Amazon To Begin Construction On Final St. Joseph County Data Center Campus
Amazon’s data center campus near New Carlisle and west of South Bend is roughly half built, with 16 of 32 planned buildings completed or under construction. The company has begun operating buildings, employing more than 1,000 people, and is working with St. Joseph County on final site plans and wetland mitigation for the remaining campus area.
Amazon’s $13.8 billion data center campus in St. Joseph County has advanced substantially since breaking ground in October 2024. Seven buildings on the northern campus are operational, nine buildings on the southern campus have been completed, and additional buildings are expected to come online through early 2027. Amazon said the operating facilities are supporting Anthropic’s artificial intelligence models, while the company has hired more than 1,000 permanent employees, most of them Indiana residents.
Construction has not yet started on the third parcel, known as SBN 210, and the final number and size of buildings remain under review with county planning and zoning officials. At a county water resources meeting, Amazon representative Bijay Niraula said the project would eliminate 4.82 acres of wetlands but create 10.2 acres as local mitigation, while county economic development official Bill Schalliol said construction could continue for another two to three years.