Indiana's Bold New Nexus for innovation.

Investment, resources and talent converge here.

The XCEL Kokomo Tech Megapark offers global scale and resources in a convenient Midwest location. Accelerate your company’s reach in a location at the center of five major Midwestern metros, putting half of U.S. markets within one-day delivery. You’ll gain access to a talent pipeline drawn from a labor pool of 500,000 and supported by proven workforce training programs. Fuel innovation with knowledge and skill plus resilient power and fiber infrastructure ready for hyperscaling.

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Global innovation and talent pipeline that includes Purdue University, just 66 miles away.
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Prime location less than 45 miles from two critical arteries:
  • I-65, known as Indiana’s Hard Tech Corridor
  • I-69, the cross-continental superhighway.
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Centrally located city that has attracted global investment of more than $3 billion in advanced manufacturing and EV clusters.
515,049
Workforce Within 60 Minutes
888
Available Acres Onsite
200,644
Total Businesses Within 100 Miles
$3.1 Billion
New and Ongoing Industrial Investment in Kokomo
66
Miles from Indianapolis
50%
Percentage of U.S. Markets Within a One-day Drive
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XCEL Kokomo Advantages
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Talent Pipeline


Build your dream team from a talent pool of more than 500,000 Hoosiers. Recruit from a graduate pipeline that includes Indiana University-Kokomo, Ivy Tech-Kokomo, Ball State, Rose-Hulman, Notre Dame and Purdue University. Need engineering talent? As the first in the nation to offer graduate and undergraduate programming in semiconductors and microelectronics, Purdue produces more engineers annually than Stanford, Berkeley and MIT combined. And at Ivy Tech-Kokomo, the Center of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing offers Smart Manufacturing and Digital Integration and other flexible programs to address the innovation needs of today and tomorrow.

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Access


ROADWAYS
In addition to direct access to US 31, XCEL Kokomo also offers strategic positioning between two key interstates.

  • I-65, referred to as Indiana’s Hard Tech Corridor, is less than 33 miles away
  • I-69, the cross-continental superhighway extending from Mexico to Canada, is less than 45 miles away

RAIL
Short line rail service is available just .3 miles from the site, connecting to NS Class I rail less than 30 miles away

AIR & WATER
While convenient local air service is provided at Kokomo Municipal Airport and Grissom Aeroplex, Indiana’s two top airports—Purdue University Airport and Indianapolis International Airport—are within an hour’s drive. And just two hours away, Port of Indiana-Burns Harbor opens expanded global access.

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Location


As a nationally accredited Main Street community with a charming downtown, Kokomo combines a sensible cost of living along with the advantages of a hometown feel. But life isn’t slow - its innovation ecosystem nurtures an expanding manufacturing and EV cluster that includes a $2.5 billion electric-vehicle battery manufacturing facility, a joint venture of Stellantis N.V. and Samsung SDI.

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Site Selection


XCEL Kokomo is a premier Indiana Plug-In-Ready℠ site, a designation earned through comprehensive screening by Indiana’s nationally recognized Strategic Site Inventory (SSI) program. This designation guarantees a range of advantages from extensive acreage, logistics and population density, skilled workforce, academic assets and fiber connectivity. XCEL Kokomo is “plug-in ready” for innovation and performance.

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Infrastructure


Kokomo’s collaborative local utilities accommodate the needs of more than $3 billion in current and ongoing industrial investment. And at XCEL Kokomo, resilient scalable infrastructure–including water, gas, high-capacity electricity and fiber-optic broadband–provides hyperscale capabilities. XCEL Kokomo keeps your enterprise operating at peak levels without high costs.

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Incentives


As a greenfield site offering one-stop permitting and other benefits, XCEL Kokomo means faster speed to market and lower costs from startup through expansion. Profitability is supported through a range of incentives for qualified projects, such as the Clean Energy Tax Credit, the EDGE (Economic Development for a Growing Economy) Tax Credit, the Hoosier Business Investment Tax Credit and the Skills Enhancement Fund.

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Boundaries and proposed improvements shown on the site map are conceptual only, to be used for planning purposes, and are subject to change.