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Meta Lebanon (Project Domino)

Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker

Under constructionSupportedAI confirmedRecord updated August 5, 2026

Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) is a data center under construction in Lebanon, Indiana (Boone County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced February 2026, 1 GW planned, 1,500 acres, a reported $10 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
Meta
Facility type
Data center, AI use confirmed
Location
Lebanon, Boone County, IN
Coordinates
40.0700, -86.4500
Power capacity
1 GW planned
Land
1,500 acres
Investment
$10 billion
Announced
February 2026
Utility
Grid (100% renewable matching; 400+ MW new Indiana clean energy projects backed by Meta)
Power source
Grid
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
300 permanent; 4,000 construction
Public subsidy
35-year data center sales tax exemption (IEDC), Indiana, 2026
Community reception
Supported
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.

  1. February 2026
    Under construction
    Official groundbreaking February 11, 2026; $10B investment confirmed; 13-building campus (10 data center + logistics, network, admin); 1 GW capacity target; completion targeted late 2027-early 2028 Source: Meta (about.fb.com)
  2. November 2024
    Proposed
    Project known locally as Project Domino since November 2024 at LEAP Innovation and Research District, Lebanon IN Source: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) in Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 5, 2026. Meta committed $120M in local infrastructure improvements (roads, transmission, utilities); $1M/year for 20 years to Boone REMC Community Fund for energy cost assistance; partnership with Lebanon city on public works.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Meta committed $120M in local infrastructure improvements (roads, transmission, utilities); $1M/year for 20 years to Boone REMC Community Fund for energy cost assistance; partnership with Lebanon city on public works.

Source: Meta (about.fb.com)

Power and water

Meta backing 400+ MW of new Indiana renewable energy projects; LEED Gold certification targeted for all buildings

Meta pledged 100% water restoration; 200 million gallons/year returned to Upper Wabash River Basin via Arable irrigation partnership with local farmers for 10 years

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
35-year data center sales tax exemption (IEDC)Not establishedIndiana2026

Notes on the record

LEAP Innovation and Research District, Lebanon IN (Boone County, ~30 mi NW of Indianapolis). 1,500 acres, 4 million sq ft total; 13 buildings. Among Meta's largest single infrastructure investments. Coordinates are approximate LEAP District area north of Lebanon.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) data center in Lebanon?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) in Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 5, 2026. Meta committed $120M in local infrastructure improvements (roads, transmission, utilities); $1M/year for 20 years to Boone REMC Community Fund for energy cost assistance; partnership with Lebanon city on public works.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) data center?

No lawsuit over Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) 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 Lebanon (Project Domino) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Meta Lebanon (Project Domino) 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 Lebanon (Project Domino), 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 1 GW. The site is recorded at 1500 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Lebanon (Project Domino)," updated August 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-lebanon-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-lebanon-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. 1.Meta's New Data Center in Lebanon, Indiana Marks a Milestone AI Investment · Meta (about.fb.com) · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Details on long-expected Meta data center campus unveiled · Indiana Capital Chronicle · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Meta Makes Lebanon Data Center Announcement Official · City of Lebanon, IN · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Meta announces plans to build 1-gigawatt data center in Indiana as part of AI build-out · Yahoo Finance · retrieved August 5, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found

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