Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North)
Announced · Owner: Digital Realty1 · Congressional district 5
Jobs
We have not found a public job figure for this site yet. Know of one? Use the fix link above.
This project is in IN-5. Your representative is Victoria Spartz.
Victoria Spartz (R), U.S. Representative IN-5 · Outgoing, leaves office Jan 2027 · 202-225-2276 · website
How many local workers and apprentices will this project employ? Who will pay for its grid and water upgrades? Where can residents see those commitments in writing? All officials for this project
What does this mean for your community?
Electric bills
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- The effect of this project on household bills.
- Who can answer
- Your state utility commission and your utility's rate cases.
Water
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- How much water this project will use and where it comes from.
- Who can answer
- Your local water utility and county commission.
Housing
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- Effects on local land prices, rents and housing.
- Who can answer
- Local land records and planning commission minutes.
Taxes and incentives
- What we know
- No project-specific public estimate identified.
- What remains unknown
- The full public cost and the net tax revenue.
- Who can answer
- Your state economic development agency and county commission.
Find jobs here
We link out to real listings and do not host job posts. Links carry no tracking. Checked Nov 4, 2026.
Companies tied to this site
- Digital Realty: careers site operator
Job boards, union halls and apprenticeships
Job boards
Union halls and apprenticeships
Who represents this project?
A question to ask them: How many local workers and apprentices will this project employ? Who will pay for its grid and water upgrades? Where can residents see those commitments in writing?
Your current officials
- Mike Braun (R), Governor
- Todd Young (R), U.S. Senator · 202-224-5623 · contact form
- Jim Banks (R), U.S. Senator · 202-224-4814 · website
- Victoria Spartz (R), U.S. Representative IN-5 · Outgoing, leaves office Jan 2027 · 202-225-2276 · website
Officials taking office in January 2027
- J.D. Ford (D), U.S. Representative-elect IN-5
A question you could ask them: who will pay for the power lines and water service this site needs?
Their statements and votes · All sites in Howard County · Something wrong? Fix it
What they have said
"Pay for your electricity, put more onto the grid; put money into the community, don’t take it out; and explain that you’re not using water, you’re recycling it."
"They (data centers) need to give up a bigger piece of the pie to locals, and they’ll convince more locals."
"When these data centers move into communities, they can’t hose everybody else, all the ratepayers in a community, to offset the utility cost for the data center."
Look, these data centers, they're eating up our electricity. There's no reason to look elsewhere, why we have high utility rates in our state.4
Hold data centers accountable for paying for their own water and utility expenses.5
Nearby sites
- Marion, Indiana Bitcoin Mining Site (Bitari hosting), Grant County, IN · 25 miles · Operating
- Logistix Data Center, Clinton County, IN · 29 miles · Paused
- ORI.NET Noblesville, IN · 35 miles · Operating
- Decennial Group Akron Data Center, Fulton County, IN · 35 miles · Announced
- QTS Boone County Campus, Boone County, IN · 38 miles · Operating
Sources
- 1.Sue Data Centers, Digital Realty Kokomo Data Center Campus (Industrial Park North) listing, accessed Nov 5, 2026. ↩
- 2.Associated Press race call, 2026 U.S. House IN-5 result. ↩
- 3.Ford campaign release, Ford campaign release statement, Sep 10, 2026. ↩
- 4.Indiana Public Radio, Indiana Public Radio statement, 2026-10. ↩
- 5.Ford campaign platform page, Ford campaign platform page statement. ↩
Questions
How many jobs does a data center create?
It varies a lot by site and construction crews are much larger than the permanent staff that runs a site. We only show figures linked to a primary public source. A blank means we have not linked a source yet, not zero. Source
What trades build data centers?
Electricians do the largest share of the work, followed by pipefitters and HVAC mechanics for cooling, ironworkers, equipment operators, laborers and low voltage and controls technicians. Running sites hire data center technicians, facilities staff and security. Source
How do I find a data center job near me?
Use the Find jobs here links on this page. They go straight to each company's own careers site, the local union hall and the U.S. Department of Labor apprenticeship finder. We link out and do not host listings. Source
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