Power
Power and the grid
200 MW energized · 200 MW permitted
Socrates South gas plant (Williams)Operating
behind the meter; in service Aug. 2026, with co-located battery storage News report · Aug. 2026
Socrates North gas plant (Williams)Under construction
certificate approved Sep. 18, 2025 with 30 conditions; battery storage of 173.3 MW also approved State agency · Sept. 2025
Energized nowPermitted
Other sources, size not disclosed
- AEP Ohio grid service Serving legacy buildingsserves the older buildings; contracted megawatts not published; an interim 250 MW substation supply from 2027 awaits state approval (press) News report · Oct. 2026
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- Feb. 28, 2025Williams power agreementWilliams agrees to invest about $1.6B in on-site power and gas pipelines for a 10-year, mostly fixed-price contract with an unnamed investment-grade customer. News report · March 2025
- July 9, 2025State approves AEP Ohio's data-center tariffNew data centers must pay for at least 85% of the capacity they subscribe to and owe exit fees. News report · Oct. 2026
- Oct. 15, 2026Interim substation supply proposedAEP Ohio and Meta ask the state to approve 250 MW of supply for three years from 2027, starting with 120 MW (press). News report · Oct. 2026
- Two more Williams plants serve this same campus under separate approvals (a 250 MW plant approved Jun. 2026 and a 500 MW plant pending); they are not counted in the 400 MW above. State agency · Sept. 2026
Grid upgrades
No grid upgrade for this campus's load is on record. Related grid records in the area:
- PJM's approved B4068 baseline family (49 components, $2,767.96M - 51 line items across the Ohio and Indiana tables, with B4068.3/.4 cross-listed in both at identical cost; all required in-service 6/1/2030, TEAC… Dataset · Dec. 2025
Is it running?
Evidence from space
NO2 over the site, net of the rural background, was about the same in July–September 2026 (5 µmol/m²) as a year earlier (5), and the rural background stayed flat (26 and 24). The satellite sees no new combustion large enough to stand out here. On record here: Socrates South gas plant (Williams), 200 MW, in service; Socrates North gas plant (Williams), 200 MW, permitted. A plant of that size can run without standing out from the other sources in the box at this resolution.
NO2 over the campus and over open country (µmol/m²)
What else could explain it
- The box takes in New Albany and Columbus's north-east suburbs, State Route 161 and several other large data-center campuses.
- Weather moves NO2 from day to day (wind, sunlight, cloud), and it builds up in winter. Subtracting the background box and comparing the same season a year apart removes most of that.
How this works: the Sentinel-5P satellite measures NO2 in the air over every point on Earth once a day, around 1:30 p.m. local time, in pixels about 5.5 by 3.5 km. NO2 comes from burning fuel (turbines, engines, traffic, power plants), so a rise over a site that open country does not share points to new combustion there. It shows combustion activity, not megawatts. The site box is about 15 km across; the background box is open country about 57 km away. We use only high-quality readings and drop days or weeks when cloud hides more than half of either box. Data: Copernicus Sentinel-5P (ESA), processed with the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem Sentinel Hub statistics service.
Permits
Permits checklist
1 pending · 3 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup or on-site generators), and what we found.
