Meta El Paso data center
El Paso, El Paso County, TXDeveloper: MetaCensus GEOID 48141
- Stage
- Being built
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Power, Land, Water
Meta's El Paso Data Center in El Paso, Texas, which broke ground in 2025. It is being built, since March 26, 2026.
How much power it needs, how much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Being built, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 66 other published records in Texas
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Who leads it
- Meta as stated by the source
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Land, Power it would draw, Water, Who would use it, Jobs once it runs, Tax each year Reported by others: 5,000 MW (Meta Data Centers (opens in a new tab)). Their figure, not the record's.
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| How much power it needs | ||||
| How much water it would use | ||||
| How loud it would be | ||||
| Jobs once it runs | ||||
| Tax it would pay each year |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
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| Who is building it | Meta | as stated by the source | October 24, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | ||||
| How much land | ||||
| Buildings | 1 building | operator page | [1] datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab) | October 24, 2026 |
| Where its power comes from | ||||
| Grid connection | ||||
| How it is cooled | Closed loop liquid | as stated by the source | [5] datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab) | October 24, 2026 |
| Cooling fluid | water | as stated by the source | [5] datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab) | October 24, 2026 |
How much power it needs, also reported: 5,000 MW, 2026 (Meta Data Centers (opens in a new tab): Meta has energy projects across Texas adding over 5,000 megawatts of new clean energy) .
Jobs once it runs, also reported: 4,000 jobs, 2026 (Meta Data Centers (opens in a new tab): Over 4,000 construction workers will be onsite at peak construction); 300 jobs, 2026 (Meta Data Centers (opens in a new tab): El Paso Data Center will support more than 300 jobs at completion) .
A blank value cell means not disclosed by any source on file; a blank basis cell means the source gave the figure without saying on what basis.
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water use A state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use it A lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Power the campus would draw A utility or public service commission docket, an interconnection filing, or an air permit for an on site plant.
- Jobs and tax An incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What was decided
Acts of El Paso County and El Paso about data centers, on the record with their source. A rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
| Date | Who | Decision | Source |
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| El Paso | On August 18, the El Paso City Council voted unanimously 8-0 to send a letter to Governor Abbott regarding the independence of El Paso's power source since it is connected to the Western Grid | spectrumlocalnews.com (opens in a new tab) | |
| El Paso | El Paso City Council directed staff on June 23 to develop a community agreement and regional framework connected to Meta's potential investment | kfoxtv.com (opens in a new tab) |
What happened
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Applications for Meta funding are open until October 6
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Meta has agreed to hold eight community meetings this fall, one in each City Council district
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Meta stated 300 permanent positions at El Paso facility
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Meta data center project cost over $10 billion
6 earlier entries
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Meta El Paso Data Center expanded to 1 gigawatt of computing capacity
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Meta El Paso Data Center occupies approximately 1,000 acres
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Meta plans to add enough clean and renewable energy to match 100 percent of the electricity use of El Paso data center
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Meta announced a $500,000 grant to support workforce development in partnership with El Paso public schools
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Meta broke ground on El Paso Data Center last year (2025)
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Meta El Paso Data Center will grow to 1 gigawatt
The full Meta El Paso data center timeline, in order
6 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the summary of a record items row
the record's rules: the sentence was the source's wording or carried a number not in the card's facts; written again from the article The old and new text.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of September 23, 2026). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: the tier the record already gives datacenters.atmeta.com. The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: the tier the record already gives datacenters.atmeta.com. The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: the tier the record already gives datacenters.atmeta.com. The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier: the tier the record already gives datacenters.atmeta.com. The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Roxanne Marquis, AI Infrastructure Strategist, stated that data center site selection is shifting toward power first development, with the critical question now being where infrastructure can become operating capacity on the customer's timeline.
