The Hammond Bears and Chicago 2.0? Article share

I was asked to look into the new AI data centers and redevelopment projects happening in Hammond, Indiana and see if anything caught my eye.

A few hours later I somehow ended up buried in: data-center infrastructure,
multi-billion-dollar power expansion plans,
Chicago-linked institutional investors, redevelopment corridors, housing acquisitions, NIPSCO generation scaling, and add in enough Chicago Bears stadium rumors to accidentally create what looks like a Midwest systems-theory dissertation.

At some point the question stopped being:
“Why is there a data center in Hammond?”

…and became:
“Why does Hammond suddenly look like somebody is quietly preparing the infrastructure backbone for the next era of regional growth?”

Not conspiracy. Not doomposting. Just infrastructure, energy, capital flow, and a very concerning amount of browser tabs happening in the middle of the night.

“The Hammond Bears and Chicago 2.0?”
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