Meta begins construction on $10B data center campus at LEAP District in Lebanon
Once fully operational, the Lebanon campus will employ about 300 people, according to Meta, which said it expects the first buildings will be online by the end of 2027.
Once fully operational, the Lebanon campus will employ about 300 people, according to Meta, which said it expects the first buildings will be online by the end of 2027.
Citizens Energy said Eagle Creek will be one of 10 water sources that will be part of the supply program, which will provide 25 million gallons of water per day to Lebanon and the LEAP District by 2031.
Developers say the project could include housing and commercial and retail space, as well as businesses that would support the LEAP Research and Innovation District.
Documents dated Aug. 6 also include multiple renderings of the campus, which would include 12 data center buildings, three ancillary buildings and more than 400 parking spots.
The company plans to expand its existing 600,000-square-foot facility in Lebanon Business Park.
The development’s $30 million first phase is expected to include a new headquarters for Merritt Contracting, facilities for additional companies and infrastructure to serve the area.
Andrea Kern, who most recently worked with the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, will lead the Boone County Economic Development Corp.
The foundry will give the pharmaceutical maker the ability to research new ways of producing medicines.
IMAGE GALLERY: The 200-acre Lilly Medicine Foundry is expected to add 400 full-time jobs for highly skilled workers, including engineers, scientists, operations personnel and lab technicians.
Card & Associates is making plans to grow Hickory Junction, which already includes the $31 million Farmers Bank Fieldhouse and two planned hotels.
The 1,600-square-foot restaurant opening Wednesday “will be the first of many planned for the Hoosier State,” the company said.
Multiple retailers, restaurants and other businesses recently opened, closed or began planning new locations in the north suburbs of Indianapolis.
Among the recipients are the Lido Building, formerly a movie theater that opened in 1914 as the Olympic Theatre, and the Collier’s Corner Building, which was constructed in 1883. The Eichman Exchange Building was rebuilt in 1938 following a fire.
Without an additional source, Lebanon cannot currently offer water to companies and developers looking to build in the city who have not already reserved allocations.
The 110,000-square-foot facility is expected to employ 163 workers by 2029, Boone County and city officials announced Tuesday.
The Farmers Bank Fieldhouse opened Feb. 9 and features eight basketball courts, 12 pickleball courts, one turf field and pitching and hitting tunnels.
Liberty Village is the most recent housing development planned in Lebanon, which has approved about 800 new homes this year.
Since July 2022, the city has annexed a total of about 7,840 acres for the LEAP Lebanon Innovation and Research District, a planned technology and advanced manufacturing hub.
The company, which makes salad dressings, sauces and marinades, employs 230 people in Lebanon and expects to add more.
Paddock Place would bring the number of housing units planned to more than 700 near the future Eli Lilly and Co. manufacturing campus.