Fort Wayne, IN · Allen County · 40.990°N 85.056°W
Google Fort Wayne Data Center (Project Zodiac)
Key facts
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, Allen County
- Capacity
- —
- Powered by
- Grid (Indiana Michigan Power); 188 MW solar PPA (Honeysuckle Solar)
- Announced
- 2024-04
- Last updated
Civic impact
Economics
- Investment
- $2B
- Land
- 700 acres
- Jobs
- 1,000 construction · 200 permanent
Energy & water
- Energy source
- Mixed · Utility: Indiana Michigan Power (I&M)
188 MW Honeysuckle Solar PPA; demand-response program with I&M to balance AI compute loads with local grid availability; goal of 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030
Public subsidies
- 35-year sales tax exemption (IEDC), extendable to 50 yearsIndiana · 2024
Community sentiment
Phase 2 expansion: IDEM approved fill of ~2.5 acres of regulated wetlands for five additional buildings; over 100 residents testified in opposition citing flood control and water quality concerns. Google committed $1.2M to ACRES Land Trust for 22-acre wetland conservation.
Google announces $2bn data center campus in Fort Wayne, IndianaStatus history
- Proposed
Governor Holcomb and Google announce $2B campus (Project Zodiac) in northeast Indiana; announcement and groundbreaking both April 26, 2024
Gov. Holcomb announces Google is building a $2B Data Center in Northeast Indiana - Under construction
Groundbreaking April 26, 2024 near East Tillman Road and Adams Center Road, Fort Wayne
Google announces $2bn data center campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana - Operational
Google announces Fort Wayne data center is operational December 11, 2025; first phase live
$2 billion Google data center now operational in Fort Wayne
Location
Sources & data provenance
Confirmed: data verified against official filings, permits, or direct operator announcements.
Last updated:
- State of IndianaRetrieved:
- Data Center DynamicsRetrieved:
- WANE 15Retrieved:
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