Data Center Atlas
Meta Bowling Green data center
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Meta data center campus of 715,000 square feet in Middleton Township, Wood County, Ohio, near Bowling Green, announced in April 2025 as an investment of more than USD 800 million and described as optimized for Meta's AI workloads. Meta's location list gives 2025 as the groundbreaking year. In February 2026 the Ohio Power Siting Board approved, without public hearings, a 350 MW behind-the-meter gas plant with about 120 MW of batteries next to the data center, to be built and run by Will-Power OH. Meta names Toledo Edison, FirstEnergy and Williams as energy-planning partners and refers readers to JE Dunn Construction for construction information.
Source record as of 2026-10-09 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Meta Bowling Green data center
Under construction last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Middleton Township, Wood County, Ohio, US. Township point from OpenStreetMap Nominatim. BG Independent places the adjacent power plant at the northeast corner of Ohio 582 and Mercer Road, but no source gives the data center parcel itself. Meta Platforms; BG Independent News
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | 350 MW | Permitted · Campus · Onsite generation | 2026-02-03 | Net output of the behind-the-meter Apollo gas plant approved to serve only the adjacent Meta data center; the article gives no figure for the data center's own load. | BG Independent News |
| Investment | more than 800,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2025-04-09 | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms | |
| Floor area | 715,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2025-04-09 | Meta Platforms | |
| Jobs construction | more than 1,000 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-04-09 | Meta's fact sheet gives 1,000 without a qualifier. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| Jobs permanent | about 100 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-04-09 | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms | |
| JE Dunn Construction | Builder | Meta refers readers to JE Dunn Construction for construction information. | Meta Platforms |
| Toledo Edison | Utility | Meta says it planned the site's energy needs with Toledo Edison from the start. | Meta Platforms |
| FirstEnergy | Utility | Named in Meta's fact sheet as an energy-planning partner. | Meta Platforms |
| Williams | Power supplier | Named in Meta's fact sheet as an energy-planning partner; its specific role is not described there. | Meta Platforms |
| Will-Power OH | Power supplier | Will build and operate the adjacent behind-the-meter gas plant. | BG Independent News |
| Ohio Power Siting Board | Government | Approved the adjacent gas plant in February 2026. | BG Independent News |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-09 | Announced | Actual | Meta Platforms | |
| 2025 | Construction started | Actual | Meta's location list gives 2025 as the groundbreaking year. | Meta Platforms |
| 2026-02-03 | Permit approved | Actual | Ohio Power Siting Board approval, under its expedited process, of the adjacent 350 MW Apollo gas plant. | BG Independent News |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Natural gas onsite | The Apollo Power Generation Facility, a 350 MW gas plant on 147 acres next to the data center, is approved to serve only the data center with no physical grid connection. Will-Power OH will build and run it, with part of the output expected by mid-2027 and the rest by late 2027. | BG Independent News |
| Battery storage | About 120 MW of battery storage approved as part of the same plant. | BG Independent News |
| Grid | Meta says it planned the site's energy needs with Toledo Edison, and names FirstEnergy and Williams as planning partners in its fact sheet; it says it pays the full cost of the energy used. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
The status rests on two undated Meta pages: the U.S. location list, which gives 2025 as the groundbreaking year, and the fact sheet, which describes the data center in the future tense. status_as_of is therefore the date both were read (2026-10-09). The fact sheet PDF shows no publication date; its embedded file creation date is 2026-09-01.
Sources for these details
- Hello, Bowling Green! — Meta Platforms; 2025-04-09 · Archived source
- Power plant for Meta data center in Wood County fast tracked – approved by state with no public hearings — BG Independent News; 2026-02-03
- Meta Bowling Green Data Center fact sheet — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated
- United States - Meta Data Centers — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Companies
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Builder: JE Dunn Construction (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: Toledo Edison (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: FirstEnergy (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Williams (unknown scope) evidence
- Power Supplier: Will-Power OH (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Ohio Power Siting Board (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Meta Bowling Green Data Center fact sheet evidence row
Meta Platforms · publication date not stated · Company disclosure - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 41.47430, -83.66610
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Township point from OpenStreetMap Nominatim. BG Independent places the adjacent power plant at the northeast corner of Ohio 582 and Mercer Road, but no source gives the data center parcel itself.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 815af14a
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hello, Bowling Green! Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Developer, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | d9ae875c25ba9f11f63e2037fecd39a98beb22ea9b11064d1b4dd95f6517b3cfFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta Bowling Green Data Center fact sheet Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Power Supplier, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 1974205c3bbf1d9c835d8f959f893b7963c3edb789d5690d98a0127068cc3d47Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Power plant for Meta data center in Wood County fast tracked – approved by state with no public hearings Archived copy | BG Independent News News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Permit Approved, Power Source: Battery Storage, Power Source: Natural Gas Onsite, Role: Government, Role: Power Supplier | source-terms-not-recorded | BG Independent News | 7ddfac11bc2578d4c23cfd4065979091d9c535334dd605f452e82e15da96f7d9Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| United States - Meta Data Centers Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Milestone: Construction Started | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 4dbbb0f9003d185fbc65396f54f6e1889b2fa94777a5414d72a1cd689803eaf0Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta Bowling Green data center [site vcc-site-a39bc0fe88ed4e44ee52]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-a39bc0fe88ed4e44ee52/
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