{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"70627","rtpr_id":"nBw67JZhxa","ticker":"NI","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["NI"],"title":"Regulatory Approvals Underscore Strength of NiSource’s Customer-Focused Data Center Strategy Supporting Growth in Indiana","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-06-23T11:30:00.179Z","article_body":"Regulatory Approvals Underscore Strength of NiSource’s Customer-Focused Data\nCenter Strategy Supporting Growth in Indiana\n\n\n * Regulatory approvals strengthen data center strategy, supporting continued\nexecution\n\n * Approximately $1.4 billion in savings expected for existing NIPSCO customers\n\nNiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) announced the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission\n(IURC) has approved key agreements supporting the company’s previously\nannounced partnership with Amazon to serve new data center development in\nnorthern Indiana. This marks an inaugural milestone that reinforces the\nmeaningful benefits this approach will provide for existing customers.\n\nOn June 17, the IURC fully approved the settlement agreement, Amazon special\ncontract and related power purchase agreement. In a separate order, the\nCommission also approved the company’s proposed generation resources,\nincluding combined-cycle gas turbines and battery energy storage systems.\n\nThe approvals advance NiSource’s strategy to support responsible large-load\ngrowth while helping protect existing customers from the costs of serving new\ndata center demand.\n\nUnder the approved framework, existing customers are expected to benefit\ndirectly from the addition of new, large electric load, with NiSource’s\nbroader data center strategy expected to provide approximately $1.4 billion in\ncustomer savings. The structure is designed so that data center customers fund\nthe generation and transmission infrastructure required to serve their needs,\nsupporting affordability, reliability and long-term value for existing NIPSCO\ncustomers.\n\nAs part of the settlement, the parties agreed to support expedited procedural\nschedules for future agreements, reinforcing the model’s competitive\nspeed-to-market advantage and positioning Indiana as a leader in utility and\ntechnology collaboration.\n\n“Our regulator’s approvals highlight the strength of our strategy and the\nvalue this approach can deliver for customers and communities,” said\nNiSource President and CEO Lloyd Yates. “As data center demand continues to\ngrow across our service territory, we are helping to ensure that new\nlarge-load customers support the infrastructure needed to serve them while\nexisting customers benefit through bill credits as those customers ramp. We\nare proud to support Indiana’s economic development momentum through a model\nthat advances affordability, reliability and long-term growth.”\n\nAdditional Information\n\nAdditional information is available on the Investors section of\nwww.nisource.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nisource.com&esheet=54558572&newsitemid=20260623762766&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nisource.com&index=1&md5=17ba2c1618c39a495aa734868e615b7a)\n. The company alerts investors that it intends to use the Investors section of\nits website www.nisource.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nisource.com&esheet=54558572&newsitemid=20260623762766&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nisource.com&index=2&md5=c6571c33771ad9e159aa131ce782cf4b)\nand the company’s social media channels to disseminate important information\nabout the company to its investors. Investors are advised to look at\nNiSource’s website and social media channels for future important\ninformation about the company.\n\nAbout NiSource\n\nNiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility\ncompanies in the United States, serving approximately 3.3 million natural gas\ncustomers and 500,000 electric customers across six states through its local\nColumbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The mission of our approximately 7,700\nemployees is to deliver safe, reliable energy that drives value to our\ncustomers. NiSource is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability - North\nAmerica Index and is on Forbes lists of America’s Best Employers for Women\nand Diversity. Learn more about NiSource’s record of leadership in\nsustainability, investments in the communities it serves and how we live our\nvision to be an innovative and trusted energy partner at www.NiSource.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NiSource.com&esheet=54558572&newsitemid=20260623762766&lan=en-US&anchor=www.NiSource.com&index=3&md5=618ef0993b6ca247f492613d25c7936c)\n.\n\nThe content of our website is not incorporated by reference into this document\nor any other report or document NiSource files with the Securities and\nExchange Commission (“SEC”).