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Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker
Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in El Paso, Texas (El Paso County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced October 2025, 1 GW planned, 1,000 acres, a reported $10 billion investment. It is the subject of active public debate, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition on record.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Meta
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- El Paso, El Paso County, TX
- Coordinates
- 31.8100, -106.5500
- Power capacity
- 1 GW planned
- Land
- 1,000 acres
- Investment
- $10 billion
- Announced
- October 2025
- Utility
- El Paso Electric
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 300 permanent; 4,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Contested
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- October 2025ProposedMeta announces El Paso campus with initial $1.5B investment. Source: Meta
- October 2025Under constructionGroundbreaking October 15, 2025. Site is Meta's 29th data center globally, third in Texas. Source: Meta
Opposition and litigation at this site
Yes. Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Sembrando Esperanza Coalition and environmental groups oppose the proposed natural gas plant, citing air quality and rate equity concerns.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.
Sembrando Esperanza Coalition and environmental groups oppose the proposed natural gas plant, citing air quality and rate equity concerns. Meta committed $500,000 to workforce development via El Paso Public Schools.
Power and water
Meta claims 100% renewable energy matching via Texas clean energy contracts (5,000+ MW contracted statewide). El Paso Electric separately seeking PUCT approval for a 366 MW natural gas McCloud facility to power this campus, which drew environmental opposition.
Zero operational water use for most of the year via closed-loop liquid cooling. Commitment to restore 200% of consumed water to local watersheds by 2030.
Notes on the record
Campus located in far Northeast El Paso near Texas-New Mexico state line on approximately 1,000 acres; coordinates are approximate city-area centroid, exact parcel not publicly identified. Meta's third Texas data center. Campus can scale to 1 GW. Construction jobs figure (4,000) reflects updated peak estimate from March 2026 $10B expansion announcement.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Stargate Project Jupiter · Santa Teresa · OpenAI / Oracle / STACK Infrastructure9 mi · Under construction · 1 GW · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus in El Paso?
Yes. Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. Sembrando Esperanza Coalition and environmental groups oppose the proposed natural gas plant, citing air quality and rate equity concerns.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 8, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Meta is the operator on record. We hold 28 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1 GW. The site is recorded at 1000 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta El Paso AI Data Center Campus," updated September 8, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-el-paso-tx.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/meta-el-paso-tx, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Meta breaks ground on El Paso AI-optimized data center · Meta · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Meta boosts El Paso investment from $1.5B to $10B · CNBC · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Plan to run El Paso data center on natural gas sparks concern · Texas Tribune · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Big things are happening, El Paso! · Meta Data Centers · retrieved September 8, 2026
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