Meta Bowling Green (Project Accordion)
Meta · Bowling Green, OH · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 41.432, -83.701
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Toledo Edison
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Project known locally as Project Accordion via shell company Liames LLC; Fortune 200 company not yet named
- Under construction
Meta publicly announced April 9, 2025 at Bowling Green State University press conference; construction already underway at announcement; target opening 2027
Underlying source
Source notes
715,000 sq ft facility on State Route 582 between SR-25 and I-75, Middleton Township, Wood County OH. Meta's 28th global and 2nd Ohio data center. The Apollo gas plant (OPSB Case No. 25-973-EL-BGN) operates behind-the-meter serving Liames LLC (Meta shell company); not grid-connected. Full capacity from Apollo expected late 2027. Coordinates are approximate Middleton Township centroid.
100% renewable energy matching committed for grid-drawn power (Toledo Edison/FirstEnergy). Will-Power OH LLC (subsidiary of The Williams Companies) constructing 350 MW Apollo behind-the-meter gas facility adjacent to data center campus; OPSB approved February 3, 2026 (Case No. 25-973-EL-BGN) via fast-track Letter of Notification process — no public hearing held. Plant includes ~120 MW battery energy storage. Not grid-connected. Wood County holds C ozone rating (American Lung Association).
Sources and provenance
- Meta to develop data center campus outside Toledo, Ohio · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Hello, Bowling Green! - Meta Data Centers · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Ohio Data Center Expansion Faces Opposition Over New 350 MW Gas Plant Approval · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- OPSB authorizes construction of Wood County power plant · source retrieved 2026-07-06
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.