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Data center project · LaPorte County, Indiana

Microsoft La Porte data center campus

Under construction · Microsoft's first Indiana data center, a $1 billion first phase on 489 acres, broke ground in June 2026 after the company dropped local property tax breaks. Also known as: Radius Industrial Park.

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Status
Under construction · as of June 17, 2026
Approved by
Not named in the records found
Updated tax agreement under which Microsoft pays property taxes in full and the Redevelopment Commission sends 15% of the revenue to the school corporation for 20 years, March 2026
The report attributes the approval to 'the City of La Porte' and the mayor, without naming the body or the vote. (95.3 MNC, March 4, 2026)
Approved by
La Porte Common Council
Annexation of about 1,000 acres and rezoning to light industrial for a second Microsoft campus next to the first, May 18, 2026
This action covers the expansion. No record opened names the body that approved the first campus now under construction; the state's 2024 sales tax exemption came from the IEDC. (WNDU, May 19, 2026; Indianapolis Business Journal (Inside INdiana Business), June 4, 2024)
Location
La Porte, Radius Industrial Park (Boyd Boulevard and East 250 South) · LaPorte County
Status note
Ground was broken June 17, 2026. Microsoft expects the first two buildings by spring 2029 and a third by winter 2029.
Floor area
245,000 sq ft
Land
489 acres
Investment
$1 billion (first phase)
Developer and team
Microsoft
End user
Microsoft
Utility
NIPSCO
Water
Microsoft says the campus will use closed-loop liquid cooling.
Incentives
IEDC: a 35-year sales tax exemption on the $1 billion investment, extendable to 45 years for each further $1 billion invested within 15 years. In March 2026 Microsoft renegotiated its local agreement to pay its share of property taxes rather than take a local abatement.
Evidence
News reports; primary records not yet obtained
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. June 17, 2026 Microsoft breaks ground and proposes a second phase of six buildings on about 500 acres east of the first. (Northwest Indiana Business Magazine, June 18, 2026)
  2. Jan. 7, 2025 The project is still in permitting and entitlements. (Inside INdiana Business, Jan. 7, 2025)
  3. June 4, 2024 The governor's office announces Microsoft's $1 billion La Porte data center with a 35-year IEDC sales tax exemption. (Indianapolis Business Journal (Inside INdiana Business), June 4, 2024)

Conflicts and open questions

  • MW not disclosed.
  • The second phase is described only as proposed. The 'no abatement' change rests on reporting of a March 2026 renegotiation; the agreement itself was not reviewed.

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