Data Center Registry
Meta Lebanon (Project Domino)
Lebanon, Boone County, Indiana · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker
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.
- February 2026Under constructionOfficial 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)
- November 2024ProposedProject 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.
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
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35-year data center sales tax exemption (IEDC) | Not established | Indiana | 2026 |
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.
- Vantage Pittsboro Campus · Pittsboro · Vantage Data Centers14 mi · Permitted · 400 MW
- Logix Reality Frankfort Data Center · Frankfort · Logix Reality LLC15 mi · Cancelled · Opposed
- Metrobloks Martindale-Brightwood Data Center · Indianapolis · Metrobloks26 mi · Permitted · 75 MW · In litigation
- Sabey Decatur Technology Park · Decatur Township · Sabey Data Centers27 mi · Permitted · 250 MW · In litigation
- DC BLOX Warren Township Data Center · Warren Township · DC BLOX29 mi · Permitted · 78 MW · Contested
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.Meta's New Data Center in Lebanon, Indiana Marks a Milestone AI Investment · Meta (about.fb.com) · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Details on long-expected Meta data center campus unveiled · Indiana Capital Chronicle · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Meta Makes Lebanon Data Center Announcement Official · City of Lebanon, IN · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 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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