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Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District)

Meta Lebanon Data Center is an AI data center campus developed by Meta Platforms in Indiana, Lebanon. 1 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Under construction · Meta Platforms · greenfield · MISO · Lebanon, Indiana, United States

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Capacity: announced vs energized

Contracted
not recorded
Under construction
not recorded
Energized
not recorded

Announced-to-energized gap: 1 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

43rd-largest announced of 102 tracked campuses62th percentile announced-to-energized gap≈ 810,000 homes of power at full announced capacity (basis)
Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) capacity claims
Source
Announced1 GW2026-02-11claimedpress release

Key facts

under construction

Lifecycle

1 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

Meta Platforms

Developer

United States

Location

MISO

Grid

greenfield

Land

2

Facilities tracked

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Stated investment / jobs (company)
Feb 11 2026 Meta said the Lebanon, Indiana campus will represent an investment of more than $10 billion once completed, supporting about 4,000 construction jobs at peak and over 300 operational jobs, spanning roughly 4 million square feet (Meta Data Centers, Feb 11 2026)
Capacity / AI role (company)
Meta Newsroom frames the campus as a 1 GW site designed for both AI workloads and core products, calling it one of Meta's largest infrastructure investments to date (Meta Newsroom, Feb 11 2026)
Acreage / buildings (state)
Indiana Economic Development Corporation says Meta will invest over $10 billion over several phases on a 1,500-acre campus with 13 total buildings, including 10 data center buildings plus logistics, warehousing, network and administrative facilities (IEDC, Feb 11 2026)
Energy / community funds (company)
Meta says it works with Boone Power and Wabash Valley Power Alliance and will donate $1 million annually for 20 years to the Boone County Community Trust for energy-cost assistance, plus emergency water-bill support via The Caring Center (Meta Data Centers, Feb 11 2026; Meta Newsroom, Feb 11 2026)
Infrastructure spend (company)
Meta says it will invest more than $120 million toward critical water infrastructure in Lebanon plus roads, transmission lines and utility upgrades, match 100% of new data center energy use with clean energy, pursue LEED Gold, and use closed-loop liquid cooling (Meta Newsroom, Feb 11 2026)
Community impact payment (state)
IEDC reports Meta committed an annual community impact payment of $1.5 million to the city of Lebanon for each completed phase of an up to six-phase project (IEDC, Feb 11 2026)

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The story of Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District)
Announced capex
$10B
Jobs
300 permanent reported
Derived
Cost per MW
$10M/MW
Cost per job
$33M per permanent job

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

In clusterIndiana(86)

The deal

utility
Boone County REMC · serving co-op; Meta pays full energy cost per announcement
operator
Meta Platforms

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
MISO
Interconnection

The MISO grid demand right now: 70.7 GW (EIA-930, 2026-10-02 08:00). Meta Lebanon Data Center's announced 1 GW would be 1.4% of the grid's current load.

County water status: No drought in Boone County, week of 2026-09-29 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

Meta Lebanon Data Center sits on greenfield in Indiana, Lebanon. It connects to the MISO grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Regulatory paper trail

The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States

Investment, workforce and specs

Capex
$10B source
Construction jobs
4,000 source
Permanent jobs
300 source

Facilities at this campus

Timeline

  2. Aug 2026
    party added
    utility: Boone County REMC
  3. Oct 2026
    Current: Under construction

Sources

aca9e9b9-db6a-469a-926b-79c18512452f · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

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Common questions

What is Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District)?
Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Lebanon. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) use?
Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) has 1 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry; no energized capacity is yet recorded. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District)?
Meta Platforms is recorded as a party to Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District) is under construction. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District)?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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Cite this page

DEPLOY. (2026). Meta Lebanon Data Center (LEAP District): AI data center campus record. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/meta-lebanon-leap-indiana

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