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AWS Project Rainier — St. Joseph County Site

New Carlisle area, Indiana, United StatesPartially operational
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Utility
Indiana Michigan Power

Amazon Web Services identifies St. Joseph County, Indiana as one site in Project Rainier, its multi-data center AI training system for Anthropic. The broader system uses more than 500,000 Trainium2 chips, while Indiana announced an $11 billion AWS campus investment. A site-specific IT-capacity figure for the St. Joseph County record has not been publicly disclosed.

Capacity

Rainier chip count

Actual company reported

Nearly 500000 Trainium2 chips

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Compute quantity or benchmark; not power capacity

Source

Aws water use efficiency

Fleet metric not site specific

0.15 liters/kWh

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Energy quantity; not power capacity

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Operating campus and expansionPartially operational

AWS Project Rainier — St. Joseph County Site: Operating campus and expansion.

Initial New Carlisle campus buildOperational and expanding
Distributed Rainier Trainium2 clusterOperational
Milestones (2)
AWS Project Rainier — St. Joseph County Site — Operating campus and expansion

Date not disclosed · Event timing type not established

In progress · Announced

Source not linked
Amazon Web Services identifies St.

Date not disclosed · Event timing type not established

In progress · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

Amazon Web Services

Developer · Operator · Campus developer operator and compute provider

Sources by role
Developer / Operator (1)
Anthropic

Customer · Principal compute customer

Sources by role
Customer (1)
Other participants (3)
Indiana Michigan Power

Electric utility

Indiana Economic Development Corporation

State incentive authority

St. Joseph County

Local jurisdiction

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Indiana investment

Announced

$11,000,000,000

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Data center sales tax exemption term

Incentive

50 years

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Headcount tax credits

Performance based maximum

$18,300,000

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Training grants

Performance based maximum

$5,000,000

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Hoosier business investment credits

Performance based maximum

$55,000,000

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Redevelopment tax credits

Performance based maximum

$20,000,000

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Road contribution

Committed maximum

$7,000,000

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Financing records

Investment commitment

$11bn

Apr 25, 2024

AWS announced $11 billion for a New Carlisle data center campus, conditional on long-term energy service agreements. This is a planned capital investment, not a loan.

Parties & sources

Amazon Web Services (Sponsor)

Sources (1)
Evidence record

Hoosier business investment credits

$55m

Apr 25, 2024

Parties & sources

Legacy figure

Counterparties not specified. Scope not specified.

Sources (1)
Evidence record

Incentives

Headcount tax credits

Performance based maximum

Training grants

Performance based maximum

Redevelopment tax credits

Performance based maximum

Site & development

Location context

Actual

St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States

Source

Location

Actual

New Carlisle area, St. Joseph County, IN, US

Source

Development scale

Actual

Amazon Web Services identifies St. Joseph County, Indiana as one site in Project Rainier, its multi data center AI training system for Anthropic

Source

Technical specifications

Cooling no water months

Design

October through March months

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Partially operational

Source

Project identity

Actual

AWS Project Rainier — St. Joseph County Site

Source

Lifecycle status

Actual

Operating campus and expansion

Source

Participant roles

Actual

Amazon Web Services, Anthropic

Source

Infrastructure

Actual

Joseph County record has not been publicly disclosed.

Source

Minimum new jobs

Committed

1,000 jobs

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Rainier status

Actual company reported

Fully operational status

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Rainier geography

Actual company reported

Multiple U.S. data centers scope

AWS New Carlisle / Project Rainier Indiana · Project

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (4)
Electric grid

Planned or represented

Project power infrastructure.

Site facility

Planned or represented

Joseph County record has not been publicly disclosed.

Cooling no water months

Design

October through March

Aws water use efficiency

Fleet metric not site specific

0.15 liters/kWh

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

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