\n\nNI-F\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis Press Release contains \"forward-looking statements,\" within the meaning\nof Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities\nAct\"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the\n\"Exchange Act\"). Investors and prospective investors should understand that\nmany factors govern whether any forward-looking statement contained herein\nwill be or can be realized. Any one of those factors could cause actual\nresults to differ materially from those projected. Forward-looking statements\nin this press release include, but are not limited to, statements concerning\nour provision of power to data center customers under certain agreements, our\nproposed generation resources, expected cost savings to customers over the\nlife of the data center contracts, protecting customers from cost increases,\nplans to seek expedited procedural agreements for future agreements and other\nstatements regarding our plans, strategies, objectives, and expected\nperformance related to data center operations. Expressions of future goals and\nexpectations and similar expressions, including \"may,\" \"will,\" \"should,\"\n\"could,\" \"would,\" \"aims,\" \"seeks,\" \"expects,\" \"plans,\" \"anticipates,\"\n\"intends,\" \"believes,\" \"estimates,\" \"predicts,\" \"potential,\" \"targets,\"\n\"forecast,\" and \"continue,\" reflecting something other than historical fact\nare intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking\nstatements are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable;\nhowever, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ\nmaterially.\n\nFactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those\nprojected in any forward-looking statement discussed in this Press Release\ninclude, among other things: receipt, timing and terms of required regulatory\napprovals in connection with agreements with our current and any future data\ncenter customers and the ability to comply with any conditions associated with\nsuch regulatory approvals; the ability of our current and any future data\ncenter customers to implement its plans to construct data centers; the impact\nof public involvement, intervention or litigation with respect to these\nprojects, our ability to execute our business plan or growth strategy,\nincluding utility infrastructure investments, or business opportunities; our\nability to manage data center growth in our service territories; potential\nincidents and other operating risks associated with our business; our ability\nto work successfully with our JV partners; our ability to construct, develop\nand place into service the generation or transmission assets we develop to\nsupport our customers under our current and any future data center contracts\non time or at all and consistent with initial cost estimates, as well as the\nperformance of such assets once constructed and placed into service; our\nability to obtain the significant additional financing required to construct\nsuch generation or transmission assets we develop to support data center\ncontracts on favorable terms, if at all; our ability to recover our\ninvestments and realize our expected return under our current and any future\ndata center contracts that we enter into; our ability to maintain our\ninvestment grade credit ratings as we finance and pursue our data center\nstrategy, including our performance under our current and any future data\ncenter contracts that we enter into; our customers' performance under our\ncurrent and any future data center contracts; any decision by our current data\ncenter customers and any future data center customers to terminate our current\nor any future data center contracts or reduce the committed capacity\nthereunder; potential changes in the MISO accreditation treatment of capacity\nresources; our ability to adapt to, and manage costs related to, advances in\ntechnology, including alternative energy sources and changes in related laws\nand regulations; our increased dependency on technology; impacts related to\nour aging infrastructure; our ability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage\nand whether such coverage will protect us against significant losses; the\nsuccess of our electric generation strategy; construction risks and supply\nrisks; fluctuations in demand from residential and commercial customers;\nfluctuations in the price of energy commodities and related transportation\ncosts or an inability to obtain an adequate, reliable and cost-effective fuel\nsupply to meet customer demand; our ability to attract, retain or re-skill a\nqualified workforce and maintain good labor relations; our ability to manage\nnew initiatives and organizational changes; the performance and quality of\nthird-party suppliers and service providers; our ability to manage the\nfinancial and operational risks related to achieving our carbon emission\nreduction goals, including our Net Zero Goal, including any future associated\nimpact from business opportunities such as data center development as those\nopportunities evolve; potential cybersecurity attacks or security breaches;\nincreased requirements and costs related to cybersecurity; the actions of\nactivist stockholders; any damage to our reputation; the impacts of natural\ndisasters, potential terrorist attacks or other catastrophic events; the\nphysical impacts of climate change and the transition to a lower carbon\nfuture; our debt obligations; any changes to our credit ratings or the credit\nratings of certain of our subsidiaries; adverse economic and capital market\nconditions, including increases in inflation or interest rates, recession, or\nchanges in investor sentiment; economic regulation and the impact of\nregulatory rate reviews; our ability to obtain expected financial or\nregulatory outcomes; economic conditions in certain industries; the ability of\ncustomers and suppliers to fulfill their payment and contractual obligations;\nthe ability of our subsidiaries to generate cash; pension funding obligations;\npotential impairments of goodwill; the