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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.

41st-largest announced of 97 tracked campuses63th 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

On the data center map

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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: 76.0 GW (EIA-930, 2026-09-27 19:00). Meta Lebanon Data Center's announced 1 GW would be 1.3% of the grid's current load.

County water status: No drought in Boone County, week of 2026-09-22 (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
FAA Proposed Rule: Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight (July 2026)operational restriction · 2026-07-02 · 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. Sep 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

Meta Lebanon Data Center vs Meta Social Circle / Stanton Springs Data Center →Meta Lebanon Data Center vs Meta Beaver Dam Data Center →Meta Lebanon Data Center vs Meta Hyperion Data Center →Meta Lebanon Data Center vs Meta Eagle Mountain Data Center Campus →Meta Lebanon Data Center vs Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus →

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 September 27, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/meta-lebanon-leap-indiana

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