AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoData Centers & Power: Amazon Web Services is planning a major data center campus in Wheatfield, Indiana, with up to nine buildings on a 304-acre site near NIPSCO’s Schahfer Generating Station, and says it will invest about $7 billion while paying $1.25 billion to offset the energy-cost impact on local ratepayers. Workforce Development: Amazon also marked progress at its New Carlisle campus by celebrating the first graduating class of 58 local residents from its Work Based Learning Program, training them for data center and machine-learning roles. Local Economic Development: The City of Butler can’t reach a deal to acquire a former industrial site, putting nearly $2.4 million in READI demolition funding at risk and raising questions about the city’s next steps. Education Budgeting: Northwest Allen County Schools is weighing a maintenance staffing plan that could cut outsourcing costs and save more than $200,000 a year. Politics & Statehouse: Indiana Democrats announced Jessica Bailey and Coumba Kebe as candidates for state comptroller and treasurer. Business Deal: TruckMountForums acquired Indianapolis-based Bane-Clene Corporation, pairing a long-running cleaning-equipment and chemistry maker with the large online professional cleaning community. Federal Legal/Markets: President Donald Trump granted a full pardon to former Indiana Rep. Stephen Buyer, convicted of insider trading tied to the T-Mobile/Sprint merger.
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