# Microsoft La Porte Data Center > Under construction: a 538 MW data center in LaPorte County, Indiana, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact. Page: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-la-porte-data-center-in-dc_cff6466bfcb3 Markdown: https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-la-porte-data-center-in-dc_cff6466bfcb3.md Updated: Nov 3, 2026 Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records Microsoft is building a 538 MW data center in LaPorte County, Indiana (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026) ## Facts - **Operator:** Microsoft (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Tenants:** Microsoft Cloud, Azure (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported capacity:** 538 MW (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Reported building area:** 245,000 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Site area:** 489 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported investment:** $1.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Reported jobs:** 200 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Announced:** Jun 4, 2024 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Construction start reported:** 2026-03 (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **Expected completion:** 2032 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **City:** La Porte (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **County:** LaPorte (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **State:** Indiana (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026) - **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Utility:** NIPSCO (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **AI workload:** Mixed use, AI among other workloads (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Jul 23, 2026) - **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) - **Incentives reported:** 35-year data center sales tax credit (IEDC), extendable to 45 years per additional $1B invested within first 15 years (Indiana) (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026) ## What each source reports | Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Compute Atlas | Microsoft La Porte Data Center | Under construction | Not reported | | Server Country | Microsoft La Porte Data Center | Under construction | 538 MW | ## Questions this page answers ### Is Microsoft La Porte Data Center under construction? No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Jul 23, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction. ### Who is building Microsoft La Porte Data Center? Microsoft is the operator; the tenants reported are Microsoft Cloud, Azure. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does. ### When is Microsoft La Porte Data Center expected to finish? Server Country reports expected completion in 2032. That is a reported target, not a schedule. ### Which carriers serve Microsoft La Porte Data Center? No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does. ### How do contractors on Microsoft La Porte Data Center get paid sooner? The owner pays the general contractor, and the general contractor pays its subcontractors. Once your customer approves your invoice, certify it with Kapwork. Funders compete to fund it, so you don't wait for the payment date. Free for businesses. Kapwork doesn't lend and doesn't contact your customer. ## Latest updates - [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2032. - [Construction start reported](https://cityoflaporte.com/news/gov-holcomb-announces-plans-for-new-1b-microsoft-data-center-in-northwest-indiana). Reported for 2026-03. - [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2026. - **Jun 4, 2024:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) - [Reported as announced](https://cityoflaporte.com/news/gov-holcomb-announces-plans-for-new-1b-microsoft-data-center-in-northwest-indiana). Reported for 2024-06. ## Related records - [Microsoft - East Point Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-east-point-campus-ga-dc_35cbee715519): Same operator - [Microsoft - Medina County Data Centers](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-medina-county-data-centers-tx-dc_8f661e4e3a8a): Same operator - [Microsoft - Palmetto Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-palmetto-campus-ga-dc_dc6c0a02d5b3): Same operator - [Microsoft - San Antonio Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-san-antonio-data-center-campus-tx-dc_dfc0294d0319): Same operator - [Microsoft - Union City Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/microsoft-union-city-campus-ga-dc_48d6e3dd966a): Same operator - [AWS Hobart Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-hobart-campus-in-dc_5ec4b075895d): Same state - [AWS Wheatfield Campus (Project Rise)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/aws-wheatfield-campus-project-rise-in-dc_765bac7c40f7): Same state - [Amazon Web Services (AWS) Hobart Tech Park](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/amazon-web-services-aws-hobart-tech-park-in-dc_c271961727e2): Same state - [DC BLOX Thunderbird Commerce Center Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/dc-blox-thunderbird-commerce-center-data-center-in-dc_a04b31621f66): Same state - [DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/dc-blox-warren-township-data-center-in-dc_a1f95773d544): Same state ## What this record does not show - This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record. - Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution. - An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. - Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity. ## Sources - [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://cityoflaporte.com/news/gov-holcomb-announces-plans-for-new-1b-microsoft-data-center-in-northwest-indiana) · as of Jul 23, 2026 · record microsoft-laporte-in - [City of La Porte, IN (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://cityoflaporte.com/news/gov-holcomb-announces-plans-for-new-1b-microsoft-data-center-in-northwest-indiana) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-expands-plans-for-la-porte-indiana-data-center-campus/) · as of Jul 6, 2026 - [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=597555ce8e4a4892a030784a7c657fdd) · as of Jul 23, 2026 - [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0172 - [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/microsoft-la-porte-data-center-in) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 228656650386611 ## Have an invoice your customer approved? 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