- ◷Interim substation supply PendingPublic Utilities Commission of Ohio · Oct. 15, 2026: joint AEP Ohio and Meta request; 250 MW for three years State agency · June 2025
- ✓Socrates South plant (200 MW gas) GrantedOhio Power Siting Board · June 9, 2025: construction authorized by letter of notification, no hearing State agency · June 2025
- ✓Socrates North plant (200 MW gas) GrantedOhio Power Siting Board · Sept. 18, 2025: certificate with 30 conditions after local and evidentiary hearings State agency · Sept. 2025
- ✓Battery storage, both plants GrantedOhio Power Siting Board · Dec. 23, 2025: 200 MW (Oct. 2025) and 173.3 MW (Dec. 2025), behind the meter State agency · Sept. 2026
- –Checked, nothing on file: Gas pipeline certificates
Risks
What could slow it down
- MediumAir and approval-path oppositionSave Ohio Parks and the Free Press campaign against the gas plants, citing emissions and approvals granted without hearings. News report · Sept. 2026
- MediumUnproven grid fallbackThe interim AEP Ohio substation supply still needs state approval, and no contracted grid megawatts are published. Company · Oct. 2026
- WatchConstruction noiseNew Albany received noise complaints in July 2026 after a temporary sound wall was removed; Meta began mitigation. News report · Sept. 2026
Money
Money on record
$1.6B
Williams investment in power and pipelines for the first project
completion was first guided for the second half of 2026 News report · March 2025
$5.34B
Blackstone-led investment in a 49% stake in five Williams power projects
portfolio-level, July 2026; not specific to this campus SEC filing · Aug. 2026
~$37M
state incentives for the original 2017 campus (reported)
plus a 15-year city property tax abatement News report · July 2017
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- Aug. 15, 2017Site Facebook announces a $750M New Albany data center State agency · July 2017
- April 2022Construction Meta announces a two-building expansion, bringing the campus to about $1.5B (press) News report · Oct. 2026
- Feb. 28, 2025Money Williams agrees to build on-site gas power for the campus under a 10-year contract News report · March 2025
- June 9, 2025Permits State authorizes Socrates South, a 200 MW behind-the-meter gas plant State agency · June 2025
- Sept. 18, 2025Permits State approves Socrates North with 30 conditions State agency · Sept. 2025
- April 2026Construction Meta begins erecting five tent-style structures, finished by June News report · Oct. 2026
- June 26, 2026Permits State approves a third Williams plant for the campus (250 MW, separate case) State agency · June 2026
- July 2026Money Williams sells a 49% stake in five power projects, including Socrates, to a Blackstone-led group SEC filing · Aug. 2026
- Aug. 2026Power Socrates South delivers 200 MW behind the meter to Meta News report · Aug. 2026
- Oct. 15, 2026Power AEP Ohio and Meta ask the state to approve interim substation supply (press) News report · Oct. 2026
- Dec. 2026Power Socrates North plant guided for completion, fourth quarter of 2026 (company) Company · Aug. 2026
Construction activity
Building activity by quarter
Since Aug. 2025: 3 FAA filings (Aug. 2025): tallest permanent stack 40 ft (filed Aug. 2025) and tallest crane 265 ft (Aug. 2025).
FAA filings
’25
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 3. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings
Specs
~125,000 sq ft tents, 5 built
rapid-deployment structures erected Apr. to Jun. 2026, about 30 MW each (press)
Natural gas, two 24-inch pipelines
fuel supply for the first plant; pipeline approvals were to be filed separately
1,000+ workers
evacuated in a Nov. 2025 site incident; Turner Construction is the contractor (press)
Other data centers within 40 km (69)
This campus (footprint)114 ac
Lockbourne Data Center211 ac
New Albany OH Data Center154 ac
Cosgray Campus Data Center74 ac
5121 Hayden Run Data Center55 ac
5113 Hayden Run Data Center54 ac
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Owners and developers
- Meta Platforms, Inc.: campus owner and sole user, through Sidecat LLC
- Williams Companies via Will-Power OH LLC: builds and runs the gas plants
- Blackstone and partners: 49% investors in the Williams power platform
Contractors and utility
- Turner Construction: campus contractor (press)
- AEP Ohio: grid utility for the older buildings
Regulators and opponents
- Ohio Power Siting Board; Public Utilities Commission of Ohio; Ohio EPA
- Save Ohio Parks and Free Press: opponents
Still unknown
Open questions
- IT capacity and contracted utility megawatts (none published).
- Whether the interim substation supply is approved.
- Completion of Socrates North.
