Amazon Web Services (AWS) is seeking to develop a data center campus in Wheatfield, Indiana.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, the cloud giant has purchased more land in India.
Amazon looks to Wheatfield
Located in Jasper County and southwest of Michigan City, Wheatfield is a small town and has a population of around 900 as per the 2020 census.
AWS presented its plans for the data center during a recent open house at Kankakee Valley High School, as per a report from the Kankakee Valley Post News, in which it said it was looking to build a campus with up to nine buildings on a 304-acre plot of land.
The land in question is currently owned by the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO), with the Schahfer Generating Station located just a half mile away.
NIPSCO and AWS are in conversations regarding the project. The land is currently leased for agricultural use from the utility.
According to AWS, by locating the data center near the power plant, it would reduce costs…
