Montgomery Meta Investment

Where it stands

being built

Who is building it

Meta

How much power it needs

Not disclosed

What it is for

Not disclosed

Who it serves

Not disclosed

County

Not disclosed

First recorded

September 5, 2026

What has been disclosed

Each figure says who gave it. The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Nothing here is estimated by the record. 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.

What it is for and whom it serves

No source on file says what this facility is for. The use is recorded as not disclosed until one does.

Tenants, tenancy and promises to the community: not disclosed.

What happened, and when

1. August 11, 2026 (content date) being built

   Meta announced in 2025 that its investment in the Montgomery campus increased to more than $1.5 billion yellowhammernews.com, query feed

2. February 5, 2026 (content date) being built

   Silicon Ranch will begin building sometime in 2027 with the solar farm's lifespan expected to be at least 25 years fox10tv.com, query feed

3. February 4, 2026 (content date) being built

   Construction planned to begin by end of 2026, taking 12-18 months mynbc15.com, query feed

4. February 4, 2026 (content date) being built

   Silicon Ranch planning solar farm on 4,500 acres in Baldwin County to power Meta data center mynbc15.com, query feed

5. September 24, 2025 (content date) being built

   Meta first announced an $800 million investment to begin construction of the data center in April 2024 alreporter.com, query feed

6. September 24, 2025 (content date) being built

   Meta announced plans to invest in two new buildings at its Montgomery Data Center alreporter.com, query feed

7. September 23, 2025 (content date) being built

   Meta has donated to STEM programs at Montgomery Public Schools and launched district-wide robotics program wsfa.com, query feed

8. September 23, 2025 (content date) being built

   Meta project began in May 2024 wsfa.com, query feed

9. September 23, 2025 (content date) being built

   Montgomery Data Center campus is expanding with two new buildings datacenters.atmeta.com, query feed

10. September 12, 2025 (content date) approved

    Mass timber provider Binderholz is partnering on the project alongside Hensel Phelps. acppubs.com, query feed

11. September 12, 2025 (content date) approved

    The administrative facility utilizes mass timber construction as a renewable, lower-carbon alternative to traditional steel and concrete. acppubs.com, query feed

12. September 12, 2025 (content date) approved

    Hensel Phelps is providing general contractor services for a new administrative facility at Meta's Montgomery, Alabama data center campus. acppubs.com, query feed

13. August 5, 2025 (content date) approved

    Meta will construct additional mass timber buildings at Cheyenne, Wyoming and Montgomery, Alabama data center campuses. esgdive.com, query feed

14. August 5, 2025 (content date) approved

    Meta completed an administrative building using mass timber construction at its Aiken County, South Carolina data center campus in 2025. esgdive.com, query feed

15. April 1, 2024 (content date) approved

    The facility will feature mass timber in the construction of its administration building youtube.com, query feed

16. April 1, 2024 (content date) approved

    The facility will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy youtube.com, query feed

17. April 1, 2024 (content date) approved

    The facility will be Meta's 24th global data center youtube.com, query feed

18. April 1, 2024 (content date) approved

    The facility will be Meta's 20th data center in the United States and its second in Alabama after Huntsville (as reported by AI Business, card 4202) youtube.com, query feed

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Sources

Reporting

• New solar plant coming to east Alabama in support of $1.5 billion data center, al.com, August 4, 2026, query feed
• Meta investing $1.5B to expand data hub in Montgomery, thebamabuzz.com, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Meta to invest $700M more in Alabama - here's where, The Business Journals, September 24, 2025, query feed
• Investing in Montgomery, Alabama - Meta Store, Meta Store, September 1, 2026, query feed
• Hensel Phelps Builds With Mass Timber at Meta Data Center - Dixie Contractor, Associated Construction Publications, September 12, 2025, query feed
• Montgomery, we’re growing!, Meta Data Centers, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Meta-linked solar fields planned on Stockton tract, lagniappemobile.com, February 2, 2026, query feed
• Meta plans to build $800M data center in Montgomery, YouTube, April 1, 2024, query feed
• Meta turning to mass timber to build more sustainable data centers, esgdive.com, August 5, 2025, query feed
• Meta pilots use of mass timber in data center construction, Data Center Dynamics, August 1, 2025, query feed
• Meta launches $1B fund to support data center communities including Montgomery, Yellowhammer News, August 11, 2026, query feed
• Meta Building New $800M AI Data Center in Alabama, Second in State, AI Business, May 8, 2024, query feed
• Solar farm approved for north Baldwin County to power Meta data center, fox10tv.com, February 5, 2026, query feed
• Meta to expand Montgomery data center, upping local investments to $1.5 billion, alreporter.com, September 24, 2025, query feed
• Meta to significantly expand Montgomery data center, WSFA, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Baldwin County residents fight proposed solar farm that will power Meta data center, mynbc15.com, February 4, 2026, query feed
• Meta to expand data center in Montgomery, increasing total investment to $1.5 billion, WAKA 8, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Tech supergiant to invest $1.5B into expanded Alabama data center site, Montgomery Advertiser, September 24, 2025, query feed
• Building Alabama: The data centers Trump and Tuberville are calling for run on Alabama-built solar, Yellowhammer News, July 28, 2026, query feed
• $1.5B boost: Montgomery set to become tech hub, YouTube, query feed
• Meta to add two more buildings to Alabama campus in Montgomery, Data Center Dynamics, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Meta to expand Montgomery data hub, pushing total investment to $1.5 billion, Made in Alabama, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Meta data center in Montgomery gets expansion, WSFA, September 26, 2025, query feed
• Meta increasing investment in Montgomery data center to $1.5 billion, Business Alabama Magazine, September 23, 2025, query feed
• Meta putting another $700 million into Montgomery data center, pushing total to $1.5 billion, al.com, September 23, 2025, query feed

25 sources on file. Primary documents are filings, minutes, dockets and official pages; reporting is how an event was found, and the document is what gets cited where one exists.