Where this comes from
150 records from 38 documents
Drawn from news reports, state agency records, public and commercial datasets, company statements and securities filings, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 22State agency 10Dataset 4Company 2SEC filing 1
Evidence
Every quote behind this page
Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.
Power (53)
- County code: Franklin County, OH (39049); Licking County, OH (39089)“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- On-site generation: 200 MW“25-0781-EL-BLN Socrates South 10/15/25 Licking BTM 200”State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
- On-site generation: 173.3 MW“25-1026-EL-BLN Socrates North 12/23/25 Licking BTM 173.3”State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
- Neo Power Generation Facility, a fourth Will-Power plant proposed for this campus (500 MW gas + 260 MW BESS, OPSB case 26-0627-EL-BGN, pending; local public hearing Oct 6, 2026, evidentiary hearing Oct 21, 2026). Separa“26-0627-EL-BGN Neo Power Generation 6/23/26 Licking BTM 260”State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
- Socrates the Younger (STY), a third Will-Power plant serving this same Sidecat campus (250 MW gas + 116 MW BESS, OPSB case 26-0169-EL-BLN, approved Jun 26, 2026; Ohio EPA draft PTI P0139969), is a SEPARATE docket the s“The Socrates the Younger (STY) Power Generation Facility will operate “behind-the-meter” to serve the electric load of an adjacent data center”State agency · June 2026 · grade A
- Aliases: Socrates South Power Generation Facility; Prometheus; Sidecat campus“Will-Power OH, LLC will construct and operate the power plant on 20 acres within the New Albany International Business Park, and Sidecat, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., will consume the power”State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- Owner companies: Sidecat LLC (campus owner; power consumer); Will-Power OH LLC (plant owner/operator)“Will-Power OH, LLC will construct and operate the power plant on 20 acres within the New Albany International Business Park, and Sidecat, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., will consume the power”State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- Address: New Albany International Business Park, New Albany, OH 43054 (Socrates plants on 20-acre sites within the park; Beech Road / Morse Road area)“Will-Power OH, LLC will construct and operate the power plant on 20 acres within the New Albany International Business Park, and Sidecat, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., will consume the power”State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- On-site generation: 200 MW“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approved the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- Name: Meta Socrates South (New Albany), Meta Prometheus campus“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- Developer: Meta Platforms, Inc. (campus, held by affiliate Sidecat LLC); on-site power plants built and operated by Will-Power OH LLC (Williams Companies subsidiary)“Sidecat owns a 740-acre industrial property campus within the New Albany Business Park, on which the 20-acre generation facility will be located”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- Acres: 740 acres“Sidecat owns a 740-acre industrial property campus within the New Albany Business Park, on which the 20-acre generation facility will be located”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- On-site generation: 200 MW“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- Power plan: hybrid, legacy buildings grid-served by AEP Ohio; Prometheus expansion load behind-the-meter from dedicated on-site gas plants; the plants are not grid-connected“The Socrates South Power Generation Project will operate “behind-the-meter,” to serve the electric load of an adjacent data center and will not be physically connected to the electric power grid”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- Interconnection status: on-site plants: no grid interconnection (behind-the-meter by certificate); campus grid service via AEP Ohio; interim substation supply arrangement proposed and pending PUCO approval“The Socrates South Power Generation Project will operate “behind-the-meter,” to serve the electric load of an adjacent data center and will not be physically connected to the electric power grid”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- EIA registration status: Not listed in EIA-860M (Aug 2026) under any sheet; no EIA plant ID; not a CAMPD facility“Inventory of Operating Generators as of August 2026”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Nearest substation of 345 kV or more: 2.163 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest power line of 345 kV or more: 2.071 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Nearest gas pipeline: 2.930 kmMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Stage: