The record by year
On the record as of October 27, 2026.
An act sits on the day it happened: the day its own sentence names, or the day its source gives for it. An act the record knows only from the date of the article that reported it sits under that article's month, one tap away, marked Reported with the article's date. So do background, plans and statements, which are not acts. The same act reported by several sources is one line with the reports behind it, on its day where any of them dates it. The milestones alone, for every state, are on the timeline.
4 acts on the line for Idaho, from 25 dated lines in the records' histories and the scorecard. 8 more acts are dated only by the article that reported them and sit under their month. 3 lines report an act already listed. 10 lines are background, plans or statements. 5 lines sit on a date other than the one they were filed under, because their own sentence names the day, the month or the year it happened; each says so. Where a line sits is read from its own words and the row is never changed (how dates are read).
2026 1 act on the line from 4 reports; 8 reported, dated only by the article; 9 lines of background, plans and statements
September 2026 1 act on the line from 4 reports; 6 reported; 9 lines of background, plans and statements
Meta's data center in Kuna, Idaho held grand opening on September 3, 2026.
bigcountrynewsconnection.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under Sep 18, 2026)
3 more reports of this
- Sep 3 Meta's Kuna data center grand opening held September 3, 2026 idahopress.com (opens in a new tab)
- Sep 4 Meta's Kuna data center formally opened on September 4, 2026 cdapress.com (opens in a new tab)
- Reported September 18 Meta's data center in Kuna, Idaho held grand opening event with community members, stakeholders, and policy experts blackchronicle.com (opens in a new tab)
Reported in September 2026, dated only by the article that carried them: 6 acts
City Council affirms denial of Hoku data center a second time
idahostatejournal.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Neighboring farmers challenging approved data center project in Idaho before state Supreme Court
postregister.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Public opposition blocked proposed data center in Pocatello, Idaho temporarily
postregister.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Meta formally turned on Kuna data center with closed loop cooling system
govtech.com (opens in a new tab), national outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Meta paid $100 million to build transmission infrastructure for the data center
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Meta backed three solar projects expected to add 645 megawatts to offset the data center's power consumption
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
Also on the record for September 2026, not acts of their own: 9 lines of background, plans and statements
Groundbreaking was in 2022
idahopress.com (opens in a new tab) (no act in the sentence)
Meta Kuna Data Center is online and fully operational
kezj.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
This is Meta's first data center in Idaho
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
This is Meta's 28th American data center
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
The largest building on the Kuna campus is 350,000 square feet
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
The Kuna data center uses a closed loop cooling system that requires about 200,000 gallons of water
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
The Kuna data center is 750,000 square feet
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
The Kuna data center cost $1.2 billion
cdapress.com (opens in a new tab) (no act in the sentence)
Local officials in Idaho examined impacts of data center development
yahoo.com (opens in a new tab) (no act in the sentence)
August 2026 No acts on the line; 1 reported
Reported in August 2026, dated only by the article that carried it: 1 act
Farmers appealed to Idaho Supreme Court after petition seeking to block local data center was thrown out
boisedev.com (opens in a new tab), news outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
July 2026 No acts on the line; 1 reported
Reported in July 2026, dated only by the article that carried it: 1 act
Washington County residents raised data center concerns as county weighs ordinance
ktvb.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (dated only by the report that carried it, so under the month of the report)
2022 1 act on the line; 1 line of background, plans and statements
February 2022 No acts on the line; 1 line of background, plans and statements
Also on the record for February 2022, not acts of their own: 1 line of background, plans and statements
Meta is building a data center in Idaho for $800 million
datacenterfrontier.com (opens in a new tab) (a description, not an act)
2022, no month given 1 act
Data center broke ground in 2022
kezj.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 8, 2026)
2020 2 acts on the line
2020, no month given 2 acts
Idaho provided sales tax exemption for data centers approved in 2020 legislative session
postregister.com (opens in a new tab), local outlet (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 11, 2026)
ValorC3 Boise data center built in 2020 using hybrid cooling
godatacenters.com (opens in a new tab), trade press (the year its own sentence names; filed under Sep 10, 2026)