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Mayor says NIPSCO has limited megawatts as city pursues data center; councilor raises electricity delay affecting Clarkfield builders
Summary
Mayor Tom McDermott told the council NIPSCO has limited megawatts available as Hammond pursues a data-center proposal; a councilor raised an unrelated but related concern that new homes at the Clarkfield site lack available electricity until July or August, which the mayor said he will investigate.
Mayor Tom McDermott told the Common Council that Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) has a limited supply of megawatts available and that data-center developers are seeking far more capacity than the utility can currently offer.
“We had a good meeting,” the mayor said after meeting with Vince Parisi, CEO of NIPSCO. “NIPSCO is playing a very important role in data center development. They have limited amount of megawatts available, and the data centers are looking in for about 20 times more than…
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