operating“Successful completion of phase one of Socrates, the company's first Power Innovation project; phase two on track for 4Q 2026 completion”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- IT capacity: not stated“DOCUMENTED ABSENCE: no OPSB, PUCO, Ohio EPA, SEC or company document opened states an IT (critical) load for this campus; the only campus-wide capacity figure is Meta's stated 1 GW Prometheus cluster total”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Utility service: not stated“DOCUMENTED ABSENCE: no campus-specific contracted or subscribed AEP Ohio MW for this campus is published in any PUCO, AEP Ohio or company source opened”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Socrates South is one of FOUR Will-Power plants for the Prometheus campus and must not absorb the siblings' figures: Socrates North (200 MW), Socrates the Younger (250 MW, OPSB approval Jun 26, 2026), and NEO Power Gener“The Neo Power Generation project is a hybrid 500 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility and 260 MW battery energy storage system.”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Current target date: operating, Socrates South in service Aug 2026; Socrates North completion guided to 4Q 2026“Successful completion of phase one of Socrates, the company's first Power Innovation project; phase two on track for 4Q 2026 completion”Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
- Phases: Phase 1 Socrates South (200 MW plant + co-located BESS; in service Aug 2026); Phase 2 Socrates North (200 MW plant + 173.3 MW BESS; building, COD guided 4Q 2026); legacy campus buildings (2019– ); five rapid-depl“Successful completion of phase one of Socrates, the company's first Power Innovation project; phase two on track for 4Q 2026 completion”Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
- County code: 39089“authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- On-site generation: 200 MW“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County.”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Generation operator: Will-Power OH, LLC“Will-Power OH, LLC, a subsidiary of the Williams Companies, will construct and operate the generation facility”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Power consumer: Sidecat, LLC“Sidecat, LLC, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., will consume the electric power generated.”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Campus acres: 740 acres“Sidecat owns a 740-acre industrial property campus within the New Albany Business Park, on which the 20-acre generation facility will be located.”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Generation site acres: 20 acres“Sidecat owns a 740-acre industrial property campus within the New Albany Business Park, on which the 20-acre generation facility will be located.”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Gas supply: two 24-inch diameter gas pipelines“Natural gas supply for the generation facility will come from two 24-inch diameter gas pipelines that will be the subject of future applications with the OPSB.”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- generator interconnection request: OPSB certificate authorized (Letter of Notification track) - behind-the-meter generation, not grid-connected“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Construction stage: operating - Socrates South plant operational in Oct 2026 (Columbus Free Press, Oct 4, 2026); OPSB approved the plant Jun 9, 2025; the queue lead puts in-service in Aug 2026 per a PUCO spokesman via th“Socrates South is a 200 MW gas combustion plant now operational to power the Meta Prometheus data center in New Albany, Ohio”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Generation fleet: 14 gas turbines + reciprocating engine group (Ohio EPA emission units P016-P030 + unit 1)“P016-P024: Solar Turbines Titan 130; P026-P027: Solar Turbines Titan 250; P028-P030: Siemens Energy SGT 400; Unit 1: Caterpillar Energy Solutions G3520”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Utility: AEP Ohio (campus grid supply); the Socrates plants are not grid-connected“A substation built by AEP Ohio to power a stalled Intel chip plant could power a Meta data center in Licking County, Ohio”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Meta erected five ~125,000 sq ft 'rapid deployment structures' (tents) at the New Albany campus between April and June 2026, per City of New Albany permits as reviewed by Cleanview; trade coverage puts each structure at“Meta started building five ~125,000 square foot tents between April and June of 2026, according to city permits”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Each Prometheus tent provides roughly 30 MW and is rated for hurricane conditions; Meta reports the tent design cut deployment time by 70–80% versus conventional buildings (Meta engineering presentation as reported by Ga“Meta deployed data-center-scale tents