JPG Redevelopment: Jefferson Proving Ground

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JPG Redevelopment: Jefferson Proving Ground

Lot Size: 549 acres

JPG Redevelopment, a Ford family company, plans a data center campus of nine buildings on the former airfield of the Jefferson Proving Ground, north of Madison, Indiana.

Site History

May 2026: The zoning appeal against the project was rejected.
February 2026: The site plan was approved.

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Sites within 15 miles of JPG Redevelopment: Jefferson Proving Ground

Distance	Site	About
16.15 miles	Marble Hill: Jefferson County, IN	An unnamed developer plans a data center near the former Marble Hill nuclear plant site in Jefferson County, Indiana.

Operating Company

JPG Redevelopment LLC is the development company of the Ford family of Dupont, Indiana. The family owns land at the former U.S. Army Jefferson Proving Ground in Jefferson County. Daniel Ford and Deanna Ford lead the data center project.

The family plans a campus of nine buildings totaling 7,175,657 square feet on a 549-acre portion of the former proving ground. The design uses a closed-loop cooling system that does not consume water for cooling. The project will pay for its own substation, transmission line and generation upgrades. The family has not named an operator for the campus.

JPG Redevelopment History:

In May 2026, Jefferson County officials upheld the zoning ruling after a resident appealed it.
In February 2026, the Jefferson County zoning administrator ruled that the site's heavy-industrial zoning allows a data center.
In 1995, the U.S. Army closed Jefferson Proving Ground, and the Ford family bought land there.