Meta expects to recruit thousands of people for the program
Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)
Meta operates a bootcamp in Indianapolis to train data center technicians, reflecting workforce development for its data center operations. It is reported, as reported June 9, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Meta
- as stated by the source
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | Not disclosed | |||
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Meta | as stated by the source | September 17, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
Jobs once it runs, also reported: 1,500 acres, 2026 (www.wfyi.org: Meta Lebanon data center is 1500 acres and will lead to 4000 construction jobs); 1,200 jobs, 2026 (www.wfyi.org: Meta Jeffersonville data center anticipates about 1200 construction workers) .
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would drawA utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of Marion County and Indianapolis about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis | MDC passed 10 year property tax abatement and 15 year enhanced personal property tax abatement for Indianapolis data center | insideindianabusiness.com | |
| Indianapolis | Indianapolis approved construction of three data centers before agreeing to a moratorium through 2027 | inputfortwayne.com |
What happened
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Meta broke ground on a 10 billion dollar data center in Lebanon in February [1]
The full Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce) timeline, in order
1 correction to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
The four to five week program will cover costs and requires no experience
Every statement about data centers in Indiana, by speaker
5 more statements on this page
Meta will launch the academy with pilot programs in Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and Texas
Graduates are guaranteed a job at one of Meta's data center construction sites
Meta invested 115 million dollars to create America's Workforce Academy
Meta
Louisiana will host the first cohort
The site
Where in Marion County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 10 other published records in Indiana
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Comparisons
2 metrics with more than one figure
Construction jobs
1 figure, 1 source1,200 jobsReported
Show each source's words
- 1,200 jobs, www.wfyi.org: Meta Jeffersonville data center anticipates about 1200 construction workers
Permanent jobs
1 figure, 1 sourceNot disclosedNot disclosed
1,500 acresReported
Show each source's words
- 1,500 acres, www.wfyi.org: Meta Lebanon data center is 1500 acres and will lead to 4000 construction jobs
Questions about this project
7 questions answered from the record
How big is Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)?
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Not disclosed. No source on file gives its capacity, its acreage or a count of buildings. What the record holds instead is under Disclosed.
Who is building Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)?
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Meta is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Who will use Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.
How much power and water does Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce) say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce) stand today?
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It is reported, as reported June 9, 2026. The newest entry, reported June 9, 2026: Meta broke ground on a 10 billion dollar data center in Lebanon in February [1].
What has Indianapolis or Marion County decided about it?
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Indianapolis: MDC passed 10 year property tax abatement and 15 year enhanced personal property tax abatement for Indianapolis data center (reported September 16, 2026, source); and Indianapolis: Indianapolis approved construction of three data centers before agreeing to a moratorium through 2027 (reported August 29, 2026, source). 2 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)?
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Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection, how it is cooled. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.
Sources
Reporting
- Meta starts data center workforce development program in Indiana, www.wfyi.org, June 9, 2026, local outlet
- Inside Meta’s Indianapolis bootcamp for data center technicians - Indiana Capital Chronicle, Indiana Capital Chronicle, June 11, 2026, local outlet
2 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/meta-indianapolis-data-center-workforce-in, last verified September 17, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Meta Indianapolis data center (workforce)", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/meta-indianapolis-data-center-workforce-in. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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For researchers
- Slug
- meta-indianapolis-data-center-workforce-in
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/in/marion-county/indianapolis
- Coordinates
- 39.76861, -86.15806
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Indianapolis), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- Not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-04
- Last verified
- 2026-09-17