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Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion)
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Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) is a data center under construction in Bowling Green, Ohio (Wood County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced April 2025, 280 acres, a reported $800 million investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.
Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.
Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Meta
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Bowling Green, Wood County, OH
- Coordinates
- 41.4320, -83.7010
- Power capacity
- Not established from a public source
- Land
- 280 acres
- Investment
- $800 million
- Announced
- April 2025
- Utility
- Toledo Edison
- Power source
- Mixed
- On site generation
- 350 MW
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent; 1,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Community Reinvestment Area 75% property tax abatement, Wood County, OH, 2023
- Community reception
- Mixed reception
- 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.
- April 2025Under constructionMeta publicly announced April 9, 2025 at Bowling Green State University press conference; construction already underway at announcement; target opening 2027 Source: Data Center Dynamics
- 2023ProposedProject known locally as Project Accordion via shell company Liames LLC; Fortune 200 company not yet named
Opposition and litigation at this site
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Ohio Power Siting Board fast-tracked approval (Feb 3, 2026) of 350 MW Will-Power Apollo on-site gas plant with no public hearings; residents and environmental advocates raised air quality concerns in Wood County (C ozone rating).
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.
Ohio Power Siting Board fast-tracked approval (Feb 3, 2026) of 350 MW Will-Power Apollo on-site gas plant with no public hearings; residents and environmental advocates raised air quality concerns in Wood County (C ozone rating). Two residences lie within 1,000 feet of planned generating equipment. Plant projected to emit over 2.4 million tons of CO2 annually.
Power and water
100% renewable energy matching committed for grid-drawn power (Toledo Edison/FirstEnergy). Will-Power OH LLC (subsidiary of The Williams Companies) constructing 350 MW Apollo behind-the-meter gas facility adjacent to data center campus; OPSB approved February 3, 2026 (Case No. 25-973-EL-BGN) via fast-track Letter of Notification process, no public hearing held. Plant includes ~120 MW battery energy storage. Not grid-connected. Wood County holds C ozone rating (American Lung Association).
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Reinvestment Area 75% property tax abatement | Not established | Wood County, OH | 2023 |
Notes on the record
715,000 sq ft facility on State Route 582 between SR-25 and I-75, Middleton Township, Wood County OH. Meta's 28th global and 2nd Ohio data center. The Apollo gas plant (OPSB Case No. 25-973-EL-BGN) operates behind-the-meter serving Liames LLC (Meta shell company); not grid-connected. Full capacity from Apollo expected late 2027. Coordinates are approximate Middleton Township centroid.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Power capacity in megawatts
- Cooling method and water use
Which document closes each gap
- Power capacity in megawatts
- The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.
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.
- Oregon Industrial Park Data Center Campus · Oregon · Capacity LLC (Vantage Data Centers named as prospective developer)19 mi · Proposed · 500 MW · Contested
- MARA Findlay Data Center · Findlay · MARA Holdings27 mi · Under construction · 150 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) data center in Bowling Green?
Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) in Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Ohio Power Siting Board fast-tracked approval (Feb 3, 2026) of 350 MW Will-Power Apollo on-site gas plant with no public hearings; residents and environmental advocates raised air quality concerns in Wood County (C ozone rating).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) data center?
No lawsuit over Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) appears in the record we track as of July 6, 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 Bowling Green (Project Accordion) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion), and how big is it?
Meta is the operator on record. We hold 28 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 280 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion)," updated July 6, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-middleton-township-oh.
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-middleton-township-oh, 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 to develop data center campus outside Toledo, Ohio · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Hello, Bowling Green! - Meta Data Centers · Meta Data Centers · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Ohio Data Center Expansion Faces Opposition Over New 350 MW Gas Plant Approval · Construction Owners Association of America · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.OPSB authorizes construction of Wood County power plant · Ohio Power Siting Board · retrieved July 6, 2026
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