This canonical record consolidates 11 source-backed observations without discarding aliases, limitations or unresolved dimensions.
| Operator / developer | Amazon Web Services |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | Lake County (Hobart), IN |
| Address | 4751 E 61st Ave |
| Location precision | street address |
| Coordinates | null, null |
| Capacity | 500 MW |
| Aliases | Amazon / Hobart data centers · Amazon / Hobart data centers (permit 089-50590-00739, 782 generators) |
| Project profile | 10 rows |
|---|---|
| Intent / permits | 0 rows |
| Civic / infrastructure | 1 rows |
The campus is at the intersection of 61st Avenue and Colorado Street in Hobart: a 168-acre "Hobart Data Center Campus" lot plus a second "Hobart Tech Park" plan south of 61st Avenue and east of Colorado Street, totaling more than 725–750 acres.
Key data: 61st Ave & Colorado St, Hobart, IN 46342; tracker address 4751 E 61st Ave; 168-acre first lot, ~725 acres total
Limitation: Street address (4751 E 61st Ave) comes from a tracker, not a permit; no parcel IDs verified.
Zoning and site plans moved through Hobart Devco, LLC; project documents and trackers identify Hobart Owner LLC as the campus entity with Amazon Data Services as the air-permit applicant.
Key data: Hobart Devco, LLC (developer/rezoning); Hobart Owner LLC (campus entity); Amazon Data Services (air applicant)
Limitation: Registered-agent/parent filings for Hobart Devco and Hobart Owner LLC not retrieved; attorney Todd Leeth represents Hobart Devco.
AWS is the announced operator/end user of the campus, tied to a $15 billion Amazon investment in Hobart.
Key data: Amazon Web Services
Limitation: Tracker-sourced investment figure.
NIPSCO will supply the campus, ramping to 2,400 MW by end-2032 with service starting 2027; IURC Cause No. 46322 approved the NIPSCO–Amazon special contract and a NIPSCO–GenCo PPA, and MISO Project 51141 covers a 1,500 MW "New Hobart Load Addition."
Key data: NIPSCO; IURC Cause No. 46322; MISO Project 51141; 2,400 MW by 2032
Limitation: Repository is a community-maintained aggregation of primary filings; docket numbers not independently re-fetched from IURC/MISO this session.
NOT_FOUND for a named water utility. The developer told the plan commission the buildings "would not need water"; a tracker estimates ~14 million gallons/year for water-based cooling.
Key data: No supplier named; ~14 M gal/yr (tracker estimate)
Limitation: City of Hobart utilities role not documented in fetched sources.
The City of Hobart controls zoning (Plan Commission, City Council, Board of Public Works and Safety); state/federal authorities include IURC, MISO, IDEM and USACE; the site is in Lake County.
Key data: City of Hobart (Plan Commission, Council, BPW); IURC; MISO; IDEM; USACE
Limitation: n.a.
Authority rests with the Hobart Plan Commission; the city's published directory gives the Planning & Zoning Department phone but no named case manager for this project.
Key data: City of Hobart Planning & Zoning / Plan Commission, 414 Main St., Hobart, IN 46342 — 219-942-7985
Limitation: No named planner or email published for the data-center cases.
The city publishes an Economic Development phone line in its staff directory; no named individual tied to the Amazon project was found.
Key data: City of Hobart Economic Development — 219-942-5517
Limitation: No county-level (Lake County) EDC contact found for this project.
NOT_FOUND for a project-specific PIO or company community-relations contact; the general city permitting numbers are the only channels identified (Building 219-942-1722, Zoning 219-942-7985).
Key data: City of Hobart Building Dept. 219-942-1722
Limitation: Amazon side contact not published in fetched sources.
Records reference a New Hobart 345 kV load addition and related transmission/generation, gas-fired generation and battery storage; a tracker puts the nearest 345 kV line ~0.7 mi away and Sprout Ditch ~0.9 mi; the Hobart Board of Works adopted a construction traffic plan.
Key data: New Hobart 345 kV load addition; 345 kV line ~0.7 mi; Sprout Ditch
Limitation: Water/sewer trunk lines and fiber routes not documented.
Four residents — Angelita Soriano, Albina Venegas-Roman, Barbara Koteles and Joseph Conn — sued the Hobart Plan Commission and Common Council on December 8, 2025 in Lake Superior Court (case 45D11-2512-MI-000644) over the rezoning of roughly 700 acres from R-3 to M-1 (155 acres of it in 2022). A preliminary-injunction motion followed on February 5, 2026 concerning a November 6, 2025 fill permit.
Key data: Case 45D11-2512-MI-000644 filed 2025-12-08; ~700 acres rezoned R-3 → M-1
Status date: 2026-02-05
Limitation: Docket status after February 2026 not confirmed