id: aws-new-carlisle
name: Project Rainier (New Carlisle campus)
operator: aws
status: operational
location:
  country: US
  state: IN
  county: St. Joseph
  locality: New Carlisle
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 2200
  capacity_mw_basis: utility
  land_acres: 1200
  buildings: 7
  investment_usd: 11000000000
announced_date: "2024-09"
operational_date: "2025-10"
first_seen: "2026-07-05"
last_updated: "2026-07-05"
confidence: high
sources:
  - url: https://datacenter.news/story/aws-s-11bn-indiana-data-centre-powers-anthropic-s-ai-growth
    title: "AWS's $11bn Indiana data centre powers Anthropic's AI growth"
    publisher: datacenter.news
    date: "2025-11-02"
  - url: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/aws-activates-project-rainier-cluster-of-nearly-500000-trainium2-chips/
    title: "AWS activates Project Rainier cluster of nearly 500,000 Trainium2 chips"
    publisher: Data Center Dynamics
    date: "2025-10-30"
  - url: https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-project-rainier-ai-trainium-chips-compute-cluster
    title: "AWS activates Project Rainier: One of the world's largest AI compute clusters comes online"
    publisher: Amazon (About Amazon)
    date: "2025-10"
signals:
  - sig-20260705-rainier-buildings
  - sig-20260705-rainier-capacity
  - sig-20260705-rainier-investment
  - sig-20260705-rainier-land-acres
  - sig-20260705-rainier-operational-date
  - sig-20260705-rainier-operator
  - sig-20260705-rainier-status
notes: >
  Built by AWS for Anthropic (Claude) as sole customer. Construction started
  Sept 2024; ~500k Trainium2 chips live October 2025, fully operational under a
  year after announcement. 7 of ~30 planned buildings operational, each exceeds
  200,000 sqft. capacity_mw 2.2 GW described as ultimate power draw.