AWS Opens $11B Project Rainier Data Center for Anthropic

What happened

Amazon Web Services has opened a new data center campus in Indiana called Project Rainier. The facility is designed to run artificial intelligence models for Anthropic. The campus represents a major investment in AI infrastructure.

Why it matters

• The data center will support large-scale AI model development and deployment.
• It marks a significant expansion of AWS’s AI-focused computing capacity.
• The project strengthens AWS’s partnership with Anthropic in the AI sector.

Key facts

1. 1. The Project Rainier data center campus cost $11 billion to build.
2. 2. The facility is located in Indiana.
3. 3. The campus is dedicated to running AI models for Anthropic.