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A $7 billion data center project is getting closer to coming to fruition in Hammond, Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. said.
A Chicago-based developer plans to invest $7 billion in an expansion of the Digital Crossroads data center at the former State Line Generating Plant on Lake Michigan in Hammond, right on the state line. Decennial Group filed plans with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to invest $2 billion to build new buildings on the campus and another $5 billion in computer equipment that would support online activities, especially the rising use of artificial intelligence.
The project has been held up while NIPSCO sought state approval to create a subsidiary called GenCo to supply electricty to future data centers. During the time the GenCo case was pending before the Indiana
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