outcome of legal and regulatory\nproceedings, investigations, incidents, claims and litigation; compliance with\nchanges in, or new interpretations of applicable laws, regulations and\ntariffs; the cost of compliance with environmental laws and regulations and\nthe costs of associated liabilities; changes in tax laws or the interpretation\nthereof; and other matters set forth in Item 1, \"Business,\" Item 1A, \"Risk\nFactors\" and Part II, Item 7, \"Management’s Discussion and Analysis of\nFinancial Condition and Results of Operations,\" of our Annual Report on Form\n10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and matters set forth in our\nsubsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, some of which risks are beyond our\ncontrol. In addition, the relative contributions to profitability by each\nbusiness segment, and the assumptions underlying the forward-looking\nstatements relating thereto, may change over time.\n\nAll forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by\nthe foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to, and\nexpressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or revise any\nforward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of\nanticipated or unanticipated events or changes to expected results over time\nor otherwise, except as required by law.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260623762766/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260623762766/en/)\n\nMedia\n\nmedia@nisource.com (mailto:media@nisource.com)\n\nInvestors\n\ninvestors@nisource.com (mailto:investors@nisource.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw67JZhxa","title":"Regulatory Approvals Underscore Strength of NiSource’s Customer-Focused Data Center Strategy Supporting Growth in Indiana","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"NI","created":"2026-06-23T11:30:00.179Z","tickers":["NI"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Regulatory Approvals Underscore Strength of NiSource’s Customer-Focused Data\nCenter Strategy Supporting Growth in Indiana\n\n\n * Regulatory approvals strengthen data center strategy, supporting continued\nexecution\n\n * Approximately $1.4 billion in savings expected for existing NIPSCO customers\n\nNiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) announced the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission\n(IURC) has approved key agreements supporting the company’s previously\nannounced partnership with Amazon to serve new data center development in\nnorthern Indiana. This marks an inaugural milestone that reinforces the\nmeaningful benefits this approach will provide for existing customers.\n\nOn June 17, the IURC fully approved the settlement agreement, Amazon special\ncontract and related power purchase agreement. In a separate order, the\nCommission also approved the company’s proposed generation resources,\nincluding combined-cycle gas turbines and battery energy storage systems.\n\nThe approvals advance NiSource’s strategy to support responsible large-load\ngrowth while helping protect existing customers from the costs of serving new\ndata center demand.\n\nUnder the approved framework, existing customers are expected to benefit\ndirectly from the addition of new, large electric load, with NiSource’s\nbroader data center strategy expected to provide approximately $1.4 billion in\ncustomer savings. The structure is designed so that data center customers fund\nthe generation and transmission infrastructure required to serve their needs,\nsupporting affordability, reliability and long-term value for existing NIPSCO\ncustomers.\n\nAs part of the settlement, the parties agreed to support expedited procedural\nschedules for future agreements, reinforcing the model’s competitive\nspeed-to-market advantage and positioning Indiana as a leader in utility and\ntechnology collaboration.\n\n“Our regulator’s approvals highlight the strength of our strategy and the\nvalue this approach can deliver for customers and communities,” said\nNiSource President and CEO Lloyd Yates. “As data center demand continues to\ngrow across our service territory, we are helping to ensure that new\nlarge-load customers support the infrastructure needed to serve them while\nexisting customers benefit through bill credits as those customers ramp. We\nare proud to support Indiana’s economic development momentum through a model\nthat advances affordability, reliability and long-term growth.”\n\nAdditional Information\n\nAdditional information is available on the Investors section of\nwww.nisource.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nisource.com&esheet=54558572&newsitemid=20260623762766&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nisource.com&index=1&md5=17ba2c1618c39a495aa734868e615b7a)\n. The company alerts investors that it intends to use the Investors section of\nits website www.nisource.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nisource.com&esheet=54558572&newsitemid=20260623762766&lan=en-US&anchor=www.nisource.com&index=2&md5=c6571c33771ad9e159aa131ce782cf4b)\nand the company’s social media channels to disseminate important information\nabout the company to its investors. Investors are advised to look at\nNiSource’s website and social media channels for future important\ninformation about the company.