Land use & zoning
AWS announces $11 billion AI-capable data center campus in Indiana
Confirmed
- Date
- 2024-04-25
- Location
- New Carlisle, St. Joseph County, IN
- Category
- Land use & zoning
On April 25, 2024, the Indiana Economic Development Corporation announced Amazon Web Services’ plans to invest $11 billion in a new data center campus in St. Joseph County, near New Carlisle. The state said the proposed facilities would support cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence technologies, and that the investment was expected to create at least 1,000 jobs. The announcement described performance-based state incentives and AWS contributions of up to $7 million toward road improvements. It explicitly said the investment plans depended on the execution of long-term energy service agreements. These were announced plans and estimates, not proof that construction or job creation had already been completed. The date shown is the announcement date. This record documents a development announcement within the database’s scope; it does not allege an environmental violation or independently verify the company’s projected benefits.