Meta New Albany
Licking County, OH
Meta New Albany is a mapped data center in Licking County, OH, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 420 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
Meta New Albany is a hyperscale data center in Licking County, Ohio, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc. Operational since 2019, the site draws a reported 420 MW of power, served by AEP Ohio and running within the PJM grid.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMeta Platforms, Inc.
- Files asFacebook USA, Inc.
- This facilityMeta New Albany
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Meta plans billions for its largest AI data centre outside USJamaica Gleaner· Jul 10, 2026
- Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the USThe Independent· Jul 9, 2026
- Balancing Data Center Growth with American AgricultureAmerican Farm Bureau Federation· Jul 6, 2026
- Meta Partners With Reliance on AI-Enabled Data Center in IndiaMeta Store· Jun 9, 2026
- US Army Warns Lawmakers Draft Legislation Risks Data Center PushBloomberg.com· Jun 5, 2026
- AI Data Center Boom Risks Breakup of Biggest US Power Grid OperatorBloomberg.com· Jun 4, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Ohio reported $130.4M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualified property used in an eligible computer data center (R.C. § 122.175) for FY2024 (Ohio Department of Taxation / Office of Budget and Management). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 420 MW (disclosed IT power): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.5 gal/kWh embedded in PJM grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
What this site costs the grid
source: PJM RPM auction reportsPJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site cleared at the PJM-wide (RTO) price, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →
420 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price.
Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Columbus), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, New Albany Primary School in New Albany, is 0.9 mi from this site (1,060 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.