\n\nAbout NiSource\n\nNiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is one of the largest fully regulated utility\ncompanies in the United States, serving approximately 3.3 million natural gas\ncustomers and 500,000 electric customers across six states through its local\nColumbia Gas and NIPSCO brands. The mission of our approximately 7,700\nemployees is to deliver safe, reliable energy that drives value to our\ncustomers. NiSource is a member of the Dow Jones Sustainability - North\nAmerica Index and is on Forbes lists of America’s Best Employers for Women\nand Diversity. Learn more about NiSource’s record of leadership in\nsustainability, investments in the communities it serves and how we live our\nvision to be an innovative and trusted energy partner at www.NiSource.com\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.NiSource.com&esheet=54558572&newsitemid=20260623762766&lan=en-US&anchor=www.NiSource.com&index=3&md5=618ef0993b6ca247f492613d25c7936c)\n.\n\nThe content of our website is not incorporated by reference into this document\nor any other report or document NiSource files with the Securities and\nExchange Commission (“SEC”).\n\nNI-F\n\nForward-Looking Statements\n\nThis Press Release contains \"forward-looking statements,\" within the meaning\nof Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the \"Securities\nAct\"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the\n\"Exchange Act\"). Investors and prospective investors should understand that\nmany factors govern whether any forward-looking statement contained herein\nwill be or can be realized. Any one of those factors could cause actual\nresults to differ materially from those projected. Forward-looking statements\nin this press release include, but are not limited to, statements concerning\nour provision of power to data center customers under certain agreements, our\nproposed generation resources, expected cost savings to customers over the\nlife of the data center contracts, protecting customers from cost increases,\nplans to seek expedited procedural agreements for future agreements and other\nstatements regarding our plans, strategies, objectives, and expected\nperformance related to data center operations. Expressions of future goals and\nexpectations and similar expressions, including \"may,\" \"will,\" \"should,\"\n\"could,\" \"would,\" \"aims,\" \"seeks,\" \"expects,\" \"plans,\" \"anticipates,\"\n\"intends,\" \"believes,\" \"estimates,\" \"predicts,\" \"potential,\" \"targets,\"\n\"forecast,\" and \"continue,\" reflecting something other than historical fact\nare intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking\nstatements are based on assumptions that management believes to be reasonable;\nhowever, there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ\nmaterially.\n\nFactors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those\nprojected in any forward-looking statement discussed in this Press Release\ninclude, among other things: receipt, timing and terms of required regulatory\napprovals in connection with agreements with our current and any future data\ncenter customers and the ability to comply with any conditions associated with\nsuch regulatory approvals; the ability of our current and any future data\ncenter customers to implement its plans to construct data centers; the impact\nof public involvement, intervention or litigation with respect to these\nprojects, our ability to execute our business plan or growth strategy,\nincluding utility infrastructure investments, or business opportunities; our\nability to manage data center growth in our service territories; potential\nincidents and other operating risks associated with our business; our ability\nto work successfully with our JV partners; our ability to construct, develop\nand place into service the generation or transmission assets we develop to\nsupport our customers under our current and any future data center contracts\non time or at all and consistent with initial cost estimates, as well as the\nperformance of such assets once constructed and placed into service; our\nability to obtain the significant additional financing required to construct\nsuch generation or transmission assets we develop to support data center\ncontracts on favorable terms, if at all; our ability to recover our\ninvestments and realize our expected return under our current and any future\ndata center contracts that we enter into; our ability to maintain our\ninvestment grade credit ratings as we finance and pursue our data center\nstrategy, including our performance under our current and any future data\ncenter contracts that we enter into; our customers' performance under our\ncurrent and any future data center contracts; any decision by our current data\ncenter customers and any future data center customers to terminate our current\nor any future data center contracts or reduce the committed capacity\nthereunder; potential changes in the MISO accreditation treatment of capacity\nresources; our ability to adapt to, and manage costs related to, advances in\ntechnology, including alternative energy sources and changes in related laws\nand regulations; our increased dependency on technology; impacts related to\nour aging infrastructure; our ability to obtain sufficient insurance coverage\nand whether such coverage will protect us against significant losses; the\nsuccess of our electric generation strategy; construction risks and supply\nrisks; fluctuations in demand from residential and commercial customers;\nfluctuations in the price of energy commodities and related transportation\ncosts or an inability to obtain an adequate, reliable and cost-effective fuel\nsupply to meet customer