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Meta Prometheus

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Under constructionMixed receptionAI confirmedRecord updated August 8, 2026

Meta Prometheus is a data center under construction in New Albany, Ohio (Licking County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced November 2025, 1 GW planned, a reported $1.5 billion 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
New Albany, Licking County, OH
Coordinates
40.0920, -82.8360
Power capacity
1 GW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
$1.5 billion
Announced
November 2025
Utility
Nuclear PPAs reportedly with Vistra (Ohio plants) and Oklo (Pike County campus); TerraPower PPA reported but not independently confirmed; on-site gas generation referenced in state permit filings
Power source
Mixed
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Ohio Computer Data Center sales-and-use tax exemption (via Meta operating entity Sidecat LLC); reported ~$600M over roughly 40 years, Ohio, 2017
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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. November 2025
    Under construction
    Meta publicly confirms Prometheus at New Albany; described as world's first planned 1 GW data center; expected operational 2026. Baxtel (July 2026) reports some phases already operational with future phases planned, overall 1 GW build-out still under construction. Source: Spectrum News 1

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Prometheus in New Albany, Licking County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. New Albany City Council granted 15-year property tax abatement; nearby business owners voiced concern over frequent power outages.

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.

New Albany City Council granted 15-year property tax abatement; nearby business owners voiced concern over frequent power outages. Broader New Albany data center tax-break policy contested by state legislators.

Source: Spectrum News 1

Power and water

Nuclear PPAs with Vistra (Ohio nuclear plants) and Oklo (1.2 GW Pike County campus) reported and partially corroborated by SEC filings and news; TerraPower PPA referenced in NBC4i (403 on access this session) but not found in any independently accessible source, treat as unconfirmed. On-site gas generation mentioned in state permit filings per record notes; 200 MW figure and 20-acre power yard not independently confirmed from accessible public sources and removed from this record.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Ohio Computer Data Center sales-and-use tax exemption (via Meta operating entity Sidecat LLC); reported ~$600M over roughly 40 yearsNot establishedOhio2017

Notes on the record

Baxtel reports campus as partially operational in 2026 with future phases planned; overall 1 GW build-out still in progress. Site address 1500 Beech Rd NW cited in permit filings but not confirmed from independently accessible sources this session. Nuclear PPA claims partially corroborated (Vistra/Oklo via SEC filings and news; TerraPower unconfirmed). On-site gas generation capacity removed pending accessible source confirmation. County listed as Licking, consistent with Beech Road corridor at Licking/Franklin county boundary per stopohiodatacenters.org. OPSB approved a 250 MW behind-the-meter gas plant ("Socrates the Younger," Will-Power OH, LLC) on 109 acres at Clover Valley Rd & Harrison Rd NW, New Albany, with the primary consumer named as Sidecat LLC, a Meta affiliate, corroborating the on-site generation previously removed pending an accessible source, and revising the figure from an unconfirmed 200 MW to 250 MW. This is the plant's nameplate generation, not IT load; the record's capacityMw (1,000 MW planned) is unchanged.

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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.

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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 Prometheus data center in New Albany?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Prometheus in New Albany, Licking County, Ohio appear in the record, with no clear majority position. New Albany City Council granted 15-year property tax abatement; nearby business owners voiced concern over frequent power outages.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Prometheus data center?

No lawsuit over Meta Prometheus appears in the record we track as of August 8, 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 Prometheus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Meta Prometheus 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 Prometheus, 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.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Prometheus," updated August 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-prometheus-new-albany-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-prometheus-new-albany-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. 1.World's first gigawatt-scale data center coming to Ohio · Spectrum News 1 · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Meta will use nuclear power for its New Albany A.I. data center · NBC4 WCMH-TV · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.Meta: Prometheus Campus Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Ohio has committed at least $2.3 billion in tax breaks for data centers · Signal Ohio · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.Ohio regulators approve 250-megawatt power plant to fuel New Albany Meta data center · Scioto Post · retrieved August 8, 2026

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