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Meta Jeffersonville Data Center
Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker
Meta Jeffersonville Data Center is a data center under construction in Jeffersonville, Indiana (Clark County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced January 2024, 407 MW planned, 619 acres, a reported $800 million investment. It faces documented, organized local opposition.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Meta
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Jeffersonville, Clark County, IN
- Coordinates
- 38.3300, -85.7150
- Power capacity
- 407 MW planned
- Land
- 619 acres
- Investment
- $800 million
- Announced
- January 2024
- Utility
- Duke Energy Indiana
- Power source
- Solar
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent; 1,250 construction
- Public subsidy
- 35-year sales tax exemption, Indiana (IEDC), 2024
- Community reception
- Opposed
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- January 2024ProposedMeta announces $800M AI-focused data center at River Ridge Commerce Center, Jeffersonville IN; first major Meta data center announcement of 2024; Meta's 22nd global datacenter Source: Meta Data Centers
- 2024Under construction619-acre site development begins; expected operational 2026 Source: Bloomberg
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Organized local opposition to Meta Jeffersonville Data Center in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Community groups pushed back citing water supply burden (up to 5 million gallons/day estimated), energy cost impacts, and tax abatements while investment in local economy seen as insufficient.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: opposed means documented, organized local opposition is the dominant signal on record.
Community groups pushed back citing water supply burden (up to 5 million gallons/day estimated), energy cost impacts, and tax abatements while investment in local economy seen as insufficient. Wave3 News covered community opposition forum October 2025.
Power and water
Meta signed PPAs/EAPAs to support the Jeffersonville campus's 100% renewable commitment: a 60 MWac Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement with Arevon Energy for the Heirloom Solar Project in Pike County (targeted Q3 2025), plus two Solarpack-developed Indiana solar projects totaling ~210 MW.
Liquid-cooled hardware for AI workloads; community concern over potential use of up to 5 million gallons/day
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35-year sales tax exemption | Not established | Indiana (IEDC) | 2024 |
Notes on the record
River Ridge Commerce Center, Jeffersonville IN (Clark County, across Ohio River from Louisville KY). ~700,000 sq ft; AI-native design with liquid cooling from the start. Coordinates are approximate River Ridge Commerce Center area.
Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Flexential Louisville - Downtown · Louisville · Flexential6 mi · Operating
- QLEVR Charlestown Data Center · Charlestown · QLEVR LLC9 mi · Proposed · 3 MW · Contested
- PowerHouse Data Centers, Louisville (Camp Ground Road) · Louisville · PowerHouse Data Centers12 mi · Under construction · 402 MW · Opposed
- Flexential Louisville - East (NAS-equivalent LOU-East) · Louisville · Flexential12 mi · Operating
- Project Lincoln: OC Data Center · La Grange · Western Hospitality Partners19 mi · Cancelled · 600 MW · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Meta Jeffersonville Data Center in Jeffersonville?
Yes. Organized local opposition to Meta Jeffersonville Data Center in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana is documented in the public record, without a lawsuit on file in the sources we track. Community groups pushed back citing water supply burden (up to 5 million gallons/day estimated), energy cost impacts, and tax abatements while investment in local economy seen as insufficient.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Jeffersonville Data Center?
No lawsuit over Meta Jeffersonville Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 5, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Meta Jeffersonville Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Meta Jeffersonville Data Center is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Meta Jeffersonville Data Center, and how big is it?
Meta is the operator on record. We hold 28 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 407 MW. The site is recorded at 619 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Jeffersonville Data Center," updated August 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-jeffersonville-in.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/meta-jeffersonville-in, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Hello, Jeffersonville! - Meta Data Centers · Meta Data Centers · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Meta Building New $800 Million AI-Focused Data Center in Indiana · Bloomberg · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Jeffersonville community pushes back against Meta data center · WAVE 3 News · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Facilities Dive - Meta to bring 210 MW of solar energy to Indiana · retrieved July 24, 2026
- 5.Meta to develop data center campus in Jeffersonville, Indiana · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved August 5, 2026
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