Meta Gallatin Data Center, in order
What happened with this project, oldest first: the stages it reached, what the county and its cities decided, and every dated step on the record. Each entry links its source.
3 events, January 1, 2020 to September 15, 2026. Also on the record, under the month each belongs to: 2 figures from other sources and 2 lines that are not events of their own. The facts, newest first: the record; the place: Tennessee.
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Stages
2020 1 event
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(the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 16, 2026)
Entry
Meta broke ground on Gallatin campus in 2020 and pledged more than $1.5 billion investment [2]
2026 2 events
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(the day the page was read; it gives no date of its own)
running
Meta lists Meta Gallatin Data Center at Gallatin, Tennessee on its own page of data center locations, read September 14, 2026. [1]
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(content date)
Decision · Gallatin (city)
Gallatin City Council advanced six month moratorium on new data center applications on first reading September 15 yahoo.com
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Also in September 2026: 2 figures from other sources and 2 lines that are not events of their own
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Entry
Meta Gallatin data center began serving global internet traffic in November 2024 [2]
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Decision · Gallatin (city)
Original proposal called for 12 month moratorium, amended to six months yahoo.com
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Figure · The Tennessean
53,400,000 gallons: Meta Gallatin Data Center used 53.4 million gallons of water in 2025, averaging 4.5 million gallons per month The Tennessean national outlet
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Figure · The Tennessean
2 percent: Meta Gallatin campus water use accounted for about 2% of all water sold by Gallatin Public Utilities during 2025-26 fiscal year The Tennessean national outlet
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On the timeline: a stage change; an entry that reports an act on the day the source or its own sentence gives; and a decision, a published scorecard event on a row at or under the record's county, that reports an act. Under the months: a statement that names this record, a figure another source gave about it, matched by place and developer, an entry dated only by the day its source was published, and an entry or a decision that describes rather than reports an act. Each is on the record in its own right and keeps its own link.
For researchers
- Slug
- meta-gallatin-data-center-tn
- Status value
- operational
- Events on the timeline
- 3
- Under the months
- 4
- Stage changes
- 1
- Decisions
- 2
- Statements
- 0
- Figures
- 2
- Entries and decisions under the months
- 2