Agricultural and Biological Engineering

Youthmapper generated Purdue GIS classroom or data labs.

• Wind21.6%
• Natural Gas21.4%
• Coal20.5%
• Solar18.4%
• Nuclear14.1%
• Imports2.2%
• Other1.8%

Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

• Somali Chaterji named 2026 University Faculty Scholar for advancing AI in IoT, agriculture and health

  Purdue University - College of Agriculture· May 12, 2026
• Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night

  Futurism· Apr 4, 2026
• Is irrigation important to you and your business?

  Michigan State University· Feb 23, 2026
• Server farms serving farms: data centers and indoor farming

  Data Center Dynamics· Jul 20, 2021
• An investment in biologics, science and farmers

  Ohio Farm Bureau· Jul 15, 2021
• The future of farming is in the cloud

  The Week· Nov 27, 2017

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Lafayette), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

The nearest public school, West Lafayette Jr/Sr High School in West Lafayette, is 1.0 mi from this site (1,112 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.