Former Mine Datacenter Sites in Indiana
At a glance
Decommissioned or active mining land. Mine sites often retain heavy electrical service and water rights from prior operations, and many sit near coal-plant substations now freeing up grid capacity.
Top former mine sites in Indiana
| Site | Type | County | Voltage | Capacity | Queue wait | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Tippecanoe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 56.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Tippecanoe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 56.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hamilton County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 56.8 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hamilton County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 56.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hamilton County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 56.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Tippecanoe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Tippecanoe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.7 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Tippecanoe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.5 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Marion County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.4 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.4 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Marion County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.3 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.3 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hamilton County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hamilton County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Hamilton County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Vanderburgh County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Marion County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Marion County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.2 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Monroe County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.1 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Vanderburgh County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 55.0 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Vanderburgh County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 54.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Johnson County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 54.9 |
| Mine Site | Former Mine | Marion County | — | — | 3.0 yrs | 54.8 |
How does Indiana compare with other states for former mine sites?
With 457 sites, Indiana ranks 11th of the 50 states that have any former mine candidate sites. Kentucky leads with 5,049. Nationally, former mine sites average 49.7/100 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 former mine sites in Indiana?
The top 25 range from 56.9 to 54.8 on the 0–100 DC Readiness Score. They are concentrated in Hamilton County (6), Tippecanoe County (5), Marion County (5) and Monroe County (5). By grid region, 25 are in MISO.
County pages: Hamilton County · Tippecanoe County · Marion County · Monroe County
What power, fiber and flood exposure do these former mine 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 8 km. The median interconnection-queue wait in their markets is 3.0 years. None of the 1 with a mapped FEMA flood zone sits in a high-risk (A or V) zone.
Frequently asked questions
How many former mine datacenter sites are in Indiana?
GridCensus catalogs 457 former mine datacenter candidate sites in Indiana, 2% of the national total for this type (11th of 50 states).
What is a former mine datacenter site?
Decommissioned or active mining land. Mine sites often retain heavy electrical service and water rights from prior operations, and many sit near coal-plant substations now freeing up grid capacity.
What is the best former mine datacenter site in Indiana?
By DC Readiness Score, Mine Site in Tippecanoe County ranks first at 56.9/100, followed by Mine Site in Tippecanoe County at 56.9.
Which Indiana counties have the best former mine sites?
The top 25 former mine sites in Indiana are concentrated in Hamilton County (6), Tippecanoe County (5), Marion County (5) and Monroe County (5).
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 former mine sites and Indiana
- All datacenter sites in Indiana· 8,629 sites
- Former Mine datacenter sites nationwide· 26,205 sites
- Manufacturing sites in Indiana· 5,274 sites
- Industrial sites in Indiana· 1,319 sites
- Substation-Adjacent sites in Indiana· 1,024 sites
- Greenfield sites in Indiana· 492 sites
- Federal Excess sites in Indiana· 47 sites
- Brownfield sites in Indiana· 13 sites
Former Mine sites in other states
- Former Mine sites in Kentucky· 5,049 sites
- Former Mine sites in Pennsylvania· 3,356 sites
- Former Mine sites in West Virginia· 2,495 sites
- Former Mine sites in Virginia· 1,614 sites
- Former Mine sites in Alabama· 1,069 sites
- Former Mine sites in Texas· 935 sites
- Former Mine sites in Ohio· 925 sites
- Former Mine sites in Tennessee· 661 sites
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, “Former Mine datacenter sites in Indiana”, https://gridcensus.com/site-types/mine/indiana (data as of November 12, 2026).
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