Public statement checked
Answer
Verdict on the wording above: Company claim The only support is the company or its agents. Shown as stated, not adopted. Not a finding that it is true or false. How verdicts work →
- Who stated it
- Said by Meta · company statement · 11 February 2026 →
- What the evidence establishes
- Meta said this on 11 February 2026. DataCenterData has not found an independent record that confirms or contradicts it; it is shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.
- Biggest limitation
- Operating payroll and delivery schedule.
- Checked
- 11 September 2026 · Next review: first phase completion or executed agreement publication · History (1) →
Evidence
What the evidence supports
Meta said this on 11 February 2026. DataCenterData has not found an independent record that confirms or contradicts it; it is shown as the company’s statement, not as a finding either way.
Source-bounded finding (as recorded) Approximately 300
Still unknown
Operating payroll and delivery schedule.
Sources
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Meta → Archived copy Company
Exact location https://about.fb.com/news/2026/02/metas-new-data-center-lebanon-indiana-marks-milestone-ai-investment/
What it supports Investment, capacity, jobs, cooling, infrastructure, water-restoration and cost-allocation claims.
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Indiana Economic Development Corporation → Archived copy Gov. record
Exact location https://iedc.in.gov/events/news/details/2026/02/11/gov.-braun-breaks-ground-on-10b-meta-data-center-campus-at-leap-district
What it supports Phases, jobs, city-payment description and sales-tax exemption thresholds.
Corrections and history
Correction · 14 September 2026 · Editorial classification update
Field Permanent jobs
From Not independently verified
To Company claim
Why The figure is a company projection; neither cited announcement is an observed payroll or employment record.
Evidence re-reading of the sources already cited on this claim; no new source.
Review details
Scope
- Unit
- permanent jobs
- Geography
- Meta Lebanon
- Period
- None recorded
- Confidence
- medium — company and government projection
- Kind
- Public statement checked
Conflicting evidence
None recorded when this claim was checked. That records what we logged, not a finding that no conflicting record exists.
Chronology
- Stated by Meta
- Published — Meta
- Published — Indiana Economic Development Corporation
- 2 sources retrieved
- Checked by DataCenterData
- Changed verdict recorded
- Date not established Next review: first phase completion or executed agreement publication
Data
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