NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) -- Meta expects to open the world's first one-gigawatt data center in central Ohio.

A Meta spokesperson confirmed Prometheus, a data center with novel capacities, is underway at Meta's New Albany data center campus. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerburg said Prometheus, planned for 1500 Beech Road, will come online in 2026. He expects it to be the world's first gigawatt-capable data center. See previous coverage of Meta in New Albany in the video player above.

Prometheus will be a supercluster, a type of data center known for its massive size and capacity. These centers are able to power next-generation AI infrastructure, and have a higher capacity than any data center currently built, although companies like OpenAI and Google are also planning gigawatt-capable centers. Zucker

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