demand; our ability to attract, retain or re-skill a\nqualified workforce and maintain good labor relations; our ability to manage\nnew initiatives and organizational changes; the performance and quality of\nthird-party suppliers and service providers; our ability to manage the\nfinancial and operational risks related to achieving our carbon emission\nreduction goals, including our Net Zero Goal, including any future associated\nimpact from business opportunities such as data center development as those\nopportunities evolve; potential cybersecurity attacks or security breaches;\nincreased requirements and costs related to cybersecurity; the actions of\nactivist stockholders; any damage to our reputation; the impacts of natural\ndisasters, potential terrorist attacks or other catastrophic events; the\nphysical impacts of climate change and the transition to a lower carbon\nfuture; our debt obligations; any changes to our credit ratings or the credit\nratings of certain of our subsidiaries; adverse economic and capital market\nconditions, including increases in inflation or interest rates, recession, or\nchanges in investor sentiment; economic regulation and the impact of\nregulatory rate reviews; our ability to obtain expected financial or\nregulatory outcomes; economic conditions in certain industries; the ability of\ncustomers and suppliers to fulfill their payment and contractual obligations;\nthe ability of our subsidiaries to generate cash; pension funding obligations;\npotential impairments of goodwill; the outcome of legal and regulatory\nproceedings, investigations, incidents, claims and litigation; compliance with\nchanges in, or new interpretations of applicable laws, regulations and\ntariffs; the cost of compliance with environmental laws and regulations and\nthe costs of associated liabilities; changes in tax laws or the interpretation\nthereof; and other matters set forth in Item 1, \"Business,\" Item 1A, \"Risk\nFactors\" and Part II, Item 7, \"Management’s Discussion and Analysis of\nFinancial Condition and Results of Operations,\" of our Annual Report on Form\n10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and matters set forth in our\nsubsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, some of which risks are beyond our\ncontrol. In addition, the relative contributions to profitability by each\nbusiness segment, and the assumptions underlying the forward-looking\nstatements relating thereto, may change over time.\n\nAll forward-looking statements are expressly qualified in their entirety by\nthe foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligation to, and\nexpressly disclaim any such obligation to, update or revise any\nforward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of\nanticipated or unanticipated events or changes to expected results over time\nor otherwise, except as required by law.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260623762766/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260623762766/en/)\n\nMedia\n\nmedia@nisource.com (mailto:media@nisource.com)\n\nInvestors\n\ninvestors@nisource.com (mailto:investors@nisource.com)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-06-23T11:30:00.224776184Z","server_sent_at_ms":1782214200224},"received_at":"2026-06-23T11:30:00.318Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260623762766/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"60018","press_release_id":"70627","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Multi-Utilities","sector":"Utilities"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"operations_update","narrative":"NiSource secured Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approval for key agreements supporting its data center partnership with Amazon, marking a significant milestone in its large-load growth strategy.\n\nThe approved framework requires data center customers to fund their own generation and transmission infrastructure, which is expected to deliver approximately $1.4 billion in savings for existing NIPSCO customers.\n\nThe Commission also authorized new generation resources, including combined-cycle gas turbines and battery storage systems, to support the expanded demand.","sentiment":"bullish","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":true,"suggestedAngle":"Regulatory win for Amazon data center deal unlocks $1.4B in customer savings and validates NiSource's growth strategy."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"expected_customer_savings":"$1.4 billion"}},"quotedText":"As data center demand continues to grow across our service territory, we are helping to ensure that new large-load customers support the infrastructure needed to serve them while existing customers benefit through bill credits as those customers ramp.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Lloyd Yates","role":"President and CEO"}],"products":["combined-cycle gas turbines","battery energy storage systems"],"companies":[{"name":"NiSource Inc.","ticker":"NI"},{"name":"Amazon","relationship":"partner"},{"name":"Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission","relationship":"regulator"},{"name":"NIPSCO","relationship":"subsidiary"}],"dollarAmounts":[{"amount":"$1.4 billion","context":"expected savings for existing NIPSCO customers"}]},"materialImpact":{"score":3,"reasoning":"Regulatory approval clears the path for a major data center partnership with Amazon, validating NiSource's growth strategy. 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