During the Aldermen’s comments portion of Monday Night’s Kankakee City Council meeting, 4th Ward Aldermen Lance Marczak addressed concerns about a data center and coal fire plant being constructed near the Kankakee River in Jasper County, Indiana.
Regarding the data center, The Northwest Indiana Forum announced in a press release back in June of this year that Amazon would build a data center near Wheatfield Township. Once construction is complete, it’s expected to use approximately eight million gallons of water for cooling each year. Amazon is allegedly collaborating with Shirley Heinze Land Trust to restore 425 acres of natural habitat in the Kankakee River watershed, a project expected to improve local water availability by more than 110 million gallons annually. Amazon is also supposed to invest 25 million dollars to expand access to domestic water service in the area. Officials say the data center will create 250 permanent jobs and generate more than $23 million in revenue over a ten-year period. There is no word on when the data center will be completed.
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