Data Center Atlas
Amazon Web Services Hobart data center campus
Announced
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Planned Amazon data center campus on hundreds of acres of undeveloped land in Hobart, Lake County, Indiana. Hobart confirmed an agreement for the campus less than a day after Amazon announced USD 15 billion for new northern Indiana campuses in November 2025. The city council approved the project, reported at USD 11 billion, in January 2026 with a ten-year tax abatement and a long IT equipment exemption; Amazon has paid the city USD 47 million, with further payments tied to construction milestones. The mayor has estimated up to 25 buildings, with work slated to start in 2026 and finish in 2028. A resident's lawsuit over the approval process was still described as ongoing in August 2026.
Source record as of 2026-08-25 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Amazon Web Services Hobart data center campus
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Hobart, Lake County, Indiana, US. Coordinates are the Hobart city coordinates from its Wikipedia page. The cited sources name the city but give no parcel or street location. 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business; FOX 32 Chicago; Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 11,000,000,000 USD | Reported · Campus | 2026-02-05 | Figure reported for the project approved by the Hobart City Council; the source does not say who produced it. | FOX 32 Chicago |
| Buildings | up to 25 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-02-08 | The mayor's estimate; the city and Amazon had not confirmed the number or size of buildings. | FOX 32 Chicago; FOX 32 Chicago |
| Jobs permanent | more than 400 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-02-05 | Amazon's figure to the city. | FOX 32 Chicago; FOX 32 Chicago |
| Jobs permanent | about 1,000 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-25 | The mayor's estimate of long-term jobs when the agreement was confirmed; differs from Amazon's later figure of more than 400. | 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services | Developer | Hobart reports name the company only as Amazon; Amazon's Indiana announcement refers to AWS. | Amazon; 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business; FOX 32 Chicago |
| City of Hobart | Government | The council approved the project and an economic revitalization area designation; the plan commission approved a fill permit. A resident and her group are suing the city over the approval process. | 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business; FOX 32 Chicago; FOX 32 Chicago |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | Announced | Actual | Hobart confirmed an agreement for a campus less than a day after Amazon's USD 15 billion northern Indiana announcement. | 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business |
| 2026-01 | Zoning approved | Actual | City council approval, which Fox 32 describes as re-zoning the property as an economic revitalization area, with tax abatements. | FOX 32 Chicago |
| 2026-02 | Permit approved | Actual | The plan commission approved a fill permit for soil testing; residents sought an injunction in Lake County court. | FOX 32 Chicago |
| 2026 | Construction started | Planned | 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business; FOX 32 Chicago | |
| 2028 | Fully operational | Planned | Targeted completion of construction. | FOX 32 Chicago |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Expected to rely on the local utility's power; Amazon's November 2025 northern Indiana announcement set up a framework with NIPSCO under which Amazon pays fees for existing lines and covers new plants and lines, though sources do not tie it to Hobart explicitly. Residents raised reliability concerns after an August 2026 storm outage. | Amazon; 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business; WBUR (Here & Now) |
Amazon's USD 15 billion and 2.4 GW figures cover all of its new northern Indiana campuses, whose locations Amazon did not name; they are not recorded as Hobart metrics. Amazon's framework with NIPSCO's new generation subsidiary covers those campuses, but no opened source explicitly ties it to Hobart, so NIPSCO is not listed as a party. Fox 32 reports the Hobart project at USD 11 billion without saying who produced the estimate. No source opened confirms that construction had begun by October 2026; a fill permit for soil testing was approved in February 2026.
Sources for these details
- Amazon to invest $15 billion in Indiana for new data centers — Amazon; 2025-11-24
- Hobart reaches agreement with Amazon for next-gen data center — 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business; 2025-11-25
- 'We want transparency before approvals happen': Residents oppose proposed $11 billion Amazon data center — FOX 32 Chicago; 2026-02-05
- Lawsuit seeks to block Amazon data center permit in Hobart, Ind. — FOX 32 Chicago; 2026-02-08
- Indiana power outage raises concerns about data centers — WBUR (Here & Now); 2026-08-25 · Archived source
- Hobart, Indiana — Wikipedia; publication date not stated
- Companies
- Developer: Amazon Web Services (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Amazon Web Services (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Amazon Web Services (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Hobart (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Hobart (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Hobart (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- 'We want transparency before approvals happen': Residents oppose proposed $11 billion Amazon data center evidence row
FOX 32 Chicago · published 2026-02-05 · News - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
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reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 63 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 41.52860, -87.26750
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Coordinates are the Hobart city coordinates from its Wikipedia page. The cited sources name the city but give no parcel or street location.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 0eda5c21
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'We want transparency before approvals happen': Residents oppose proposed $11 billion Amazon data center Archived copy | FOX 32 Chicago News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Fully Operational, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | FOX 32 Chicago | e59aaf3f29a20f5a7e17367f8ea4cf1487d28672d863f2a0a32476ec162f5f05Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Amazon to invest $15 billion in Indiana for new data centers Archived copy | Amazon Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Amazon | 4a486168717d87fc51e9a7e363781d9282c36b347ead8fbe15aaef9b2a4ce238Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Hobart reaches agreement with Amazon for next-gen data center Archived copy | 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: Construction Started, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | 21Alive News (WPTA), from Inside INdiana Business | a0a7a8e8b26e0dbc7b9108bd32edf297c904ae8b0393135a0c62fad64cab868bFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Hobart, Indiana Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | 9b4202c2a03bc13b522a3596de5bf5f342b2256d8ea8650c572cac9aa7418cbcFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Indiana power outage raises concerns about data centers Archived copy | WBUR (Here & Now) News | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Power Source: Grid | source-terms-not-recorded | WBUR (Here & Now) | a9d410f4e3b4c7eebe38897254b14184522bd07b164f47bc1e2217b390a38204Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Lawsuit seeks to block Amazon data center permit in Hobart, Ind. Archived copy | FOX 32 Chicago News | Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Permit Approved, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | FOX 32 Chicago | 252cf832ce8631d828ffd516c79e4ef346e5a184cf7366581700d025ded6364bFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Amazon Web Services Hobart data center campus [site vcc-site-c51acbb151880f9815b8]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-c51acbb151880f9815b8/
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