Built & running
Amazon (AWS) New Carlisle data center campus
Also called: Project Rainier, Indiana Enterprise Center
Amazon runs a giant data center campus on former farmland near New Carlisle, west of South Bend. It is an $11 billion project, the largest investment in Indiana history. The full campus is planned for about 30 buildings using about 2.2 gigawatts of power.
Where things stand: Running since 2025. More buildings are still being built.
🕒 Latest update (Oct 2025): Amazon switched on the campus ("Project Rainier"), with about 500,000 AI chips.
What we know
- 📍 WhereIndiana Enterprise Center, along State Road 2 near New Carlisle, St. Joseph County
- 🏢 CompanyAmazon Web Services
- 🏛️ Owned byAmazon
- 👤 Built forAmazon Web Services (AI work for Anthropic)
- 🌳 Size1,200 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs2,200 megawatts (about as much as 1,760,000 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromIndiana Michigan Power grid; Amazon says 635 MW comes from local wind and solar projects.
- ❄️ CoolingMostly air cooling; water cooling less than 2% of the year (company claim)
- 💵 Cost$11 billion
- 👷 Jobs promised1,000
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much water does the New Carlisle campus use per day? 🙋 I'll find out
- How many diesel backup generators are on the campus? 🙋 I'll find out
- Did the campus need new power lines, and who paid for them? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- April 25, 2024Amazon and the state announced an $11 billion data center campus near New Carlisle.
- Oct 2025Amazon switched on the campus ("Project Rainier"), with about 500,000 AI chips.
🛰️ See it from above
An aerial photo of the area.
Photos: USGS The National Map.
Where this comes from
- Amazon Web Services plans $11B data center campus near South Bend · Inside Indiana Business · April 25, 2024
- AWS activates Project Rainier data center campus · Converge Digest · Oct 2025
- Amazon announces $15 billion investment in Northern Indiana data centers · WRTV · Nov 24, 2025
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