How big is AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)?

AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) has 2.4 GW of known IT capacity, located in New Carlisle, New Carlisle, Indiana, United States. It ranks #11 globally by capacity among 335 tracked facilities.

What is the status of AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)?

AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Earliest market signal 2024.

Who operates AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)?

AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) is operated by Amazon Web Services and Anthropic. Structured intelligence reports are available for Amazon Web Services Operator Report and Anthropic Operator Report and United States Country Report.

What energy source does AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) use?

AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) is powered by grid (utility-powered) + regional grid upgrades energy and is focused on mixed workloads. This is backed by 2 cited sources.

AI data center dossier

AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)

Name: AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)
Address: New Carlisle, New Carlisle, Indiana, United States

New Carlisle, New Carlisle, Indiana, United States/datacenters/aws-project-rainier-ai-campus-indiana.html

Operational Grid (utility-powered) + Regional Grid Upgrades 2.4 GW Mixed

Country

United States

Operator

Amazon Web Services, Anthropic

Energy

Grid (utility-powered) + Regional Grid Upgrades

Known capacity

2.4 GW

Evidence profile

Readiness reflects whether the record has citations, narrative context, structured power data, coordinates, and at least one dated milestone.

Readiness

100%

Sources attachedVerified

2 citations linked

CoordinatesPublished

41.7, -86.51

Timeline evidencePartial

1 dated field available

Machine-readable outputsPublished

HTML, JSON, and GeoJSON all available

Machine-readable outputs

Canonical record surfaces for audit, programmatic use, and direct citation.

Canonical HTML

/datacenters/aws-project-rainier-ai-campus-indiana.html

JSON record

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GeoJSON geometry

/datacenters/aws-project-rainier-ai-campus-indiana/index.geojson

Record Notes

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is rapidly expanding its "Project Rainier" AI supercomputing campus in New Carlisle, Indiana, representing a total investment of $15 billion. The massive 2.4 gigawatt (GW) campus is specifically optimized to serve partner Anthropic's AI training workloads.

Phase one, completed in 2024, spans seven buildings collectively drawing about 525 megawatts to train Claude AI models. At full buildout, Project Rainier will comprise up to 30 buildings, requiring significant regional grid upgrades to support its multi-gigawatt power requirements. This complex stands as one of the largest single AI training deployments in the world, anchoring Indiana as a major hub for foundation model training infrastructure.

Taxonomy Links

Amazon Web Services

Anthropic

United States

Operational

Grid (utility-powered) + Regional Grid Upgrades

Over 1 GW

Mixed

North America

North America

Indiana

2024

New Carlisle

Analyst Flags

No obvious coverage gaps detected in the current structured record.

Timeline Signals

Earliest market signal2024

Nearby Facilities

Other tracked AI data centers within 300 km of this location.

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95 km

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Aurora Supercomputer — Argonne National Laboratory

122 km

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Google — Fort Wayne AI Campus

143 km

Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States 1.2 GWOperational

Microsoft Project Fairwater (Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin)

160 km

Mount Pleasant, Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, United States 3.3 GWUnder Construction

Meta AI Training Campus (Cortland, Illinois)

183 km

Cortland, Cortland, Illinois, United States 800 MWUnder Construction

Meta Lebanon AI Data Center (Indiana)

183 km

Lebanon, Lebanon, Indiana, United States 1 GWAnnounced

Related Facilities

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1.8 GW

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1.5 GW

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AWS — Mississippi AI Data Center (Ridgeland/Madison)

1.3 GW

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AWS US Government AI Supercomputing Expansion

1.3 GW

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Vistra's Comanche Peak Nuclear Data Center Campus

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AWS — Richmond County AI Innovation Campus

1 GW

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Intelligence Reports

Structured analysis covering this facility's operator and market context.

OperatorAmazon Web Services Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV OperatorAnthropic Operator Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV CountryUnited States Country Report$29 — PDF + JSON/CSV

Frequently asked questions

How big is AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)?: AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) has 2.4 GW of known IT capacity, located in New Carlisle, New Carlisle, Indiana, United States. It ranks #11 globally by capacity among 335 tracked facilities.
What is the status of AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)?: AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) is currently operational. Known timeline milestones: Earliest market signal 2024.
Who operates AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana)?: AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) is operated by Amazon Web Services and Anthropic. Structured intelligence reports are available for Amazon Web Services Operator Report and Anthropic Operator Report and United States Country Report.
What energy source does AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) use?: AWS Project Rainier (New Carlisle, Indiana) is powered by grid (utility-powered) + regional grid upgrades energy and is focused on mixed workloads. This is backed by 2 cited sources.