Meta · New Albany, Ohio
Meta Prometheus
612MW
The power of 500,000 US homes.
Drawing power since Oct 2025. Projected to reach 1.3 GW by Jul 2028.
- H100-equivalents
- 536K
- Capital cost
- $17.8B
- Chips
- B300
- Users
- Meta
- Project
- Prometheus
- Energy
- Williams, American Electric Power
Power over time
facility power · 13 milestonesEvery milestone
- 14 Apr 2022 — Land clearing begins for Building 1-2
- 1 Jun 2025 — Roof complete on Building 5 (QTS-owned). In the northernmost area, land clearing begins on a new Meta site for Buildings 16-20. Building 1 still has construction work around the building and cooling equipment, so it's unlikely to be operational.
- 20 Sep 2025 — Building 4 operational. Based on our default estimate of roof-to-operational time.
- 14 Oct 2025 99 MW Building 1 is operational, based on there being minimal construction work and cars in the main carpark. Building 2 still has some construction work around the building. Building 18 roof is complete. The on-site power at Socrates South and Socrates North has some outlines of gas turbines, to be installed later.
- 18 Jan 2026 478 MW Buildings 2-6 are operational, based on all equipment being in place, the paved ground, and minimal construction equipment by the buildings. Buildings 7-11 all have some kind of power or cooling equipment lining their right side which are not fully installed. Building 14 has chillers installed. Buildings 16-20 roofs are complete. The Socrates South power plant to the right of Buildings 7-11 has 7 gas turbines in place, judging by the exhaust stacks.
- 12 Mar 2026 478 MW The Socrates South power plant to the right of Buildings 7-12 now has 10 natural gas turbines in place, judging by the number of exhaust stacks. Battery backup has been installed nearby. To the north, a new section of tent buildings has begun east of Buildings 16-20.
- 18 May 2026 478 MW Building 7-11 (Meta tents) look structurally complete but not operational, given there is still construction activity, including at the adjacent Socrates South power plant. Northern tents (Buildings 16-27) are all roofed except for 21 and 27.
- 31 Aug 2026 612 MW Buildings 7-10 (tents) are operational, based on infrared drone video from RAAD (raad.com) captured on this date. 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), and Buildings 7-10 roof vents are bright on infrared while Buildings 11-12 vents are not. That's 4/6 buildings operating, implying about 67% of capacity, which is consistent with 69% of the power plant operating. In the north, Buildings 16-27 (tents) look to be in a completed state. Each northern set of 6 tents still awaits to be connected to one of the corresponding power plants to become operational. Drone video from August 19th shows no turbines operating at Socrates North, though there are 3 small diesel generators operating. Building 13 (Vantage) is still under construction, we estimate another 3 months before operability.
- 30 Nov 2026 · projected 878 MW Socrates South and Socrates North gas power plants are fully operational, enabling the operability of Buildings 11-12 and 16-21. This completes the 2 sets of 6 tents associated with Socrates South and Socrates North. This is based on documents stating "late Third or early Fourth Quarter of 2026", "late 2026", "November 2026", "third quarter of 2026". The timeline also lines up with RAAD drone imagery from 09/08/26 seeing operating turbines at Socrates South and a full set of turbines installed but not yet operating at Socrates North.
- 15 Jan 2027 · projected 962 MW Building 13 (Vantage) is operational, based on the pace of construction seen in earlier images.
- 15 Apr 2027 · projected 1.0 GW Building 14 (Vantage) is operational, based on it starting construction about 3 months after Building 13.
- 14 Jul 2027 · projected 1.1 GW Building 15 (Vantage) operational, based on it starting construction about 3 months after Building 14.
- 1 Jul 2028 · projected 1.3 GW Buildings 22-27 (3rd set of 6 Meta tents) are operational. This is a conservative estimate to align with the operability of the Socrates the Younger power plant. The power plant is operational by Q3 of 2028 based on the project schedule. It is announced to produce a maximum of 250MW.
Epoch’s release of 2 Sep 2026 planned 3 steps here; 931 MW for Oct 2026 is 106 days later, projected; 1.0 GW for Oct 2026 is 167 days later, projected; 1.1 GW for Jan 2027 is 167 days later, projected. Planned against reached
Gas made 41% of the power on this site's grid
net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026PJM Interconnection, LLC PJM · balancing authority
- Gas 41%
- Coal 17%
- Nuclear 31%
- Wind 4%
- Solar 3%
- Hydro 2%
- Other 3%
The grid of the utilities that serve Franklin County, OH. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.
Owners plan 400 MW of new power in Franklin County, mostly solar
power plants in Franklin County · EIA-860M, September 2026- Flint
- Pleasant Prairie Solar Energy LLC
In service in Franklin County today: 15 MW. Since January 2023: 7 MW added, 3 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.
Sources
selected by Epoch AIData: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of New Albany. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.