Lake County, Indiana
Lake County, Indiana has 2.9 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 32 records, against 1.2 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 1.4 GW of planned generation across 8 projects, 4 of them past their listed in-service date.
Lake County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 3 of its 3 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Lake County's own plants cover 39.7% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 1.4 GW.
Data centers by status
32 records, 2.9 GW
The data center pipeline
28 records list a year online or expected, from 2020 to 2030. The largest expected additions are 750 MW listed for 2028 and 675 MW for 2030. 4 records list no year.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 20 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 450 |
| 2028 | 10 | 750 |
| 2029 | 7 | 525 |
| 2030 | 9 | 675 |
Who is building in Lake
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 6 of 7.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 26 | 1,950 |
| Sentinel Data Centers | 1 | 504 |
| PowerHouse | 1 | 450 |
| Decennial Group | 1 | 20 |
| Karis Critical | 1 | 0 |
| Province Group | 1 | 0 |
Power generation in the county
19 plants operate inside Lake County, 1.2 GW. The queue adds 1.4 GW across 8 projects, and 4 of them are past their listed in-service date.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Lake County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natural Gas | Operating | 14 | 1,058.6 |
| Solar | Operating | 4 | 6.5 |
| Solar | Planned | 4 | 700 |
| Transmission | Planned | 3 | 350 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 1 | 300 |
| Waste Heat | Operating | 1 | 94.6 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | 550 |
| 2025 | 1 | 100 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| 2027 | 1 | 300 |
| 2028 | 3 | 400 |
Lake County against its neighbors
Jasper County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 675 MW, 23% of Lake County's. 2 of the 3 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake County this page | 32 | 1,350 | 2.5x | ||
| Jasper County | 9 | 2,535 | 0.41x | ||
| Porter County | 1 | 150 | 0.09x | ||
| Newton County | 0 | 450 | no operating MW |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
4 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Lake County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Lake County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Lake County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 59 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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