Data center fact sheet · county
St. Joseph County, Indiana
As of . Latest dated change shown: Sep 22, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 1
- 1 operating
- Planned capacity
- None published
- 0 projects publish a figure; 1 project publishes none
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus) New Carlisle | none published | Amazon Web Services |
Pauses and local rules
No moratorium action on record.
Upcoming votes and hearings
No upcoming hearing on record. Agendas change; check with the body before attending.
Latest changes
- Sep 22, 2026 St. Joseph County Council advances, on a 6-3 vote, a resolution that would bar new hyperscale data centers from the county (Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus))[1]
- Aug 10, 2026 Council Republicans propose asking Amazon for $7 million; Amazon says it is not interested in revisiting the abatement (Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus))[2]
- Jun 3, 2026 Amazon holds ribbon-cutting for campus administration building (Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus))[3]
- Jun 2026 Four Republican council members ask Amazon to voluntarily return part of its tax break (Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus))[3]
- Jan 27, 2026 The Department of Energy ordered the data center to cut 50 MW from the grid; backup diesel generators ran and cold weather disrupted pollution controls on five of them (Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus))[4]
- Oct 29, 2025 AWS activates Project Rainier; cluster fully operational with ~500,000 Trainium2 chips (Project Rainier (AWS New Carlisle campus))[5]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- ABC57, “St. Joseph County Council advances plan to ban new data centers”, Sep 22, 2026. https://www.abc57.com/news/st-joseph-county-council-advances-plan-to-ban-new-data-centers
- WVPE, “Council Republicans ask Amazon to give back some data center tax break”, Aug 10, 2026. https://www.wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2026-08-10/council-republicans-ask-amazon-to-give-back-some-data-center-tax-break
- WVPE, “Council members asking Amazon to pay despite tax abatement”, Jun 24, 2026. https://www.wvpe.org/wvpe-news/2026-06-24/council-members-asking-amazon-to-pay-despite-tax-abatement
- InkFreeNews.com (Indianapolis Star / Notre Dame Gallivan Program), “Power Needs, Pollution, Local Politics Collide At Amazon Data Center”, Aug 14, 2026. https://www.inkfreenews.com/2026/08/14/power-needs-pollution-local-politics-collide-at-amazon-data-center/
- Data Center Knowledge, “Project Rainer: AWS, Anthropic Complete Massive AI Supercomputing Cluster”, Oct 29, 2025. https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/supercomputers/project-rainer-aws-anthropic-complete-massive-ai-supercomputing-cluster
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: St. Joseph County, Indiana,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/indiana/st-joseph-county.