measuring roughly two to two and a half football fields, each providing 30 megawatts”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Generation status: operating (in service August 2026)“One such powerplant, a 200 megawatt facility called "Socrates South," began operation in August in Licking County near the intersection of Beech and Morse roads”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Project status: operating (Socrates South gas plant in service Aug 2026, behind the meter for Meta's Prometheus campus)“a 200 megawatt facility called “Socrates South,” began operation in August in Licking County near the intersection of Beech and Morse roads, according to Matt Schilling, director of public affairs for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Interconnection status: BTM by design / energized - the 200 MW OPSB-authorized plant is the campus's primary supply and is not grid-connected; the plant began operation in August 2026“One such powerplant, a 200 megawatt facility called "Socrates South," began operation in August in Licking County near the intersection of Beech and Morse roads”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Fleet context: Will-Power's full four-plant program for Meta's Prometheus campus totals 1,150 MW across Socrates South (200), Socrates North (200), Socrates the Younger (250) and NEO Power (500 gas) per Columbus Dispatch“If completed, the four plants would total 1,150 MW in Licking County alone.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Socrates South (Will-Power OH LLC, 200 MW behind-the-meter) began operation in August 2026, per PUCO public affairs director Matt Schilling quoted in the Columbus Dispatch, Oct 15, 2026. No EIA-860M/923 or CAMPD record e“a 200 megawatt facility called "Socrates South," began operation in August in Licking County near the intersection of Beech and Morse roads”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- PUCO approved AEP Ohio's data center tariff (Jul 2025; rehearing denied Oct 2026): new data centers pay a minimum of 85% of subscribed capacity, must show financial viability, and owe exit fees, the framework governing“The ruling upholds the settlement, which will see new data centers pay for a minimum of 85 percent of the energy they say they need each month”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Organized opposition (Save Ohio Parks, Free Press) campaigns against all four Sidecat-serving gas plants, citing Ohio EPA air-permit-application emissions and the accelerated approval path (two plants approved with no pu“Socrates South is a 200 MW gas combustion plant now operational to power the Meta Prometheus data center in New Albany, Ohio”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Opposition: organized opposition to the New Albany behind-the-meter gas fleet (Save Ohio Parks, Free Press, Columbus Dispatch opinion, Sep 2026), focused on air emissions and the accelerated no-hearing approval path“Williams is building four gas plants to power Meta's Prometheus data center – Socrates South (200 MW), Socrates North (200 MW), Socrates the Younger (250 MW), and Neo Power Generation Facility (500 MW)”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- Epoch AI drone analysis (end of Aug 2026, via NextBigFuture's account of the Cleanview/Epoch material) estimates about 138.8 MW of nameplate turbine capacity actually operating at Socrates South, with tent Buildings 7-10“The video suggests that 138.8 MW of nameplate turbine capacity is operating at the Socrates South power plant (about 69% of the 200 MW nameplate capacity)”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Operator output statement, Williams Q2 2026 earnings call (early Aug 2026): CEO Chad Zamarin stated Phase 1 of Socrates achieved in-service the prior week, 'delivering a utility scale 200 megawatts of power to our custom“we achieved in-service for Phase 1 of Socrates, delivering a utility scale 200 megawatts of power to our customer”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- First power: Aug. 2026“the company began delivering 200 MW of behind-the-meter power to its first customer”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Farm & Dairy (Jul 1, 2026), reporting the STY approval, states Socrates North and Socrates South were both under construction at that date, the last pre-in-service status point for Socrates North before Williams' 4Q 202“Socrates North and Socrates South, both 200 MW power plants, are under construction”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Stated campus size: 1,000 MW“Meta announced Prometheus, which will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning across multiple data center buildings, in July. It's anticipated to come online this year”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
