original PILOT framework in place
    “The city of La Porte approved additional incentives to support the project”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Campus plan grew from 489 acres and 6 buildings to about 1,770 acres and 17 buildings via the May 2026 annexation of about 1,281 acres east of the original site (11 more buildings in later phases)
    “Microsoft is now planning to establish 17 buildings on an expanded plot of land”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • TIF allocation area amendment: confirmed unanimously - amendments designating Microsoft as a taxpayer under state code; recordation instructed
    “The City of La Porte Redevelopment Commission unanimously confirmed amendments to the Boyd Boulevard allocation area on May 27, 2026”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • City of La Porte Redevelopment Commission: Confirmation of Boyd Boulevard allocation area amendments (La Porte Consolidated Economic Development Area), designating Microsoft as a taxpayer under state code; recordation in
    “unanimously approved a resolution confirming amendments to the declaratory resolution and economic development plan for the La Porte Consolidated Economic Development Area”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Annexation (voluntary): approved - approximately 1,281 acres on the city's east side annexed for the campus expansion
    “the La Porte Common Council unanimously approved a land annexation that nearly tripled the size of the planned campus”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • La Porte Common Council: Final vote on the voluntary annexation of about 1,200-1,281 acres east of the original site for the Microsoft expansion
    “the La Porte Common Council unanimously approved a land annexation that nearly tripled the size of the planned campus”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Fiscal plan for annexation: resolution adopted - written fiscal plan and definitive policy for the east-side voluntary annexation
    “Council introduced and approved a resolution adopting a definitive fiscal plan for a voluntary annexation of roughly 1,281 acres”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • La Porte City Council: Resolution adopting a written fiscal plan and definitive policy for the proposed east-side voluntary annexation (about 1,281 acres) for a data-center campus
    “La Porte City Council on May 4 introduced and approved a resolution adopting a written fiscal plan and definitive policy for a proposed voluntary annexation”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Apr 2026 expansion presentation: Microsoft presented a draft conceptual plan for 17 buildings on an expanded plot of land adjacent to the phase-1 site (between East 250 South, East State Road 4, and Stevens Road).
    “Based on a draft conceptual site plan shared during the meeting, Microsoft is now planning to establish 17 buildings on an expanded plot of land between East 250 South, East State Road 4, and Stevens Road in La Porte.”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings planned total: 17 buildings
    “Microsoft is now planning to establish 17 buildings on an expanded plot of land”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Community information meeting (La Porte Civic Center) - Microsoft presentation: Expansion plan presented: 17 buildings on an expanded plot between E 250 S, State Road 4 and Stevens Road; rezoning of adjacent property sou
    “According to a presentation shared during an April 21 community meeting at the La Porte Civic Center, Microsoft said it is also seeking approval to rezone adjacent property”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • La Porte Common Council: Public hearing on the landowners' annexation request (about 1,200 acres for the campus expansion)
    “After a heavily attended public hearing Monday night, the council decided to take a vote on the annexation request at its May 18 meeting”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Microsoft's company-wide decision to stop seeking local property tax abatements (its Community-First AI Infrastructure initiative) drove the rescission of La Porte's 2024 PILOT and the March 2026 full-tax agreement - a t
    “a decision by Microsoft in January not to seek property tax relief on its projected $1 billion investment in LaPorte”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • LaPorte Community School Corporation Board: Resolution accepting the updated Microsoft tax agreement (full property taxes; Redevelopment Commission allocates 15% of revenue to the district for 20 years)
    “The LaPorte Community School Corp board on March 3 approved a resolution accepting a new tax-revenue agreement tied to Microsoft's planned data center, voting 7-0”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (Cause No. 46183): GenCo declination-of-jurisdiction settlement approved; LaPorte County Board of Commissioners participated as an intervenor with ratepayer-protection objections
    “Shaw Friedman, who represented the LaPorte County Board of Commissioners in the NIPSCO GenCo case”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (28)
  • Developer: Microsoft Corporation
    “Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is proposing the construction of the LPO Campus located at 360 E. Boyd Blvd., La Porte, IN 46350”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Address: 360 E. Boyd Blvd., La Porte, IN 46350
    “LPO Campus, 360 E. Boyd Blvd., La Porte, IN 46350”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • County: LaPorte County
