Remote site monitoring in Lebanon, Indiana

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Construction along the LEAP megasite

Lebanon's growth now centres on the LEAP Research and Innovation District, a megasite of more than 9,000 acres being carved out of Boone County farmland along what the state calls its I-65 Hard Tech Corridor. Eli Lilly broke ground in 2023 on a 600-acre campus bounded by County Road 450 North, I-65 to the west and CSX tracks to the east, a $2.1 billion project built around 12 buildings and more than 1.6 million square feet that was expected to need up to 1,500 construction workers while it was built. Meta began its own phase of a 1,500-acre, 15-building data centre campus west of I-65 and south of State Road 32 in 2025, an initial $800 million commitment the company says could grow past $4 billion.

Clearing and building a megasite like LEAP leaves heavy equipment, materials and fencing spread across acres overnight and on weekends, much of it unwatched. Lebanon's own exposure isn't new: in May 2023, a string of vehicle break-ins swept through the city overnight and included an unmarked Boone County Sheriff's Office vehicle, from which investigators said a firearm was taken. A construction corridor the size of LEAP multiplies that kind of overnight opportunity many times over.

Construction sites inside LEAP don't go unwatched with Sigma on the cameras: an agent is looking at every feed, every hour, all year. A person crossing a fence line after the crews leave trips an AI alert, the agent confirms it on live video and gives a live, instant talk-down through the speakers, then calls police with clips ready to send. As different phases open, agents can also run a gate for scheduled deliveries and log who passed through.

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