- PJM's approved B4068 baseline family (49 components, $2,767.96M - 51 line items across the Ohio and Indiana tables, with B4068.3/.4 cross-listed in both at identical cost; all required in-service 6/1/2030, TEAC 1/6/2026,“At West Millersport-Kirk 345 kV, rebuild 6.37-mile section of the double-circuit West Millersport-Kirk 345 kV circuit.”Dataset · Dec. 2025 · grade C
- Original target date: 2026-H2 (Socrates power project, per the Feb 2025 agreement's anticipated completion)“Williams has agreed to invest approximately $1.6 billion to provide committed power generation and associated gas pipeline infrastructure, with anticipated completion in the second half of 2026”News report · March 2025 · grade C
Money and contracts (35)
- Tenant status: operating, owner-occupier in service since 2019/2020; Prometheus expansion under way“Will-Power OH, LLC will construct and operate the power plant on 20 acres within the New Albany International Business Park, and Sidecat, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., will consume the power”State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
- Tenants: Meta Platforms, Inc. (self-tenanted via Sidecat LLC)“Will-Power OH, LLC will construct and operate the power plant on 20 acres within the New Albany International Business Park, and Sidecat, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., will consume the power”State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- Announced: July 31, 2017“APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT AREA AGREEMENT, A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AGREEMENT AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, ALL WITH SIDECAT LLC”State agency · July 2017 · grade A
- Financing: Jul 2026: Williams sold a 49% noncontrolling interest in five Power Innovation projects (incl. Socrates) to a Blackstone-led investor group for $5.34B of committed capital; Williams retains 51% and control“Williams sold a 49 percent noncontrolling interest in five power innovation projects, Socrates, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger, and Neo, to an investor in exchange for $5.34 billion of committed capital”SEC filing · Aug. 2026 · grade B
- joint venture / equity sale: scope 5340000000 USD“Williams sold a 49 percent noncontrolling interest in five power innovation projects, Socrates, Apollo, Aquila, Socrates the Younger, and Neo, to an investor in exchange for $5.34 billion of committed capital”SEC filing · Aug. 2026 · grade B
- joint venture / equity sale: buyout right“Williams has a buyout right between years 7 and 14 based on the investor's outstanding investment balance, preserving Williams' long-term upside in the projects”SEC filing · Aug. 2026 · grade B
- Tenant status: behind-the-meter generation dedicated to the Meta Prometheus data center under construction on a 740-acre campus in the New Albany International Business Park; the data center is being constructed by Sidec“The power generated will directly supply a data center under construction on a 740-acre industrial campus within the New Albany International Business Park.”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- power purchase: missing clause finding, contracted quantity“The project is backed by a 10-year, primarily fixed-price power purchase agreement, with an option for the customer to extend”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- power purchase: missing clause finding, termination / cancellation“The project is backed by a 10-year, primarily fixed-price power purchase agreement, with an option for the customer to extend”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- power purchase: missing clause finding, minimum billing / exit fee“The project is backed by a 10-year, primarily fixed-price power purchase agreement, with an option for the customer to extend”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- joint venture / equity sale: structure, capital commitment 5340000000 USD“Blackstone and its partners will provide $5.34 billion in committed capital in exchange for a 49 percent noncontrolling equity interest in the five projects”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Williams frames its Power Innovation portfolio at ~2.6 GW announced capacity with a 6 GW+ backlog; the Blackstone JV capital is portfolio-level (five projects) and must not be attributed to this campus alone. DCD's per-p“Williams said that the deal will provide the necessary capital to grow its existing Power Innovation projects and support the delivery of its 6GW+ backlog”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- electric service (PROPOSED, pending PUCO approval): scope 250 MW (interim supply from the substation built for Intel's delayed fab; three years from 2027)“the facility, which is built but yet to be used, could supply a Meta data center with 250MW of power for three years starting from next year”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- electric service (PROPOSED, pending PUCO approval): ramp 120 MW (initial delivery, rising to the full 250 MW in April; full 500 MW Intel allotment restored at the start of 2029)“Meta would