# The goal is to accelerate how quickly Amazon Web Services can bring new computing capacity online.

*semiconductor · news · 2026-04-10 · Business Insider*

## Key points

- Amazon's Project Houdini will preassemble core server rooms as large modules in factories.
- Houdini is expected to cut data center construction from 15 weeks to 2-3 weeks for server installation.
- The approach could eliminate up to 50,000 on-site electrician hours per data hall build.
- Amazon plans to scale Houdini to support over 100 data centers a year, starting August.
- Initial Houdini module production will occur in Topeka, Houston, and Salt Lake City with Cupertino Electric.

**Companies:** Amazon, Schneider Electric, Vertiv, Cupertino Electric Inc.
**Countries:** United States

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