IDEM approves air permit request for Michigan City data center
Posted: Mar 23, 2026 3:09 PM EDT
ABC57 MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- The Indiana Department of Environmental Management's Office of Air Quality announced on March 19 that it has approved the initial air permit request for the data center planned at 402 Royal Rd. in Michigan City.
The company behind the request is titled in documents as Lavendar Fields Holdings LLC, a suspected shell corporation for a big tech company.
The request included the installation of 70 diesel-fired emergency generators: 66 large ones and 4 smaller ones with no pollution, exhausted outdoors through stacks.
The approved permit level is known as TV New Source Construction (Minor PSD/EO).
The Office of Air Quality issues this specific type of permit to regulate and monitor operations which release air pollutants.
You can view the full announcement below:
