Updated Jul. 10, 2026

Amazon Madison Mega Site

Canton, Mississippi, United States

Amazon Madison Mega Site is an operational AI data center in Canton, MS, USA, with AI chips owned by Amazon and used by Anthropic (speculative). It hosts an estimated 214k H100-equivalent chips, scaling toward a projected 514k H100-equivalent chips — supported by 284 MW of IT power, rising to 683 MW — at a capital cost of $10.8 B, rising to $25.9 B. We estimate that it uses Amazon Trainium2 chips. The timeline of IT power and compute capacity is based on satellite imagery, regulatory filings, chip efficiency, and third-party reporting. This site is likely part of the Anthropic–Amazon Project Rainier collaboration.

OWNER Amazon STATUS Operational USER Anthropic PROJECT Project Rainier
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Satellite view of Amazon Madison Mega Site

Satellite imagery

Latest: May 4, 2026 · 3 high-res images
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Scale & specifications

CURRENT COMPUTE

214k H100-eq

4.24e20 8-bit OP/s

PROJECTED

514k H100-eq

1.02e21 8-bit OP/s

CURRENT IT POWER

284 MW

PROJECTED IT POWER

683 MW

CURRENT COST

$10.8 B

PROJECTED COST

$25.9 B

HardwareAmazon Trainium2

CoolingUnknown

Buildout

Oct 2, 20230
Oct 2, 2023

Land clearing begins

Mar 11, 2025

Generators and chillers still being installed on buildings 1-5.

Jun 23, 2025

Buildings 1-5 are operational, based on roofs being completed 5 months ago and generators being installed by 2025-04-10.

Compute
214kH100-eq
IT Power
284MW
Cost
$10.8B
Oct 4, 2025

Confirmation that five buildings are fully equipped with cooling and backup generators.

Compute
214kH100-eq
IT Power
284MW
Cost
$10.8B
Jun 4, 2026

Buildings 6 and 7 roof completed. Building 8 roof nearly completed. Building 9 roof half way up. No new operational buildings.

Compute
214kH100-eq
IT Power
284MW
Cost
$10.8B
Mar 1, 2027

Buildings 6 and 7 operational, estimated from roofs having been completed 9 months ago (similar timeline to AWS buildings at New Carlisle in 2025).

Compute
300kH100-eq
IT Power
284MW
Cost
$10.8B
Mar 15, 2028

Buildings 8-12 are operational. In June of 2026 only a faint outline of buildings 10,11 and 12 is visible, estimating construction completion to be the end of 2027, alligning with expected completion by 2027. This final estimates adds three months to that for server installation.

Compute
514kH100-eq
IT Power
683MW
Cost
$25.9B

Sources

  1. Air Construction Permit
  2. Backup diesel generator referenced in the permit
  3. New York Times article on Project Rainier
  4. SemiAnalysis article with imagery of Canton they have labeled as being an Amazon-Anthropic collaboration

Read more about our methodology.