Amazon Plans to Invest $15B in Northwest Indiana
What It Means for You and Indiana’s Future
Amazon announced plans to invest $15 billion to support AI and cloud computing technologies and more than double their data center investment in Indiana. Together with Amazon’s $11 billion data center campus in St. Joseph County announced last year, this makes Amazon the largest technology investor in Indiana. Amazon has now committed to invest $26 billion in AI infrastructure in Indiana, underscoring our long-term commitment to strengthening the skilled workforce, supporting local communities, and driving economic growth in the Hoosier State.
More than Data Centers: Amazon’s Impact Across Northwest Indiana
$15B
Amazon plans to invest $15 billion in Northwest Indiana.
1,100 Jobs
Create 1,100 new high-skilled jobs including engineers, network specialists, and security and operations professionals.
100%
100% of costs in new NIPSCO electric generation will be paid for by Amazon and will create $1 billion in savings to ratepayers over the 15 year agreement.
Powering Indiana’s future: A partnership that benefits everyone
As part of this expansion, Amazon worked with NIPSCO to establish a first-of-its-kind energy agreement that benefits local residents and strengthens Indiana’s electric grid.
Through this partnership:
Amazon will pay all costs associated with serving its new data center campuses, including new infrastructure and power generation needs.
Current NIPSCO customers are protected from the cost of building new energy infrastructure to serve Amazon data centers.
The agreement will deliver an estimated $1 billion in cost savings to current NIPSCO electric customers over 15 years.
The project will add up to 3 gigawatts of new power generation, which goes beyond serving only Amazon's needs, improving grid reliability for communities across Northern Indiana.
This innovative model ensures that Amazon’s investment not only powers AI innovation but also helps strengthen Indiana’s energy resilience for decades to come.
Creating jobs and growing economic opportunity
Amazon’s investment will:
Create 1,100 new high-skilled jobs, including engineers, network specialists, and security and operations professionals.
Support thousands more jobs across the data center supply chain and in the local community, shortening commutes and boosting economic growth throughout Northern Indiana.
Contribute millions of dollars of tax revenue that funds schools, first responders, and essential community services.
Learn about how amazon helps communities thrive:
Investing in education and workforce development
Amazon works alongside Indiana’s community colleges, universities, and workforce organizations to prepare Hoosiers for high-demand careers in cloud infrastructure and data center operations.
Amazon Community Workforce Accelerator (CWA): training centers that support careers in cloud computing infrastructure with AWS and our network of contractors, vendors and partners.
Data Center Operations and Fiber Optic Technician Programs: state-of-the-art training integrated into Ivy Tech Community College curricula.
Fiber Optic Fusion Splicing Workshops:
two-day certificate programs that help participants gain hands-on skills and connect with employers.
AWS Information Infrastructure Pre-Apprenticeship: a paid, 120-hour program that provides industry credentials and guaranteed job interviews.
We Build It Better, We Will Build It Better, and Think Big Experiences: K–12 programs that inspire the next generation of builders and technologists.
By The Numbers
Amazon Data Centers in Indiana
$26B
Total planned investment to build data center campuses in Indiana
600
Jobs already created and filled in St. Joseph County, with thousands more supported across the supply chain
$1B
Estimated gross domestic product (GDP) of Amazon’s data centers to Indiana in 2024