Manufacturing Datacenter Sites in Indiana
At a glance
Active or former manufacturing facilities. These sites usually have substantial electrical service, water, and skilled-trades labor pools already in place — strong fundamentals for retrofit-to-datacenter conversion.
Top manufacturing sites in Indiana
How does Indiana compare with other states for manufacturing sites?
With 5,274 sites, Indiana ranks 1st of the 3 states that have any manufacturing candidate sites. Nationally, manufacturing sites average 52.3/100 DC Readiness, below the 53.0 average across all site types. Across every site type, Indiana averages 53.8, the 25th-highest of 52 states, and its candidate sites face an average interconnection-queue wait of 3.0 years.
Where are the highest-scoring manufacturing sites in Indiana?
The top 25 range from 57.2 to 56.9 on the 0–100 DC Readiness Score. They are concentrated in TIPPECANOE (15) and HAMILTON (9). By grid region, 24 are in MISO and 1 is in SERC.
County pages: TIPPECANOE · HAMILTON · CLARK
What power, fiber and flood exposure do these manufacturing sites have?
Their counties have a median of 13 fixed fiber broadband providers in FCC data. The median distance to the nearest internet exchange facility is 1 km. The median interconnection-queue wait in their markets is 3.0 years. 1 of the 5 with a mapped FEMA flood zone sits in a high-risk (A or V) zone.
Frequently asked questions
How many manufacturing datacenter sites are in Indiana?
GridCensus catalogs 5,274 manufacturing datacenter candidate sites in Indiana, 69% of the national total for this type (1st of 3 states).
What is a manufacturing datacenter site?
Active or former manufacturing facilities. These sites usually have substantial electrical service, water, and skilled-trades labor pools already in place — strong fundamentals for retrofit-to-datacenter conversion.
What is the best manufacturing datacenter site in Indiana?
By DC Readiness Score, CARMAN INDUSTRIES, INC. (MACHINE SHOPS) in CLARK ranks first at 57.2/100, followed by JOURNAL & COURIER (OTHER COMMERCIAL PRINTING) in TIPPECANOE at 57.0.
Which Indiana counties have the best manufacturing sites?
The top 25 manufacturing sites in Indiana are concentrated in TIPPECANOE (15) and HAMILTON (9).
How does Indiana score for datacenters overall?
All 8,629 scored sites in Indiana average 53.8/100 DC Readiness, the 25th-highest of 52 states, against a national average of 53.0.
More on manufacturing sites and Indiana
- All datacenter sites in Indiana· 8,629 sites
- Manufacturing datacenter sites nationwide· 7,657 sites
- Industrial sites in Indiana· 1,319 sites
- Substation-Adjacent sites in Indiana· 1,024 sites
- Greenfield sites in Indiana· 492 sites
- Former Mine sites in Indiana· 457 sites
- Federal Excess sites in Indiana· 47 sites
- Brownfield sites in Indiana· 13 sites
Manufacturing sites in other states
Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.
About this data
Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published November 12, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: GridCensus, “Manufacturing datacenter sites in Indiana”, https://gridcensus.com/site-types/manufacturing/indiana (data as of November 12, 2026).
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