Potentia is creating lasting economic opportunity in Sullivan County while setting a new standard for how industrial parks should be built.
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The park is designed to operate without backup diesel generators, with a closed-loop water system, and with 100% self-funded power infrastructure.
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, April 23, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Potentia Inc. has begun construction on a large-scale technology infrastructure development at Heartland Industrial Park in Sullivan County, Indiana, expected to drive $65 billion in total investment by tenants and partners by 2030, making it among the largest private infrastructure projects in the state’s history.
Heartland Industrial Park is designed for the organizations that need the most from their infrastructure – operations that require power, reliability, and scale that most sites simply cannot deliver. Tenant commitments are in place for Phase 1 of the development.
“In 2021, I set out to evaluate whether Sullivan County could support institutional-scale investment in energy infrastructure,” said Richard McCrea, Investor, Founder, and CEO of Potentia. “What I found was a community that takes real pride in its work, the kind of culture you can’t manufacture and can’t fake. That combination of infrastructure, geology, and a high-quality local workforce makes Sullivan County a safe place to invest, and my first priority has been ensuring that value flows back to the people who live here.”
The industrial park will create an estimated 2,750 construction jobs during the multi-year build-out, with work spanning skilled trades including electrical, civil, mechanical, and HVAC. Upon completion, the park is expected to support more than 500 permanent local positions paying above the regional average salary.
Those numbers carry particular weight in Sullivan County, a community of roughly 21,000 residents with approximately 4,125 total jobs and a median household income of nearly $56,000. The construction activity alone will substantially expand the local employment base, and the permanent roles will bring sustained above-market wages into the county’s economy for years to come.