Prometheus AI data center
Data center project in New Albany, Ohio
Prometheus AI data center is a data center project in New Albany, Ohio, under construction, developed by Meta, with a stated size of 1 GW. Last reported January 11, 2026, from 20 sources.
- Status
- Under construction
- Developer
- Meta
- Location
- New Albany, Ohio
- Stated size
- 1 GW
- Last reported
- January 11, 2026
- Sources
- 20 sources
- Other companies on the job
- 5 companies named, on Ultra
Is it moving?
Permits and filings
- Socrates South gas plant approvalUtility filing · Ohio Power Siting Board · Approveddatacentercensus.com ↗
- Socrates the Younger plant authorizationUtility filing · Ohio Power Siting Board · Case 26-0169-EL-BLN · Approved · June 26, 2026datacentercensus.com ↗
- 1,689-acre annexation and rezoningZoning · City of New Albany · Approvedthegridsight.com ↗
- Sales tax exemption for New Albany data centerIncentive · Approved · January 1, 2017datacentercensus.com ↗
What the sources say
Size
“Meta announced Prometheus, which will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning across multiple data center buildings, in July.”
Status
“its Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, Ohio”
Size
“Meta announced Prometheus, which will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning across multiple data center buildings”
Reported
“Meta's Prometheus AI data center is being built in New Albany, Ohio”
Status
“is being built in New Albany, Ohio”
Size
“will be a 1-gigawatt cluster spanning spanning multiple buildings”
Reported
“Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers”
Status
“Prometheus AI data center that is being built in New Albany, Ohio”
Planned capacity
1 GW
IT load
562 MW
Tent building size
roughly 125,000 square feet each
Acreage
740 acres
Socrates plants
Socrates North and Socrates South, 200 MW each
Socrates the Younger
250 MW with 116 MW batteries
Solar
~440 MW of Ohio solar
Construction start
April 14, 2022 land clearing
Target completion
2026
Buildings operating
12 buildings as of Aug 2026
Reports behind this page
- Meta will use nuclear power for its New Albany A.I. data center · digital-dev.nbc4i.com, January 8, 2026
- Meta signs three nuclear power deals to help support its AI data centers · presstelegram.com, January 8, 2026
- Big Tech Data Centers: Meta's Massive Nuclear Power Deals, $20B by xAI in Mississippi · broadbandbreakfast.com, January 8, 2026
- Raymond James | Independent Financial Advisors, Financial Planning, Investment Banking and Asset Management - Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers · raymondjames.websol.barchart.com, January 8, 2026
- Meta Signs Three Nuclear Power Deals to Help Support Its AI Data Centers · vinnews.com, January 8, 2026
What the full file adds
- General contractorOpen: not named yet
- Electrical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Mechanical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Engineering and commissioningOpen: not named yet
- Power and cooling equipmentOpen: not named yet
- Utility and power supply4 named
- TenantOpen: not named yet
- Investors and lendersOpen: not named yet
- Named builders, suppliers and partners5 companies named on this job besides the developer, each with its source.Ultra
- Buying stage by tradeWhen the electrical, mechanical and other trade work on this job is likely to be bought.Ultra
- ContactsSenior people at the companies on this job, where public pages name them.Ultra
- Who pays whom12 deals on file: equity, loans, leases, power or equipment, each with its source.Ultra
- Video and satellite readingsHow busy the site looks, wherever public drone or news footage or a satellite image of it is found.Ultra
- Spezia's read of the projectIts construction phase, how likely it is to be built and what is holding it back.Ultra
- AlertsAn email the day this project moves.Ultra
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Other data centers in New Albany and Ohio
- Meta PrometheusUnder constructionSame townNew AlbanyMeta1 GW
- PrometheusUnder constructionSame townNew AlbanyMeta1 GW
- New Albany natural-gas powered projectApprovedSame townNew AlbanyMeta200 MW
- Meta New Albany data centerUnder constructionSame townNew AlbanyMetaSize not stated
- Meta Prometheus (New Albany Campus)AnnouncedSame townNew AlbanyMeta1 GW
- NAL1DC1OperationalSame townNew AlbanyBlackstone and QTS Realty Trust’s affiliates66 MW
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