Google requests permit for third phase of Fort Wayne data center

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – Google has filed a permit application with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management for the third phase of its Fort Wayne data center campus.

In the application, the tech giant seeks state approval to disturb legally protected waterways to build three new data center buildings, totaling 867,435 square feet.

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Environmental impacts

The project would affect waterways and wetlands on the campus. Google is asking state regulators to approve plans to relocate a section of the Adams Ditch spanning 3,415 linear feet.

Construction would also temporarily disturb a 68-foot-long stretch of a tributary to the Doctor Ditch. Google plans to restore that stream after installing a sanitary sewer pipe.

The proposal…