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No project in Walkerton Town, but 2 nearby

Who decides here: the Town Council of Walkerton Town votes on zoning. The St. Joseph County may review big projects too.

Nearby (within 15 miles)

Proposedabout 14 miles away

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 15 miles away

Amazon (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.

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.

Sept 22, 2026Source

✋ 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.

Dec 10, 2025Source
Built & runningBeing builtApproved, not built yetProposedStopped or cancelled

What you can do

  1. Get told first.
    We'll email you if anything changes in Walkerton Town.
  2. Go to council meetings.
    Anyone can speak. Big projects usually need a public hearing.
  3. Ask questions in writing.
    Use our checklist.
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We'll email you when something changes in Walkerton Town. Nothing else.

⚡ Your electric company

Depending on where you live in Walkerton Town: Marshall County Rural E M C (not available) or Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co. (company) or Town of Walkerton (not available).

Big data centers need a lot of power. Who pays for new power lines depends on state rules. See the rules in Indiana.