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Meta Temple Data Center
Temple, Bell County, Texas · All 28 Meta sites · Every Meta case on our tracker
Meta Temple Data Center is an operating data center in Temple, Texas (Bell County), operated by Meta. The public record puts it at announced March 2022, 152 MW operating, 386 acres, a reported $1.2 billion investment.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Meta
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- 3101 Industrial Blvd, Temple, Bell County, TX
- Coordinates
- 31.1399, -97.3813 (approximate)
- Power capacity
- 152 MW operating
- Land
- 386 acres
- Investment
- $1.2 billion
- Announced
- March 2022
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- air
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 100 permanent; 1,200 construction
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- 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.
- July 22, 2026OperatingMeta brought the campus online as its first AI-optimised data center in the United States. Source: KWTX
- April 2022Under constructionJE Dunn began construction of the three-building, 386-acre campus in April 2022. Source: JE Dunn Construction
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Meta Temple Data Center in Temple, Bell County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Power and water
Meta says all energy use at the facility is matched with 100% clean and renewable energy; the company states its supported projects are adding 9,000 MW of new clean and renewable generation across Texas.
Dry-cooling design that minimises water use. Meta reports $8m invested in local water and wastewater infrastructure and support for a regional restoration project targeting 5.2 million gallons returned to the local watershed annually by 2030.
Notes on the record
Three-building greenfield campus of more than 750,000 sq ft of data center and administrative space. JE Dunn lists the project status as completed. Meta reported $1.7m in direct funding to Bell County schools and nonprofits, including a $400,000 grant announced at the opening.
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
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
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.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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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.
- Rowan Project Temple · Temple · Rowan Digital Infrastructure4 mi · Under construction · 300 MW · Mixed reception
- Project Merlin (Helios II) · McGregor · Galaxy Digital21 mi · Proposed · 3.5 GW · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Meta Temple Data Center in Temple?
Nothing on record as of August 26, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Meta Temple Data Center in Temple, Bell County, Texas appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Meta Temple Data Center?
No lawsuit over Meta Temple Data Center appears in the record we track as of August 26, 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 Temple Data Center use?
No water withdrawal figure for Meta Temple Data Center 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 Temple Data Center, 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 152 MW. The site is recorded at 386 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Meta Temple Data Center," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/meta-temple-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-temple-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 goes live in Temple with $1.2 billion AI data center · KWTX · retrieved August 26, 2026
- 2.Meta Temple Data Center, project page (general contractor) · JE Dunn Construction · retrieved August 26, 2026
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