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Amazon plans to spend $15 billion for the largest construction project in Indiana history, building data center campuses in Northwest Indiana and creating 1,100 new jobs, officials said.

The data centers would ideally be up and running in 2027, said Brandon Oyer, head of Americas water and power at Amazon Web Services.

Sites for them have not yet been finalized, although AWS is in negotiations with multiple communities, he said Monday.

The project includes 2.4 gigawatts – 2,400 megawatts – of additional generating capacity for data centers without raising rates for existing customers, Oyer said.

He expects customers to see $1 billion in cost savings over the 15-year contract with NIPSCO.

NIPSCO President and Chief Operating Officer Vince P

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