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Meta El Paso Data Center

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Meta's 3rd Texas site
Under construction

Meta's third Texas site grew sixfold in months, from a $1.5B plan to a $10B+, 1 GW campus that will dominate El Paso's grid planning, with a dedicated gas-generator plant under PUC review. On Jul 28, 2026, Meta and BlackRock formalized a financing venture (BlackRock funds own 80%, Meta retains 20% and remains the initial sole occupant), shifting most ownership and financing risk to outside infrastructure capital.

1.0 GWPlanned power1 GW ultimate planned capacity by 2028 (raised from initial plan), planned, not operating
Developer
Meta Platforms
Owner
Venture announced Jul 28, 2026: BlackRock-managed funds (80%) + Meta Platforms (20%); Meta provides construction, administrative and property-management services
Tenant
Meta (own AI workloads): initial sole occupant per the BlackRock venture terms
Power source
El Paso Electric; proposed ~$500M, 366 MW plant using 813 small gas-fired generators (PUC review); Meta pledges 5,000+ MW of clean power additions
Cooling
Closed-loop liquid cooling; zero water use most of the year; pledges 200% water restoration
Compute
Major 2026 chip deals with Nvidia and AMD; first customer for Arm's data center processor
Construction start
Oct 2025 (groundbreaking)
Est. completion
Operations expected to begin 2028 (1 GW ultimate capacity; planned, not yet operating)
Grid strategy
Hybrid (grid + on-site)
County
El Paso
Nearest city
Northeast El Paso
Announced
2026-03-26