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Amazon Makes $15 Billion Investment in Data Center Campuses in Northern Indiana
Amazon plans to create 1,100 high-skilled jobs and fund 2.4 gigawatts of power capacity, promising $1 billion in savings for Indiana electric customers over 15 years.
- On Monday, Amazon announced a $15 billion investment to build data center campuses in northern Indiana, creating 1,100 high-skilled jobs and expanding AI and cloud capacity.
- Under an energy framework with NIPSCO, Amazon will pay all costs to serve the campuses via a GenCo framework, adding surplus generation and aiming to save Indiana electric customers about $1 billion over 15 years.
- Amazon Web Services data show the company earned $33 billion in third-quarter revenue and operates over 900 global facilities, with a recent outage lasting about 15 hours.
- Officials said the projects will support thousands of jobs, with Amazon funding training programs for community colleges and technical schools to build data center skills.
- A congressional report finds Indiana electric bills rising by 16%, with critics and opponents citing concerns over energy use and local jobs, referencing past project disputes.
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Amazon makes $15 billion investment in data center campuses in northern Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS -- Amazon recently announced its plans to build $15 billion in new data center campuses in northern Indiana. According to a news release from the company, the new campuses are aimed at supporting artificial intelligence and cloud computing technologies. The company said that it believes its investment will help support "the future of AI [...]
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