The site
Where in El Paso County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
- Where
- El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Comparisons
3 metrics with more than one figure
Capacity at full buildout
1 figure, 1 sourceShow each source's words
- 5,000 MW, Meta Data Centers: Meta has energy projects across Texas adding over 5,000 megawatts of new clean energy
Construction jobs
1 figure, 1 sourceShow each source's words
- 4,000 jobs, Meta Data Centers: Over 4,000 construction workers will be onsite at peak construction
Permanent jobs
1 figure, 1 sourceShow each source's words
- 300 jobs, Meta Data Centers: El Paso Data Center will support more than 300 jobs at completion
Keep going
Questions about this project
7 questions answered from the record
How big is Meta El Paso data center?
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The record has one measure of its size: 1 building (operator page, datacenters.atmeta.com (opens in a new tab)). Its power capacity is not disclosed.
Who is building Meta El Paso data center?
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Meta is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
Who will use Meta El Paso data center?
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Not disclosed. No source on file names a tenant, says whether the site is single or multi tenant, or states what it is for. The record keeps the use as not disclosed until one does; see Who it serves.
How much power and water does Meta El Paso data center say it needs?
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Power: not disclosed by any source on file. Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Meta El Paso data center stand today?
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It is being built, since March 26, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 15, 2026: Applications for Meta funding are open until October 6 [6].
What has El Paso or El Paso County decided about it?
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El Paso: On August 18, the El Paso City Council voted unanimously 8-0 to send a letter to Governor Abbott regarding the independence of El Paso's power source since it is connected to the Western Grid, spectrumlocalnews.com (opens in a new tab); and El Paso: El Paso City Council directed staff on June 23 to develop a community agreement and regional framework connected to Meta's potential investment, kfoxtv.com (opens in a new tab). 2 events are on the county's rows; a rule about the area is not a decision about this record.
What is still unknown about Meta El Paso data center?
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Not disclosed by any source on file: how much power it needs, how much water it would use, how loud it would be, jobs once it runs, tax it would pay each year, who is constructing it, how much land, where its power comes from, grid connection. No missing primary document is listed for this record yet; What the record lacks is where one appears when a person names it.
Sources
Primary documents
- Meta: Our U.S. data center fleet (opens in a new tab), Meta, September 14, 2026
Reporting
- Meta Tables Plans for $437M Gas-fired Power Plant to Run its Data Center in El Paso, Texas - Construction Review (opens in a new tab), Construction Review, February 27, 2026, query feed
- Meta Wants Data Center in Sunny El Paso to Rely on Natural Gas - Inside Climate News (opens in a new tab), Inside Climate News, January 21, 2026, query feed
- Meta breaks ground on 1GW data center campus in El Paso, Texas - Data Center Dynamics (opens in a new tab), Data Center Dynamics, October 16, 2025, query feed
- Big things are happening, El Paso! (opens in a new tab), Meta Data Centers, March 26, 2026, news outlet
- Meta to hold eight El Paso meetings this fall as data center agreement talks advance - KFOX (opens in a new tab), KFOX, September 15, 2026, local outlet
6 sources on file.
About this data
Last verified , first recorded . Every correction is logged on the corrections page and under What happened. Report a correction · Send a tip about Meta El Paso data center
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Meta El Paso data center", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/meta-el-paso-data-center-tx. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY-NC 4.0.
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For researchers
- Stage
- Being built
- Tier
- reviewed in depth
- Tags
- Reviewed in depth
- Coordinates
- 31.75917, -106.48861
- How the location is known
- Location is the county seat; exact site not disclosed.
- Location source
- County seat (El Paso), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location last verified
- September 23, 2026
- Cooling
- Closed loop liquid
- Published
- September 8, 2026
- Last verified
- October 24, 2026
- Undisclosed in public filings
- Location source number, EPA registry id, Uses, Tenancy, How capacity was disclosed, How water was disclosed, How acreage was disclosed, Interconnection, Capacity, if disclosed, Rating of the county's rows