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Jun 25, 2025
Amazon's Indiana megastructure to revolutionize AI computing
Amazon is dropping $11 billion on a massive new AI data center campus in New Carlisle, Indiana.
Nicknamed Project Rainier, this site will start with seven giant data centers (and could eventually have 30!), mainly powering Anthropic—an AI startup developing systems meant to rival the human brain.
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Project Rainier raises concerns about water use, environmental impact
Project Rainier is all about energy-efficient computing using Amazon's custom Trainium 2 chips, but it'll still need a huge amount of power—enough for a million homes.
The project brings jobs and tax breaks to the area, but also raises concerns about water use and environmental impact since it'll draw millions of gallons from local supplies and rely mostly on natural gas.