Water
Wells lose water west of South Bend during dewatering for Amazon data center infrastructure
Partially confirmed
- Date
- 2025-05-29
- Location
- New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
- Category
- Water
- POLLUTION
Evidence
- Did the harm happen?
- Independently documented
- Did the data center cause it?
- Possible
- AI connection
- No verified AI connection
- What was affected
- Groundwater, Existing property
- Why
- Well failures documented during dewatering for both Amazon and GM/Samsung projects; source not established.
Residents near New Carlisle reported their household wells losing water while dewatering went on for construction of infrastructure serving Amazon data centers and the nearby GM/Samsung battery plant. The well failures are documented, but which project caused them had not been established.