Growth That Works Here Evansville Region

Southwest Indiana is built for opportunity.

The region has a strong manufacturing base, skilled workers, education partners, logistics assets, energy infrastructure, and thousands of businesses already helping drive the local economy.

Now, advanced manufacturers, technology infrastructure companies, data centers, and other major employers are looking at communities that are ready to grow. Responsible growth means making sure new investment is planned well, explained clearly, and tied to real local benefit: jobs, local business activity, stronger infrastructure, and revenue for community priorities.

Data Centers Can Strengthen Local Communities

Southwest Indiana is built for opportunity.

The region has a strong manufacturing base, skilled workers, education partners, logistics assets, energy infrastructure, and thousands of businesses already helping drive the local economy.

Now, advanced manufacturers, technology infrastructure companies, data centers, and other major employers are looking at communities that are ready to grow. Responsible growth means making sure new investment is planned well, explained clearly, and tied to real local benefit: jobs, local business activity, stronger infrastructure, and revenue for community priorities.

Data Centers Can Strengthen Local Communities

Southwest Indiana Has a

strong foundation

33,000+

manufacturing workers in the Evansville MSA

25,000+

workers commute into the Evansville Region each day

137,711

people in the Evansville Region labor force

Southwest Indiana Has a

strong foundation

33,000+

manufacturing workers in the Evansville MSA

25,000+

workers commute into the Evansville Region each day

137,711

people in the Evansville Region labor force

Data Centers Are One Piece of the Opportunity

Data centers support the digital tools people use every day, including banking, health care, schoolwork, business systems, cloud storage, phone apps, and secure communications.

When planned responsibly, they can also bring major private investment, expand the local tax base, support local businesses, and help strengthen infrastructure/

Data Centers Can Strengthen Local Communities

$1 = up to $13 

For every $1 in county services required by data centers, data centers can generate up to $13 in local tax revenue.

6+ jobs 

supported elsewhere in the economy for every direct data center job

$24.9B

paid in property taxes nationally by data centers in 2024

$10B 

in private investment
for Lebanon, Indiana’s 1 GW facility

Data Centers Are One Piece of the Opportunity

Data centers support the digital tools people use every day, including banking, health care, schoolwork, business systems, cloud storage, phone apps, and secure communications.

When planned responsibly, they can also bring major private investment, expand the local tax base, support local businesses, and help strengthen infrastructure/

Data Centers Can Strengthen Local Communities

$1 = up to $13 

For every $1 in county services required by data centers, data centers can generate up to $13 in local tax revenue.

$24.9B

paid in property taxes nationally by data centers in 2024

6+ jobs 

supported elsewhere in the economy for every direct data center job

$10B 

in private investment
for Lebanon, Indiana’s 1 GW facility

How the Benefits Can Show Up

locally

More revenue for community priorities

Data centers can add major value to the property tax base, helping support schools, roads, public safety, emergency services, utilities, and infrastructure.

Indirect Jobs for local trades and businesses

Before a facility opens, projects can require site work, construction, electrical systems, fiber, roads, utilities, equipment, and skilled trades. Once operating, they can support maintenance, security, suppliers, transportation, and local services.

Infrastructure that supports future growth

Major projects depend on reliable power, water, wastewater, roads, fiber, and ready sites. Planned well, those upgrades can help prepare the region for more jobs and investment.

How the Benefits Can Show Up

locally

Indirect Jobs for local trades and businesses

Before a facility opens, projects can require site work, construction, electrical systems, fiber, roads, utilities, equipment, and skilled trades. Once operating, they can support maintenance, security, suppliers, transportation, and local services.

More revenue for community priorities

Data centers can add major value to the property tax base, helping support schools, roads, public safety, emergency services, utilities, and infrastructure.

Infrastructure that supports future growth

Major projects depend on reliable power, water, wastewater, roads, fiber, and ready sites. Planned well, those upgrades can help prepare the region for more jobs and investment.

A Clearer Look at Water Use

In 2023, U.S. data centers directly used about 17.4 billion gallons of water. For comparison, U.S. golf courses use about 2.08 billion gallons per day for irrigation, meaning golf courses use roughly the same amount of water in about 8 days that data centers directly use in an entire year.

Water matters, but scale matters too. Many newer data centers use more efficient cooling systems, closed-loop technology, or air-cooling options to reduce water needs while supporting major investment, local tax revenue, and long-term community value.

What is the industry doing to reduce its impact on local water resources?

business Retention & expansion

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