The 725-acre (2.93 km2) flagship West Lafayette park is located less than 2 miles (3 km) north of Purdue University's West Lafayette campus, and is the largest university-affiliated research park in the United States.

Under development since the late 1990s, the Purdue Research Parks are now home to nearly 200 companies encompassing numerous industries and fields of study, including biology, materials science, and information science, among others.

[1] The West Lafayette location was Indiana's "first designated certified technology park", a 725 acre (2.93 km2) site employing more than 3000 people as of 2012[update].

[5] As the largest university-affiliated, high-tech park in the United States,[citation needed] the West Lafayette Purdue Research Park is made up more than 50 distinct buildings.

Key buildings include: In 2013, the data management company Intercontinental Industries (operating as interLink) took up residence at the Northwest Indiana location.