# Meta New Albany LCO 1

PJM data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/meta-new-albany-lco-1

Meta New Albany LCO 1 is the individual Beech Road data-center building identified by the city as LCO DCB1. Municipal records report 362,317 square feet and a September 2023 construction start. By December 2025, the city listed it under partial occupancy, a different milestone from full commissioning. The building sits in the AEP Ohio service territory within PJM. Its profile separates this physical building from Meta's much larger New Albany campus, keeping campus investment, renewable-energy arrangements and expansion plans out of building-level electrical demand.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: unknown
- Asset scope: building
- Location: 1500 Beech Road, New Albany, OH
- Operator: Meta (exact asset) — https://datacenters.atmeta.com/ohio-new-albany/

## Power and grid context

- ISO/RTO: PJM Interconnection
- Electric utility: AEP Ohio

## Development

- Site status: Listed under partial occupancy in the city's December 2025 report; full commissioning is not established.
- Gross floor area: 362,317 square feet
- Buildings: 1
- Construction: New Albany's December 2024 construction report lists LCO DCB1 at 362,317 square feet, with construction beginning in September 2023. This is the city's reported building area, not critical IT space. LCO DCB2 is separately listed at the same street address.

## Compute and operations

- Operating context: Meta describes New Albany as infrastructure supporting its technologies and services. Its campus began development in 2017, before the city's September 2023 start date for this building. The campus opening date therefore does not date LCO 1's commissioning.

## Sources

- [https://datacenters.atmeta.com/ohio-new-albany/](https://datacenters.atmeta.com/ohio-new-albany/)
- [https://newalbanyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CD-2024-12.pdf](https://newalbanyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/CD-2024-12.pdf)
- [https://newalbanyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CD-2025-12.pdf](https://newalbanyohio.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/CD-2025-12.pdf)
- [https://tims.dot.state.oh.us/ags/rest/services/Boundaries/PUCO_Electric_Service_Areas/MapServer/0/query?f=json&where=COMPANY_NAME%3D%27AEP+Ohio%27&geometry=-82.7405524%2C40.0614927&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&outFields=OBJECTID%2CCOMPANY_NAME&returnGeometry=false](https://tims.dot.state.oh.us/ags/rest/services/Boundaries/PUCO_Electric_Service_Areas/MapServer/0/query?f=json&where=COMPANY_NAME%3D%27AEP+Ohio%27&geometry=-82.7405524%2C40.0614927&geometryType=esriGeometryPoint&inSR=4326&spatialRel=esriSpatialRelIntersects&outFields=OBJECTID%2CCOMPANY_NAME&returnGeometry=false)
- [https://www.aepohio.com/company/about/rates/data-center-tariff/](https://www.aepohio.com/company/about/rates/data-center-tariff/)
- [https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1386016634](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/1386016634)

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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Profile generated: 2026-09-05T23:56:11.609569Z
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/