Why it matters
The strategic read
Adds a second primary-source Meta gigawatt campus to the Deal Room archive. Lebanon shows Meta treating 1 GW sites as the standard unit for AI-era capacity, with liquid cooling, energy-affordability funding, public infrastructure upgrades, and utility planning all wrapped into the campus economics.
Source-supported terms
What was disclosed
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Meta announced groundbreaking on a state-of-the-art 1 GW data-center campus in Lebanon, Indiana.
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The company said the facility represents an investment of over $10B in data-center infrastructure and the surrounding community.
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Meta said the site is designed to deliver 1 GW of capacity once operational and will support both AI workloads and core products.
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The project is expected to support more than 4,000 construction jobs at peak and approximately 300 operational jobs.
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Meta said it pays the full costs for energy used by its data centers and works with utilities years in advance to plan for energy needs.
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The company committed $1M each year for 20 years to the Boone REMC Community Fund for direct energy-bill assistance.
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Meta also disclosed more than $120M of investments toward Lebanon water infrastructure, roads, transmission lines and utility upgrades.
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The campus is expected to use a water-efficient closed-loop, liquid-cooled system that recirculates water and uses zero water for a majority of the year.
Disclosure boundary
What is known—and what is not
Primary Meta announcement; utility service terms, construction contracts, power procurement, transmission-line work orders, campus phasing, IT-load ramp and tenant/workload allocation are not fully public.