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Meta lifts El Paso AI data-center campus to $10B+ and 1 GW

Meta + El Paso Electric + JE Dunn + Hensel Phelps + El Paso community partners

Primary sourcePress release only2026-03-26
Deal structureAI-optimized data-center campus expansion / power and water infrastructure planning
GeographyEl Paso, Texas
Infrastructure layersData centers + power + cooling + water infrastructure
Disclosed scaleMore than $10B planned investment for a 1 GW AI-focused El Paso data-center campus, up from the initial $1.5B phase; more than 4,000 construction workers at peak and 300-plus operational jobs expected

Why it matters

The strategic read

Turns Meta’s West Texas site from a large campus into a gigawatt-class AI infrastructure node. The disclosure is unusually explicit about the gating resources: closed-loop liquid cooling, El Paso Electric planning, full-cost energy treatment, clean-energy additions to the Texas grid, and water-restoration commitments alongside the data-center expansion.

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What was disclosed

  1. 01

    Meta updated its El Paso AI-focused data-center announcement on March 26, 2026 to say the site will officially grow to 1 GW.

  2. 02

    The company increased the initial $1.5B investment to more than $10B.

  3. 03

    Meta expects to support more than 300 operational jobs after completion and more than 4,000 construction workers at peak.

  4. 04

    The campus is designed for AI workloads and future AI-enabled hardware, with systems flexible enough for traditional servers and future AI configurations.

  5. 05

    Meta plans to use a water-efficient closed-loop system that recirculates water and uses no operational water for a majority of the year.

  6. 06

    Meta said it continues to work with El Paso Electric and energy developers and has projects under contract adding more than 5,000 MW of clean energy to the Texas grid.

  7. 07

    Meta Data Centers said general-contractor construction opportunities are tied to JE Dunn and Hensel Phelps.

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What is known—and what is not

Primary Meta announcement and Meta Data Centers local update; full construction packages, utility service agreements, power purchase details, load ramp, equipment mix, network design and site phasing are not fully public.