The Town That Woke Up

New Carlisle, Indiana. Population 2,200.One morning last year, residents of this small St. Joseph County town woke up, and the cornfield across the highway was gone. In its place: cranes, concrete trucks, and a workforce that nearly doubled the town's population.Mason Reed drives to New Carlisle to find out what actually happens to a town when a hyperscale data center campus lands in its backyard. He talks to the people you don't hear from in the press release — and runs the numbers on what this means for every small community in the path of the buildout.The first town. The first lesson. The town that woke up.In this episode:  · What happens to housing, services, and commutes when 4,000 workers arrive in a town of 2,200  · The science of commute fatigue and what the 20-minute threshold costs a project  · Why New Carlisle is a preview of what's coming for 40+ communities across the Midwest  · The math that keeps GC project managers up at nightMiles from Nowhere is produced by JourneyWise Studios for Namche Infrastructure.Mason Reed is an AI-generated host persona. Learn more at NamcheBase.com.