initially receive 120MW, expected to rise to the full amount in April”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Meta announced an April 2022 expansion of the New Albany campus adding two buildings totalling ~1M sq ft, bringing cumulative campus investment to ~$1.5B (DCD), the pre-Prometheus build-out of the legacy campus“In April 2022, the company reported that it was set to expand the site, adding two buildings totalling around one million sq ft (92,900 sqm)”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- General contractor: Turner Construction“Turner then evacuated more than 1,000 workers as a precaution”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- joint venture / equity sale: cost of capital 6.35 % (capped cost of equity)“the capital comes at an attractive capped 6.35% cost of equity”News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 1500000000 USD“In April last year, Meta announced an expansion to the New Albany data center campus, adding two buildings to the site totaling around 1 million square feet (92,900 sqm) and bringing total investment in the campus to $1.5 billion”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
- power supply (nuclear development): scope 690 MW (two Natrium units, delivery as early as 2032; rights to up to six further units, 2.1 GW by 2035)“Meta said its agreement with TerraPower will provide funding that supports the development of two new Natrium units capable of generating up to 690 megawatts of firm power with delivery as early as 2032”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
- power purchase (nuclear, operating fleet): scope 2,100 MW (more than 2.1 GW from two operating Ohio nuclear plants, plus uprates at those plants and a third PA plant)“Meta will also buy more than 2.1 gigawatts of energy from two operating Vistra nuclear power plants in Ohio”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
- power supply (nuclear development): scope 1,200 MW (1.2 GW Pike County, OH power campus per AP reporting)“the three deals will support up to 6.6 gigawatts of new and existing clean energy by 2035”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
- Sidecat LLC purchased the 3439-3445 Clover Valley Road parcel (the STY plant site) for $42 million on Dec 24, 2025, land assembly for the separately docketed STY project serving this campus“purchased the section of land at 3439-3445 Clover Valley Road on December 24, 2025”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
- power purchase: scope 1600000000 USD“Effective Feb. 28, 2025, The Williams Companies entered into an agreement with an unnamed large, investment-grade company to provide onsite natural gas and power generation infrastructure for the customer”News report · March 2025 · grade C
- power purchase: term 10 years“The project is backed by a 10-year, primarily fixed-price power purchase agreement, with an option for the customer to extend”News report · March 2025 · grade C
- power purchase: pricing“The project is backed by a 10-year, primarily fixed-price power purchase agreement, with an option for the customer to extend”News report · March 2025 · grade C
- power purchase: extension / renewal“The project is backed by a 10-year, primarily fixed-price power purchase agreement, with an option for the customer to extend”News report · March 2025 · grade C
- power purchase: completion deadline“Williams has agreed to invest approximately $1.6 billion to provide committed power generation and associated gas pipeline infrastructure, with anticipated completion in the second half of 2026”News report · March 2025 · grade C
- tax abatement (local): real property tax abatement 100 % (15 years)“Facebook received incentives, including a 100 percent real property tax abatement for 15 years”News report · Nov. 2017 · grade C
- community benefit (local): annual funding commitment 500000 USD per year“Facebook has agreed to provide $500,000 in annual funding to the Licking Heights School District, beginning in 2019”News report · Nov. 2017 · grade C
- Announced: Aug. 15, 2017“Facebook will spend $750 million on a new data center in central Ohio, the company announced Tuesday”News report · Aug. 2017 · grade C
- Stated capital cost: 750000000 USD“Facebook will spend $750 million on a new data center in central Ohio, the company announced Tuesday”News report · Aug. 2017 · grade C
- Incentives: State (Ohio Tax Credit Authority, Jul 31, 2017): 2% / 10-year Job Creation Tax Credit and 100% / 15-year data center sales tax exemption for Sidecat LLC; City of New Albany: 100% real property tax abatement f“The TCA approved a 2 percent, 10-year Job Creation Tax Credit and a 100 percent, 15-year data center sales tax exemption for a Sidecat LLC project in New Albany, Ohio”News report · July 2017 · grade C
- tax incentive (state): job creation tax credit 2 % (10-year credit)“The TCA approved a 2 percent, 10-year Job Creation Tax Credit and a 100 percent, 15-year data center sales tax exemption for a Sidecat LLC project in New Albany, Ohio”News report · July 2017 · grade C
