Amazon.com’s cloud-computing arm said it would invest eleven billion dollars in Indiana to build data centers, marking the state’s largest capital investment, and promising at least 1,000 jobs.
The announcement by Amazon Web Services on Thursday builds on the online retail giant’s already strong presence in the state, where it employs 26,000 full- and part-time staff.
The new facilities will be build in St Joseph County in north-central Indiana and house computer equipment used to power cloud computing and generative artificial intelligence.
The company said Indiana Economic Development Corp, IEDC, will offer Amazon Web Services data center sales tax exemptions for eligible capital investments over a 50-year term.
The IEDC has also agreed to offer some performance-based incentives, including up to 18.3 million dollars in headcount-based tax credits, up to 5 million dollars in training grants and up to 55 million dollars in Hoosier Business Investment tax credits.
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