NiSource: infrastructure company

Overview

NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is a regulated U.S. utility serving about 3.3 million natural gas and 500,000 electric customers across six states via Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands.

Reality check

Data center pipeline (company-claimed, Oct 2026)

About 5 GW signed across Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft, 2 GW in negotiation and up to 2 GW in development, for up to 9 GW of data center load by 2035.

Verified record

Verified deployments: None on file
Active incidents: None on file

Key facts

Microsoft Indiana power deal (company-stated)

20-year agreement starting 2028: GenCo pool +~1,100 MW new generation; Microsoft fully funds gen and transmission for its northwest Indiana campus.

GenCo battery storage (company-stated, Oct 2026)

In connection with the Microsoft agreement, GenCo contracted 600 MW of battery storage under a long-term tolling agreement (AGP Group affiliate).

NIPSCO customer savings (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Expected NIPSCO electric customer savings raised to about $1.75B over the life of data center contracts (was $1.4B).

Microsoft load (company-stated, Oct 2026)

Q3 2026 materials put the Microsoft La Porte deal at 788 MW of demand, energizing from 2028 and reaching full capacity by 2031.

Data & sources

Web sources

3

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Partnerships

Every company NiSource has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

1 total1 just announced

Most-frequent partners

1Microsoft1× joint12 total

Most recent

NiSource x Microsoft (Indiana data center power)2026-10-16
with Microsoftjust announced

Relationships

MMicrosoftCustomer

Safety record

No incidents on record for NiSource.

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →

Mentioned on (1)

Registry pages whose text names NiSource.

Companies (1)

Microsoft

Partnerships

1 total · 1 just announced

Every company NiSource has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.

Most recent

NiSource x Microsoft (Indiana data center power)2026-10-16
with Microsoftjust announced

Most-frequent partners

1Microsoft1× joint12 total

All 1 partnerships

open in the atlas →

NiSource x Microsoft (Indiana data center power)
withMicrosoft12
other2026-10-16
announcedjust announced

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

Record createdOct 16, 2026
Added to the verified registry

Full change history →

Sources (3)

Common questions

What is NiSource?

NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) is a regulated U.S. utility serving about 3.3 million natural gas and 500,000 electric customers across six states via Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands.

What does NiSource make?

NiSource has no robot models recorded on the DEPLOY registry.

Is NiSource publicly traded?

Yes. NiSource is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

How can I invest in NiSource?

NiSource is publicly traded (public markets), so its shares can be bought through any broker.

Where is NiSource headquartered?

NiSource is headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, USA.

Who owns NiSource?

NiSource is publicly held by its shareholders.

Is NiSource a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, NiSource ranks in roughly the top 83% of companies tracked by the registry.

Is NiSource safe?

NiSource has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.

Methodology: Unreviewed · 3 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-28

Verification posture

Unreviewed

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-10-28

Sources by quality tier

3: unclassified; Unclassified source

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

No press coverage on file for NiSource yet. Coverage appears here automatically as articles are ingested from our press sources.

Machine-readable surfaces

Markdown mirror: /companies/nisource.md
RSS feed: /companies/nisource/feed.xml
JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
REST API: /v1/companies/a39db391-f56f-4a6a-93a4-f9777c6dc42d
Revision history: /companies/nisource/history
Data documentation: /data
Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP

Reality vs attention

Not enough verified signal yet to place NiSource against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.

6-month trend

Peer rankingTop 83% of category

vs funding peers-39.9 ptsbelow funding-adj. expected

Analysis

Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.

Dimension breakdown

Verified signal

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Insufficient data

Attention (reach, not merit)

Market Presence →

0.0LOW

DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.

DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed

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Last computed: Nov 1, 2026

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