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Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus
Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker
Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus is an operating data center in Gallatin, Tennessee (Sumner County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced 2022, 300 MW planned, 900 acres, a reported $1.5 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Meta
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- Gallatin, Sumner County, TN
- Coordinates
- 36.3884, -86.4369
- Power capacity
- 300 MW operating; 300 MW planned
- Land
- 900 acres
- Investment
- $1.5 billion
- Announced
- 2022
- Utility
- TVA
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- air
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 1,100 construction
- Public subsidy
- Woolhawk LLC (Meta subsidiary) PILOT via the Gallatin Industrial Development Board, 20-year term plus construction; payments from $1M/yr (building 1) declining to $550K/yr (building 6), through an IDB land-leaseback mechanism, City of Gallatin / Sumner County, TN | Tennessee data-center sales/use-tax exemption (statutory; qualified facilities ≥$100M investment and ≥15 jobs at 150% of state avg wage), Meta eligible; site-specific value not publicly disclosed, State of Tennessee
- Community reception
- Supported
- 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.
- September 2025OperatingGallatin Municipal Planning Commission grants permission for 135,000 sq ft tent-based GPU cluster facility; Meta building multi-billion-dollar GPU clusters in rapid deployment structures to accelerate AI capacity Source: Data Center Dynamics
- November 2024OperatingCampus officially launched November 2024 with six facilities on 900 acres
- 2022ProposedMeta announces Gallatin campus expansion
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 9, 2026. Construction peaked at an average of ~1,100 skilled-trade workers on site, and the facility supports "over 100 operational jobs" (a floor), per the Tennessee Municipal League (Nov 2024).
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Construction peaked at an average of ~1,100 skilled-trade workers on site, and the facility supports "over 100 operational jobs" (a floor), per the Tennessee Municipal League (Nov 2024). Meta has contributed more than $1M to local nonprofits, the county school system, Volunteer State Community College, and the chamber, plus a $250K grant to the Gallatin Shalom Zone; planted 30 acres of native pollinator habitat and partnered with the Tennessee Environmental Council on school pollinator gardens. LEED Gold; 100% renewable-matched. No public opposition found. Investment "will exceed $1.5 billion once fully built out" (forward-looking; not yet realized).
Power and water
Third-party solar arrangement with TVA to match approximately 300 MW consumption; multiple PPAs including solar deals through TVA
Direct air cooling (outside air + fan technology), no conventional AC units; "use 80% less water than a typical data center" (w.media). Goal of being water-positive by 2030. No site-specific MGD figure published.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woolhawk LLC (Meta subsidiary) PILOT via the Gallatin Industrial Development Board, 20-year term plus construction; payments from $1M/yr (building 1) declining to $550K/yr (building 6), through an IDB land-leaseback mechanism | Not established | City of Gallatin / Sumner County, TN | |
| Tennessee data-center sales/use-tax exemption (statutory; qualified facilities ≥$100M investment and ≥15 jobs at 150% of state avg wage), Meta eligible; site-specific value not publicly disclosed | Not established | State of Tennessee |
Notes on the record
Campus coordinates are city-centroid approximation for Gallatin, TN. Up to 12 data halls planned on 900+ acres per DPR Construction (general contractor). Meta is deploying AI GPU clusters in waterproof tent structures (rapid deployment structures) at this campus to accelerate capacity ahead of permanent building construction.
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.
- Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
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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.
- Centersquare Gallatin (NAS) Campus · Gallatin · Centersquare2 mi · Operating · 100 MW
- RadiusDC Nashville I · Nashville · RadiusDC21 mi · Under construction · 12 MW
- EdgeConneX NAS01 Nashville · Nashville · EdgeConneX22 mi · Operating
- TenKey LandCo Project Lionsgate, Franklin Data Center · Franklin · TenKey LandCo I LLC23 mi · Proposed · In litigation
- Fisk University Quantum Leap Innovation & Technology Center · Nashville · Fisk University25 mi · Proposed · 30 MW · Contested
- DC BLOX Nashville (Grassmere Park) · Nashville · DC BLOX27 mi · Proposed · 50 MW · Opposed
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus in Gallatin?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus in Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 9, 2026. Construction peaked at an average of ~1,100 skilled-trade workers on site, and the facility supports "over 100 operational jobs" (a floor), per the Tennessee Municipal League (Nov 2024).
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of September 9, 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 Gallatin Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as air, 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 Gallatin 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 300 MW. The site is recorded at 900 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-gallatin-tn.
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-gallatin-tn, 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 brings data centers in tents to Gallatin, Tennessee · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Tennessee has 60 data centers; Nashville probably has more than you think · WEKU / NPR · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Meta data center begins operations in Gallatin · Tennessee Municipal League · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Why is Gallatin giving Woolhawk a tax break? · Pascal for Gallatin · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 5.Meta expands Gallatin data center, cooling & water approach · w.media · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 6.Meta Data Centers blog, Gallatin, we are online! · retrieved July 25, 2026
- 7.Gallatin offers a glimpse at hyperscale data center experiences · WPLN News (Nashville Public Radio) · retrieved September 9, 2026
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