How much power does AWS LaPorte Mega-Site use?

AWS LaPorte Mega-Site has a reported power capacity of 1,300 MW.

What tax breaks has AWS LaPorte Mega-Site received?

Amazon.com, Inc. has received $16.7M in tracked tax abatements across its sites. No state discloses the recipient at the individual-facility level.

Has AWS LaPorte Mega-Site had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for AWS LaPorte Mega-Site.

Where is AWS LaPorte Mega-Site located?

AWS LaPorte Mega-Site is in New Carlisle, LaPorte County, IN.

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AWS LaPorte Mega-Site

Q: Who owns AWS LaPorte Mega-Site?

AWS LaPorte Mega-Site is operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc..

New Carlisle, LaPorte County, IN

AWS LaPorte Mega-Site is a under construction data center in LaPorte County, IN, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 1,300 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026

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Power & your bill

1,300 MW of new demand — roughly a city of 1,040,000 homes.

Large new loads can raise transmission and capacity costs that land on every ratepayer. Residential power in IN is 17.9¢/kWh, up 8.8% year-over-year. (MW→homes is a rough ~800/MW planning figure.)

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Process

Demand a full, public review — not a rubber stamp.

Ask for an independent noise study, a water-and-power impact assessment, enforceable conditions (setbacks, hours, cooling type), and that the record stays open for written comment. Procedural shortcuts have voided approvals elsewhere.

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Records / FOIA request

Public Records Request

To the records custodian for LaPorte County, IN,

Under the applicable public-records law, I request copies of the following records concerning the data-center project known as "AWS LaPorte Mega-Site":

1. The complete application, including any rezoning, special-use/conditional-use permit, or site-plan submissions and all exhibits.
2. All staff reports, analyses, and recommendations.
3. Any traffic, noise, water-use, stormwater, or utility/load studies submitted or commissioned.
4. Any development agreement, proffers, or tax-incentive/abatement agreements and their term sheets.
5. All correspondence between the applicant (or its agents) and county/city staff or elected officials regarding this project.
6. Notices of public hearings and proof of required public notice.

I request these in electronic form where available. If any portion is withheld, please cite the specific exemption. If fees will exceed $25, please contact me first.

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Real parent

Amazon.com, Inc.

Operator

Amazon Data Services, Inc.

Power

1,300 MW

Utility

Town of New Carlisle

Grid

PJM

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprovenance JSON

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

$11B+ disclosed capital investment. State + county incentives stacked.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Amazon.com, Inc.
Files as
Amazon Data Services, Inc.
This facility
AWS LaPorte Mega-Site

Known aliases: Project Mega

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Amazon.com, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Total to this operator: $16.7M

Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2026 · term — yr · source
Long-Term Rural Enterprise Zone (Morrow County School District 1)$16,668,806
Morrow County School District 1, OR · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2024 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source
Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2021 · term — yr · source

Water use

Modeled estimate~24.3M gpd

Direct (onsite cooling)

~11.9M gpd

Indirect (its electricity)

~12.5M gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 1,300 MW (disclosed IT power): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.5 gal/kWh embedded in PJM grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports

AEP (Ohio / WV / VA) · 2027/28 auction

$333 /MW-day

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site cleared at the PJM-wide (RTO) price, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

This site's capacity-market cost

$158M/yr

1,300 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Good

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

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$69.1K

People of color

Below poverty

Tract population

4,325

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

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Olive Township Elementary School in New Carlisle, is 0.6 mi from this site (477 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).

Hearings timeline

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.