Nov 24 (Reuters) - Amazon.com ( AMZN ) is planning to

invest about $15 billion in Northern Indiana to build data

center campuses, the tech giant said as it looks to boost its

cloud computing capacity to support booming artificial

intelligence demand.

The new data center project, which comes on top of an $11

billion outlay announced last year, will add 2.4 gigawatts of

capacity in the region, Amazon ( AMZN ) said on Monday. It is also

expected to create 1,100 jobs.

The e-commerce behemoth, which is also the largest cloud

services provider in the world, has invested more than $31.3

billion in Indiana since 2010.

Tech companies like Alphabet, Microsoft ( MSFT )

and Meta are spending billions of dollars to develop AI

infrastructure, even though the returns from the investments

have been low.

Earlier in the day, Amazon ( AMZN ) also announced plans to invest up

to $50 billion to expand AI and supercomputing capabilities for

U.S. government customers of its cloud unit, Amazon Web

Services.

Amazon ( AMZN ) did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for

comment on whether the two announcements had any overlap.

For the Indiana project, Amazon ( AMZN ) has struck an agreement with

NIPSCO, one of Indiana's top natural gas and electric companies,

for the project.

The company has agreed to pay fees to use existing power and

cover the costs for any new power needs for the data center

project, without additional costs for local residents and

businesses.

(Reporting by Deborah Sophia in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun

Koyyur)