Has Meta had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Meta.

Mapped (unverified)

Meta

Q: Who owns Meta?

Meta is operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc..

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Ohio?

Ohio reported $130.4M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualified property used in an eligible computer data center (R.C. § 122.175) for FY2024 (Ohio Department of Taxation / Office of Budget and Management). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Licking County, OH

Source: OpenStreetMap

Meta is a mapped data center in Licking County, OH, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 365,548 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Est. capacity

~70-150 MW

Footprint

365,548 sq ft

Utility

Licking Rural Electric INC

Grid

PJM

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

A mapped Meta data center in Licking County, Ohio, the 365,548 square foot site is operated by Facebook USA, Inc., a subsidiary ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc. It draws power from Licking Rural Electric INC and sits within the PJM grid.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Files as
Facebook USA, Inc.
This facility
Meta

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Meta Platforms, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for this record.

Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source

Statewide cost of this incentive

Ohio reported $130.4M in Sales/use tax exemption for qualified property used in an eligible computer data center (R.C. § 122.175) for FY2024 (Ohio Department of Taxation / Office of Budget and Management). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

What this site costs the grid

source: PJM RPM auction reports

AEP (Ohio / WV / VA) · 2027/28 auction

$333 /MW-day

PJM's capacity auction sets a $/MW-day price that utilities pass on to every household and business in the zone. This site cleared at the PJM-wide (RTO) price, where soaring data-center demand is a documented driver. See the full zone-by-zone breakdown →

This site's capacity-market cost (estimated)

$8.5M to $18.2M/yr

An estimated ~70 to 150 MW of load at the zone's $333/MW-day, annualized — the capacity charge a load this size carries at the current auction price. Estimated from the building footprint at 200 to 400 W/ft² (the typical range for modern data centers). A rough order-of-magnitude figure, not a metered or permitted capacity.

Separately, a typical home in this zone pays an estimated $4 to $10/mo more on the capacity portion of its bill that PJM's market monitor attributes to data-center demand. See your address's full impact →

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Columbus), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$135.2K

People of color

Below poverty

Tract population

2,609

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Licking Heights High School in Pataskala, is 2.2 mi from this site (1,389 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.