Country
United States
AI data center dossier
Meta El Paso AI Data Center
El Paso, Texas, United States/datacenters/meta-el-paso-ai-mega-campus-texas.html
Operator
Meta
Energy
Clean and renewable energy matched
Tracked capacity
1 GW
Campus power envelope | Official source
1 GW is Meta's official future El Paso campus scale; it is not current delivered IT load.
Evidence profile
Readiness reflects whether the record has citations, narrative context, structured power data, coordinates, and at least one dated milestone.
Readiness
100%
Sources attachedVerified
3 citations linked
CoordinatesPublished
31.761, -106.485
Capacity scopeScoped
Campus power envelope | Official source
Timeline evidencePartial
3 dated fields available
Machine-readable outputsPublished
HTML, JSON, and GeoJSON all available
Machine-readable outputs
Canonical record surfaces for audit, programmatic use, and direct citation.
Record Notes
Meta announced El Paso, Texas as an AI-focused data center in October 2025 and updated the project in March 2026. Meta says the data center can scale to 1 GW and now will officially grow to 1 GW. The company increased the initial $1.5 billion investment to more than $10 billion, with more than 300 operational jobs once complete and more than 4,000 construction jobs at peak.
ADCI keeps the selected 1,000 MW value as official future campus scale, not current energized IT load. Meta says the campus will use closed-loop liquid cooling, restore 200% of water consumed locally, match data-center electricity use with 100% clean and renewable energy, and has more than 5,000 MW of clean-energy projects under contract in Texas.
Analyst Flags
No obvious coverage gaps detected in the current structured record.
Timeline Signals
Announcement2025
Construction start2025
Earliest market signal2025
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Frequently asked questions
- How big is Meta El Paso AI Data Center?
- Meta El Paso AI Data Center has 1 GW of tracked capacity (Campus power envelope | Official source), located in El Paso, Texas, United States. It ranks #25 globally by selected capacity among 294 tracked records.
- What is the status of Meta El Paso AI Data Center?
- Meta El Paso AI Data Center is currently under construction. Known timeline milestones: Announcement 2025, Construction start 2025, Earliest market signal 2025.
- Who operates Meta El Paso AI Data Center?
- Meta El Paso AI Data Center is operated by Meta. Structured intelligence reports are available for Meta Operator Report and United States Country Report.
- What energy source does Meta El Paso AI Data Center use?
- Meta El Paso AI Data Center is powered by clean and renewable energy matched energy and is focused on ai training and inference workloads. This is backed by 3 cited sources.