    “The Microsoft LPO Campus is located in La Porte County, Indiana”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • Buildings: 6 data center buildings (LPO01-LPO06) + 1 campus amenities building
    “The campus will consist of six (6) data center buildings (LPO01-LPO06), which will utilize compression ignition emergency generators”
    State agency · June 2026 · grade A
  • County code: 18091
    “LaPorte County, IN”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 18091
    “091-50526-00197, AI ID: 136976”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Site acres: 215.361 acres
    “Property Address 360 E Boyd Blvd | Acreage 215.361 | Owner Address Microsoft Corporation”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade B
  • Site address: 360 E Boyd Blvd, La Porte, IN 46350
    “Property Address 360 E Boyd Blvd | Acreage 215.361 | Owner Address Microsoft Corporation”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade B
  • Applicant entity: Microsoft Corporation (LPO Campus Data Center)
    “MICROSOFT CORPORATION - LPO CAMPUS DATA CENTER”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade B
  • Generator fleet application: 48 diesel emergency generators (EG-1 to EG-48) + 2 diesel fire pumps (FP-1, FP-2) units
    “LPO Data Center Process Flow Diagram - Emergency Generators & Fire Pumps”
    State agency · July 2026 · grade B
  • Site: Radius Industrial Park (original site, Boyd Blvd just east of U.S. 35)
    “construct a new 245,000-square-foot data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park in La Porte”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Acres: 489 acres
    “construct a new 245,000-square-foot data center on 489 acres at the Radius Industrial Park in La Porte”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Jobs stated original: 200 jobs
    “The new facility will create up to 200 new jobs by the end of 2032 in La Porte”
    State agency · June 2024 · grade B
  • Site prep start: March 2026
    “Official site preparation works began in March this year”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: site preparation / early construction
    “Buildings 1-3 will be worked on through to the end of 2027, with the data centers expected to be completed in 2029”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Stage: building - on track
    “Microsoft has broken ground on a data center campus in La Porte, Indiana”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Current target date: 2029
    “the data centers expected to be completed in 2029”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site preparation began at the Boyd Blvd site (tree clearing and grading)
    “Official site preparation works began in March this year”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Grading and site preparation continued through summer 2026; building construction was expected to begin in fall 2026 and buildings 1-3 are to be worked on through the end of 2027. No primary-source confirmation of vertic
    “Buildings 1-3 will be worked on through to the end of 2027, with the data centers expected to be completed in 2029”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Microsoft's 939-acre Mishawaka, Indiana holding (St. Joseph County) is a separate site and is not part of the La Porte campus
    “Microsoft also owns 939 acres in Mishawaka, Indiana, also thought to be set for a data center”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Groundbreaking ceremony held with Mayor Dermody; Microsoft also announced a Datacenter Academy partnership with Ivy Tech Community College
    “Microsoft's historic investment in LaPorte surpasses all private investment ever made in our city's history, combined”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: under construction
    “Official site preparation works began in March this year. Buildings 1-3 will be worked on through to the end of 2027, with the data centers expected to be completed in 2029.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Jobs phase 1 current: 600 jobs
    “our first phase will create more than 600 permanent Microsoft jobs”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Groundbreaking date: June 17, 2026
    “the groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 17”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Cooling: closed-loop liquid cooling
    “designed with the latest energy-efficient, closed-loop liquid-cooling technologies”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • 600+ permanent Microsoft jobs in phase 1 (per Microsoft's president at the Jun 2026 groundbreaking), plus thousands of construction jobs; La Porte's general manager put phase-1 operations staffing at more than 600 full-t
    “Beyond the thousands of construction jobs, our first phase will create more than 600 permanent Microsoft jobs.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Acres expansion: 1281 acres
    “a resolution adopting a definitive fiscal plan for a voluntary annexation of roughly 1,281 acres on the city's east side, intended for a data-center campus”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Residents near the site raised water-use, noise and lack-of-prior-input concerns at the April 2026 meetings; LaPorte County Commissioner Joe Haney said the county was working to put Microsoft's promises into a formal doc
    “the county is working to put Microsoft's promises into a formal document”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C