Northern Indiana, United States, November 24, 2025- Amazon said it will invest about USD 15 billion to build new data center campuses in Northern Indiana to support artificial intelligence and cloud services, creating roughly 1,100 new high-skilled jobs and supporting thousands more across the local supply chain.
The company said the campuses will add around 2.4 gigawatts of IT capacity to the region, and the announcement complements last year’s USD 11 billion project in St. Joseph County as Amazon expands to new sites across the state. Amazon framed the investment as necessary to power generative AI workloads and to scale the infrastructure behind Project Rainier, its large AI supercomputer initiative.
State and company leaders emphasized the local economic benefits. Indiana Governor Mike Braun called the agreement “a massive win for Hoosier ratepayers,” saying the deal will bring surplus energy development and real savings.
David Zapolsky, Amazon’s chief global affairs and legal officer, said expanding cloud infrastructure in Indiana “will help power the next wave of technological advancement” while delivering tangible benefits to residents.
A central plank of the plan is an energy framework with regional utility NIPSCO. Under the structure, Amazon’s new subsidiary, NIPSCO Generation LLC (GenCo), will pay to use existing power lines and cover the costs of any new power plants, lines, or equipment needed to serve the campuses, an approach Amazon and NIPSCO say avoids additional costs for local residents.
NIPSCO president Vince Parisi said the arrangement translates into “approximately USD 1 billion in cost savings over 15 years to our existing NIPSCO electric customers.”
Amazon and NIPSCO also said the wider program could add up to 3 gigawatts of new generation to the grid, exceeding Amazon’s 2.4-gigawatt demand and, the companies said, improving reliability during periods of peak stress. Local officials said the deal will expand the tax base and spur long-term jobs in construction, electrical, and fibre-optic trades.
The announcement includes commitments to workforce and education programs: data center technician training, fiber fusion splicing workshops, pre-apprenticeships, STEM outreach for K-12, and an Amazon Community Fund to support local grants and revitalization projects. U.S.
Representative Rudy Yakym said the project will create “good-paying jobs” and position Indiana “at the forefront of America’s next generation of innovation.”
The move underlines how hyperscalers are pairing large-scale capital projects with bespoke energy deals and local training programs as they race to scale infrastructure for AI and next-generation cloud services.
