No project in Olive Township, but 3 nearby
Who decides here: the St. Joseph County Board of Commissioners usually decides on zoning in Olive Township. Townships here have little say over land use.
Nearby (within 15 miles)
Microsoft Granger data center
St. Joseph County
930 acres · for Microsoft
🕒 March 17, 2026: The St. Joseph County Redevelopment Commission approved an early planning agreement (MOU…
Built & runningabout 11 miles awayAmazon (AWS) New Carlisle data center campus
St. Joseph County
1,200 acres · for Amazon Web Services (AI work for Anthropic)
🕒 Oct 2025: Amazon switched on the campus ("Project Rainier"), with about 500,000 AI chips.
Being builtabout 14 miles awayMicrosoft La Porte data center campus
La Porte, LaPorte County
for Microsoft
🕒 June 17, 2026: Microsoft held a groundbreaking for the campus.
Local votes and rules
🚫 Ban · St. Joseph County
The county council voted 6-3 to ask the Area Plan Commission to change zoning to ban new hyperscale data centers. It is expected back for a final vote within 60 days.
✋ Turned down · St. Joseph County
After an eight-hour meeting, the county council voted 7-2 against rezoning more than 1,000 acres of farmland near New Carlisle for a $12 billion data center campus.
What you can do
- Get told first.
We'll email you if anything changes in Olive Township. - Go to township meetings.
Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing. - Ask questions in writing.
Use our checklist.
🔔 Get told first
⚡ Your electric company
Depending on where you live in Olive Township: Indiana Michigan Power Co. (company) or Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co. (company).
Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Indiana.