- tax incentive (state): sales tax exemption 100 % (15-year data center sales tax exemption)“The TCA approved a 2 percent, 10-year Job Creation Tax Credit and a 100 percent, 15-year data center sales tax exemption for a Sidecat LLC project in New Albany, Ohio”News report · July 2017 · grade C
- tax incentive (state): jobs / payroll expectation 50 full-time positions ($4M new annual payroll)“the company is expected to create 50 full-time positions and $4 million in new annual payroll”News report · July 2017 · grade C
Permits and government (14)
- battery storage approval (letter of notification): approved“25-0781-EL-BLN Socrates South 10/15/25 Licking BTM 200”State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
- battery storage approval (letter of notification): approved“25-1026-EL-BLN Socrates North 12/23/25 Licking BTM 173.3”State agency · Sept. 2026 · grade A
- generation certificate: certificate approved (30 conditions)“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) approved the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · Sept. 2025 · grade A
- FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard“Use of three mobile cranes to construct a natural gas-fired electric generation facility. The cranes will be used to set large pieces of generation equipment. Maximum height of the Manitowac MLC300 is 265 feet above ground level.”FAA · Aug. 2025 · grade A
- FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard“Williams Socrates South Electric Generation new stack installation”FAA · Aug. 2025 · grade A
- FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard“construction of a permanent 40-foot stack at Socrates South site”FAA · Aug. 2025 · grade A
- Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB), local public hearing: Socrates North Power Generation Facility (case 25-188-EL-BGN): sworn public testimony“Will-Power OH, LLC proposes to construct the Socrates North Power Generation Facility on a 20-acre site within the City of New Albany's International Business Park”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB), evidentiary hearing: Socrates North Power Generation Facility (case 25-188-EL-BGN): applicant, OPSB staff and intervenor expert testimony“The evidentiary hearing is scheduled for Sept. 29, 2025, at 10 a.m., at the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, 180 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- generation certificate (letter of notification): construction authorized“The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) authorized the construction of a 200 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired electric generation facility in the city of New Albany and Licking County”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- gas pipeline certificates: future filings announced; case numbers not located as of Oct. 18, 2026“Natural gas supply for the generation facility will come from two 24-inch diameter gas pipelines that will be the subject of future applications with the OPSB”State agency · June 2025 · grade A
- in-service: Socrates South plant entered service (Phase 1 of Socrates complete)“Successful completion of phase one of Socrates, the company's first Power Innovation project; phase two on track for 4Q 2026 completion”Company · Aug. 2026 · grade B
- OPSB certificate (Letter of Notification track), behind-the-meter generation: authorized“More information regarding the Socrates South Power Generation Project, including maps of the project area, is available in the record for case number 25-0185-EL-BLN.”State agency · June 2025 · grade B
- Construction stage: operating (legacy campus and Socrates South plant); Socrates North plant under construction; five rapid-deployment structures erected Apr–Jun 2026“Meta started building five ~125,000 square foot tents between April and June of 2026, according to city permits”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- state incentive approval: approved (announced Jul 31, 2017)“The TCA approved a 2 percent, 10-year Job Creation Tax Credit and a 100 percent, 15-year data center sales tax exemption for a Sidecat LLC project in New Albany, Ohio”News report · July 2017 · grade C
Site and other (2)
- A recently terminated worker returned to the Prometheus construction site with a firearm and threatened a supervisor; Turner Construction evacuated more than 1,000 workers as a precaution; law enforcement responded and c“Turner then evacuated more than 1,000 workers as a precaution”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
- The City of New Albany received complaints about periodic noise from Meta's campus in July 2026 after construction removed a temporary sound wall; Meta began mitigation measures and planned to rebuild the wall as constru“In July 2026, the city received complaints about periodic noise from Meta's campus”News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C