Heartland Industrial Park (Sullivan County)
Potentia's planned industrial and data center park near the Merom Generating Station in Sullivan County, Indiana, with up to 2.1 GW and $65 billion of planned investment; Fluidstack, with a Google lease backstop, is developing the first 430 MW. Infrastructure construction began in April 2026. The Indiana Laborers' District Council demanded a binding project labor agreement and local hiring, and Laborers Local 204 picketed the site in May 2026.
Key facts
- Capacity
- 2,100 MW
- Estimated cost
- $65,000,000,000
- Building size
- Not available
- Construction start
- Not available
- Expected completion
- Not available
- Last verified
- Not yet re-verified
Companies and roles
- Developer
- General contractor
Unions
- Indiana Laborers' District Council · Labor dispute or demands · Laborers
- Laborers Local 204 · Labor dispute or demands · Laborers
No union agreement was found in the sources reviewed. This does not mean the site is non-union.
Locals with jurisdiction over this site
Local with jurisdiction over this site (not confirmed on the job)
- Electricians
- Plumbers & pipefitters
- Ironworkers
- Sheet metal & HVAC
- Operating engineers (heavy equipment)
- Boilermakers
- Insulators
- Plasterers & cement masons
- Roofers
- Elevator constructors
- Teamsters (drivers)
Prevailing wages (government minimums)
Minimum hourly pay the U.S. Department of Labor sets for federally funded building work in Sullivan County, by trade. It is a floor, not what this project pays: data center jobs often pay above scale, and non-union survey rates can be many years old.
| Trade | Wage /hr | Overtime 1.5× | Double time 2× | Benefits /hr | Total comp /hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ElectriciansUnion rate · IBEW Local 725 · effective Oct 1, 2024ELECTRICIANOvertime 1.5× $64.95 · Double time 2× $86.60 · Benefits /hr $25.32 | $43.30 | $64.95 | $86.60 | $25.32 | $68.62 |
| Plumbers & pipefittersUnion rate · Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 157 · effective Jul 1, 2025PLUMBERS AND PIPEFITTERSOvertime 1.5× $69.98 · Double time 2× $93.30 · Benefits /hr $21.95 | $46.65 | $69.98 | $93.30 | $21.95 | $68.60 |
| IronworkersUnion rate · Iron Workers Local 22 · effective Jun 1, 2025IRONWORKEROvertime 1.5× $57.00 · Double time 2× $76.00 · Benefits /hr $26.39 | $38.00 | $57.00 | $76.00 | $26.39 | $64.39 |
| Sheet metal & HVACUnion rate · Sheet Metal Workers Local 20 · effective Jul 1, 2023SHEET METAL WORKER HVAC DUCT WORKOvertime 1.5× $59.30 · Double time 2× $79.06 · Benefits /hr $22.92 | $39.53 | $59.30 | $79.06 | $22.92 | $62.45 |
| LaborersUnion rate · Laborers Local 204 · effective Jun 1, 2025LABORERS: GROUP 1 BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION LABORERS…Overtime 1.5× $42.65 · Double time 2× $56.86 · Benefits /hr $18.55 | $28.43 | $42.65 | $56.86 | $18.55 | $46.98 |
| Operating engineers (heavy equipment)Union rate · Operating Engineers Local 841 · effective Apr 1, 2023POWER EQUIPMENT OPERATORS: GROUP 2 CONCRETE MIXERS WITHOUT SKIPS, ROCK CRUSHER, DITCHIN…Overtime 1.5× $40.13 · Double time 2× $53.50 · Benefits /hr $23.00 | $26.75 | $40.13 | $53.50 | $23.00 | $49.75 |
| CarpentersUnion rate · Carpenters Local 224 · effective Apr 1, 2025CARPENTER: CARPENTER (GREENE, GIBSON AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $49.62 · Double time 2× $66.16 · Benefits /hr $26.46 | $33.08 | $49.62 | $66.16 | $26.46 | $59.54 |
| BoilermakersUnion rate · Boilermakers Local 374 · effective May 1, 2025BOILERMAKEROvertime 1.5× $64.86 · Double time 2× $86.48 · Benefits /hr $38.17 | $43.24 | $64.86 | $86.48 | $38.17 | $81.41 |
