Digital Realty Plans 3 Million Sq Ft Data Center Campus in Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo's mayor has laid out plans for a Digital Realty campus of three buildings, about 3 million square feet in total, in a city industrial park near U.S. 31 and County Road 400 North. The developer wants to start construction in the first half of 2027. Plans call for closed-loop water cooling, and Digital Realty would pay for any water upgrades.
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What It Means
A three-building, multi-million-square-foot campus in a mid-sized Indiana city shows how far colocation builds now reach beyond the established hubs. Commitments made early, like closed-loop cooling, paying for water upgrades and meeting a 50-decibel noise limit, become firm design requirements that the project team has to carry through mechanical design, acoustics and commissioning. With construction aimed at 2027, the next few quarters are when utility, site and design decisions get locked in.
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