Meta data center campus expansion (New Albany, 'Prometheus')
Also called: Meta Columbus East, Meta Licking County South, Socrates North and South power plants
Meta has been growing its New Albany data center campus since 2017 and is building more on 574 acres. It is making its own power with gas plants and asked to borrow a substation built for Intel's delayed chip plant. Residents track air quality because of gas plants and backup diesel generators.
Where things stand: Meta keeps adding buildings. Its own 200 MW gas plant began running in August 2026; a second is under construction.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 2026): The 200 MW 'Socrates South' gas plant near Beech and Morse roads began running.
What we know
- 📍 Where574 acres north of Miller Road, west of Clover Valley Road and south of Green Chapel Road, New Albany, Licking County
- 🏢 CompanyMeta Platforms
- 👤 Built forMeta
- 🌳 Size574 acres
- 🔌 Where the power comes fromMeta's own gas plants ('Socrates South' 200 MW running since August 2026; 'Socrates North' under construction) plus up to 250 MW from AEP's Green Chapel substation built for Intel
- 🗼 New power linesYes
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- How much water does the Meta campus use? 🙋 I'll find out
- What are the air emissions from the Socrates gas plants? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Nov 24, 2025AEP Ohio and Meta asked state regulators to let Meta use the idle Green Chapel substation built for Intel for three years, with four temporary power lines.
- Aug 2026The 200 MW 'Socrates South' gas plant near Beech and Morse roads began running.
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Where this comes from
- Meta wants to draw power for unused New Albany electrical substation built for Intel project · WOSU via WYSU · Nov 26, 2025
- Tuesday hearing about a gas-fired power plant in Licking County is among 6 proposed or under construction · The Reporting Project · Oct 2, 2026
- New Albany Data Center · Meta · May 27, 2025
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