| InsulatorsUnion rate · Heat and Frost Insulators Local 37 · effective Apr 2, 2025ASBESTOS WORKER/HEAT & FROST INSULATOR: INCLUDES APPLICATION OF ALL INSULATING MATERIAL…Overtime 1.5× $57.29 · Double time 2× $76.38 · Benefits /hr $23.59 | $38.19 | $57.29 | $76.38 | $23.59 | $61.78 |
| PaintersUnion rate · Painters Local 197 · effective Jun 1, 2025PAINTERS: BRUSH & ROLLEROvertime 1.5× $46.80 · Double time 2× $62.40 · Benefits /hr $15.55 | $31.20 | $46.80 | $62.40 | $15.55 | $46.75 |
| Plasterers & cement masonsUnion rate · Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 692 · effective Jun 1, 2025PLASTERER: AREA #46Overtime 1.5× $47.25 · Double time 2× $63.00 · Benefits /hr $18.32 | $31.50 | $47.25 | $63.00 | $18.32 | $49.82 |
| Plasterers & cement masonsUnion rate · Plasterers and Cement Masons Local 75 · effective Jun 1, 2017CEMENT MASON/CONCRETE FINISHER (GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES)Overtime 1.5× $42.75 · Double time 2× $57.00 · Benefits /hr $13.50 | $28.50 | $42.75 | $57.00 | $13.50 | $42.00 |
| RoofersUnion rate · Roofers Local 150 · effective Jul 1, 2024ROOFEROvertime 1.5× $45.00 · Double time 2× $60.00 · Benefits /hr $18.30 | $30.00 | $45.00 | $60.00 | $18.30 | $48.30 |
| Elevator constructorsUnion rate · Elevator Constructors Local 34 · effective Jan 1, 2025ELEVATOR MECHANIC AOvertime 1.5× $90.26 · Double time 2× $120.34 · Benefits /hr $38.44 | $60.17 | $90.26 | $120.34 | $38.44 | $98.61 |
| Teamsters (drivers)Union rate · Teamsters Local 135 · effective Apr 1, 2025TRUCK DRIVERS: GROUP 3 KOEHRING OR SIMILAR DUMPSTERS, TRACT TRUCKS, SEMI- TRAILER WATER…Overtime 1.5× $50.06 · Double time 2× $66.74 · Benefits /hr $0.42 | $33.37 | $50.06 | $66.74 | $0.42 | $33.79 |
- Wage:
- the hourly pay in the worker's paycheck, before taxes, at straight time.
- Overtime and double time:
- the wage × 1.5 and × 2. Federal contracts require time and a half after 40 hours a week; when double time applies (for example Sundays, holidays or after 10–12 hours) is set by each union contract.
- Benefits:
- paid by the employer on top of the wage into the worker's health insurance, pension and annuity, and apprenticeship training funds (sometimes vacation and holiday pay). Not in the paycheck.
- Total comp:
- wage + benefits for one straight-time hour.
Journeyman rates only; shift premiums and per diem are not included. Source: Davis-Bacon general wage determinations on SAM.gov.
Apprentices: rates above are for journeymen. Apprentices are usually paid a percentage of the journeyman rate, typically starting around 40–60% and rising about 10 percentage points every 6 months to a year until they reach the full rate. Exact steps vary by trade and local.
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination IN20260003 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
Sources
Every fact on this page comes from these public sources:
- Potentia (via Business Wire) (opens in a new tab)secure.businesswire.com · Press release
- DatacenterDynamics (opens in a new tab)datacenterdynamics.com · News
- Tribune-Star (opens in a new tab)tribstar.com · News
- WTHI-TV (opens in a new tab)wthitv.com · News
- IBEW inside jurisdiction map (IN) (opens in a new tab)ibew.org · Other
- U.S. Department of Labor wage determination IN20260003 (SAM.gov) (opens in a new tab)sam.gov · Government filing
- IUOE Local 150 (union release) (opens in a new tab)iuoelocal841.com · Press release
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