WARRICK CO., Ind. (WFIE) – A massive data center could be coming to Warrick County, and the company behind it isn’t an outsider — it’s Alcoa, a business that has operated in the county for decades.
The project, known as “Project Alloy,” is a proposed data center eyed for roughly 700 acres of Alcoa-owned land near the company’s power plant. Warrick County Commissioners, county legal counsel and representatives of Warrick County Economic Development met with the development team on October 16 in a closed executive session — a meeting allowed under Indiana’s Open Door Law for interviews and negotiations with an industrial or commercial prospect.
County officials say the discussion was preliminary and informational. No vote was taken, no nondisclosure agreement was signed, and no commitment was made…