The Silicon Prairie: Depending on Data
By:
Dante Stanton
Posted: Nov 25, 2024 6:58 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 30, 2024 8:22 AM EDT

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MICHIANA, Ind. -- ABC57 explores the expansion of hyperscale data centers for various large corporations throughout the Midwest.
These data centers are the building blocks of major outlets like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft, Google and others.
Several Midwest states, including Indiana, offer data-center-friendly tax environments and a lack of severe weather threat.
ABC57's Dante Stanton takes us across Michiana and even to Southwest Ohio to learn how these data center developments are impacting the communities they're being built in.
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