Microsoft Granger Data Center Campus (St. Joe Farms)
Granger, St. Joseph County, IN
Microsoft Granger Data Center Campus (St. Joe Farms) is under construction in Granger, IN. Microsoft's ~930-acre St. Joe Farms site near Cleveland and Currant roads in Granger (six buildings planned); St. Joseph County approved a pre-development MOU on March 17, 2026. Served by Indiana Michigan Power (listed under I&M in EEI's Sept 2026 large-load list; Microsoft is a party to I&M's IURC large-load settlement, Cause 46097). Citizens Action Coalition reports the campus under construction with IDEM permits sought for 50 backup generators (142.5 MW, backup not load).
Project status
- Announced
- Permitting
- Under construction
- Operational
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Indiana state legislation
- IURC Cause No. 46097 - Indiana Michigan Power (AEP) Large-Load TariffIURC approved (Feb 2025) a modified large-load tariff for new/expanding loads >70MW single-site: 12-year minimum term, 80% minimum-billing-demand floor, 24-month collateral, exit fee. Settling parties included OUCC, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Data Center Coalition -- driven by AWS's ~$11B "Project Rainier" (New Carlisle) and Google's Fort Wayne data center.Download
- IURC Cause No. 46183 - NIPSCO GenCo Dedicated-Generation FrameworkIURC approved (Sept 2025, reaffirmed Nov 2025) a settlement letting GenCo (a NIPSCO affiliate) own/build dedicated generation for large loads so existing customers aren't cost-burdened. Built to serve Amazon data centers.Download
- IURC Cause No. 46322 - NIPSCO/GenCo Special Contract + PPA (Amazon)Order issued June 2026 -- GenCo to build two 1.3GW gas plants + 400MW/4hr battery storage, power delivery to Amazon starting Jan 2027 ramping to 2.4GW by 2032. NIPSCO projects ~$1B ratepayer savings.Download
- IURC Cause No. 45647 - Duke Energy Indiana TDSIC (Meta Jeffersonville Cost Recovery)Ongoing transmission/distribution infrastructure cost-recovery docket; ~$216M of network upgrades tied to the Meta Jeffersonville data center were recovered through this mechanism, later reviewed by the Indiana Supreme Court on cost allocation.Download
- SB0079 - Data center development.Description comingDownload
- HB1245 - IURC study of data centers.Description comingDownload
Site details
- Operator
- Microsoft
- County
- St. Joseph County, IN
- Address
- Granger, IN
- Stage
- Under construction
Capacity and size: not on file
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