{
  "schema_version": "0.3",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-09-11",
  "scope": "A first cross-state register of dated lifecycle evidence. It is not a complete acquisition, closure or opening history for Indiana or Ohio.",
  "counting_rule": "An event changes or documents a stable project, campus or facility. It is never counted as another facility.",
  "events": [
    {
      "id": "oh-databank-cle1-acquisition-2017",
      "state": "OH",
      "stable_entity": "databank-cle1",
      "event_type": "acquisition",
      "effective_date": "2017",
      "finding": "DataBank says it acquired the Cleveland facility from 365 Data Centers in 2017. The former operator is history, not a second facility.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source": {
        "title": "DataBank CLE1 facility page",
        "url": "https://www.databank.com/data-centers/cleveland/1255-euclid-ave/",
        "type": "current operator disclosure"
      },
      "stable_id": "oh-databank-cle1-acquisition-2017",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "oh-stack-new-albany-acquisition-2019",
      "state": "OH",
      "stable_entity": "stack-nal01-oh",
      "event_type": "acquisition",
      "effective_date": "2019",
      "finding": "STACK announced acquisition of a New Albany campus containing an existing purpose-built Tier III data center. The reviewed record does not establish whether that building is today's NAL01A or NAL01B.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source": {
        "title": "STACK New Albany acquisition announcement",
        "url": "https://www.stackinfra.com/about/news-press/press-releases/stack-infrastructure-continues-growth-establishing-a-presence-in-new-albany-ohio/",
        "type": "company acquisition announcement"
      },
      "stable_id": "oh-stack-new-albany-acquisition-2019",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "oh-expedient-cmh3-addition-2024",
      "state": "OH",
      "stable_entity": "expedient-cmh3",
      "event_type": "operator portfolio addition",
      "effective_date": "2024",
      "finding": "Expedient announced that it added the former Nationwide facility to its portfolio in 2024. Nationwide remained the landlord while Expedient took operational control.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source": {
        "title": "Expedient adds fifth Ohio data center",
        "url": "https://expedient.com/about/press/2024-02-13-expedient-expands-again-adds-fifth-ohio-data-center/",
        "type": "dated operator announcement"
      },
      "stable_id": "oh-expedient-cmh3-addition-2024",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "in-google-fort-wayne-energized-2024-11",
      "state": "IN",
      "stable_entity": "google-fort-wayne",
      "event_type": "energization",
      "effective_date": "2024-11",
      "finding": "Indiana Michigan Power told the IURC that the site was energized in November 2024. The same 2026 order says Google had begun operation while construction continued, but it does not date the start of operation to November 2024.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": {
        "title": "IURC final order, Cause No. 46276",
        "url": "https://www.in.gov/iurc/files/ord_46276_042926.pdf",
        "type": "utility commission final order"
      },
      "stable_id": "in-google-fort-wayne-energized-2024-11",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "in-hammond-expansion-approved-2025-06-09",
      "state": "IN",
      "stable_entity": "coreweave-hammond",
      "event_type": "development agreement approved",
      "effective_date": "2025-06-09",
      "finding": "Hammond approved a development agreement for a proposed CoreWeave-occupied expansion at 301 Digital Crossroads.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": {
        "title": "Hammond Common Council minutes",
        "url": "https://www.gohammond.com/document_library/meeting_minutes_and_agendas/city_council/2025/06-09-25_minutes.pdf",
        "type": "municipal meeting record"
      },
      "stable_id": "in-hammond-expansion-approved-2025-06-09",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "in-aws-project-rainier-operating-2025",
      "state": "IN",
      "stable_entity": "aws-new-carlisle",
      "event_type": "partial operation",
      "effective_date": "2025",
      "finding": "Amazon says the multi-site Project Rainier compute cluster is operational and identifies New Carlisle as one site. Full New Carlisle campus completion is not established.",
      "confidence": "medium",
      "source": {
        "title": "Amazon Project Rainier update",
        "url": "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-project-rainier-ai-trainium-chips-compute-cluster",
        "type": "company operating claim"
      },
      "stable_id": "in-aws-project-rainier-operating-2025",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "in-meta-lebanon-groundbreaking-2026-02-11",
      "state": "IN",
      "stable_entity": "meta-lebanon",
      "event_type": "groundbreaking",
      "effective_date": "2026-02-11",
      "finding": "Meta and Indiana reported the Lebanon campus groundbreaking. Operation and promised outcomes are not yet due or established by this event.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": {
        "title": "Indiana Meta Lebanon groundbreaking release",
        "url": "https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2026/02/11/gov.-braun-breaks-ground-on-10b-meta-data-center-campus-at-leap-district",
        "type": "government announcement"
      },
      "stable_id": "in-meta-lebanon-groundbreaking-2026-02-11",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "in-microsoft-laporte-groundbreaking-2026-06",
      "state": "IN",
      "stable_entity": "microsoft-la-porte",
      "event_type": "groundbreaking",
      "effective_date": "2026-06",
      "finding": "Microsoft reported groundbreaking in La Porte. Its job and cooling statements remain projections or design claims rather than observed outcomes.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": {
        "title": "Microsoft La Porte groundbreaking update",
        "url": "https://local.microsoft.com/blog/microsoft-breaks-ground-on-la-porte-datacenter-project/",
        "type": "company status update"
      },
      "stable_id": "in-microsoft-laporte-groundbreaking-2026-06",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    },
    {
      "id": "in-hammond-expansion-expired-2026-06-30",
      "state": "IN",
      "stable_entity": "coreweave-hammond",
      "event_type": "agreement expired",
      "effective_date": "2026-06-30",
      "published_date": "2026-07-01",
      "finding": "Hammond says required milestones were not satisfied and the expansion agreement expired after two extensions. The existing DX-1 facility remains a separate operating record.",
      "confidence": "high",
      "source": {
        "title": "Hammond agreement-expiration notice",
        "url": "https://www.gohammond.com/hammond-announces-expiration-of-data-center-development-agreement/",
        "type": "municipal outcome record"
      },
      "stable_id": "in-hammond-expansion-expired-2026-06-30",
      "record_unit": "lifecycle_event"
    }
  ]
}