Google’s $2 billion data center campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has begun operating, marking a new phase in a project that local officials and company representatives have described as part of broader infrastructure growth for digital services and artificial intelligence workloads. The facility, developed over the past year and a half in northeast Indiana, adds to Google’s expanding network of data centers that support cloud services, search, email, productivity tools, and AI-related operations.
The center, which had been under construction since at least April 2024, is adjacent to Adams Center Road and Paulding Road on the southwest side of the city. The campus, internally known as Project Zodiac in planning filings, has been part of ongoing discussions with local residents and authorities over land use, energy infrastructure needs, and environmental…