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Meta Talavera de la Reina data center campus
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Spain · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Planned Meta data center campus in the Torrehierro industrial area of Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, which would be Meta's first large owned data center in Spain. Meta's 2022 announcement put the investment at about EUR 1 billion; environmental documents later estimated EUR 750 million. Meta bought about 190 hectares from the state land agency Sepes in December 2024. After repeated delays, the regional government approved it as a project of singular interest in October 2025 and authorised the land reparcelling in summer 2026, letting Meta seek building permits. A switch to dry-air cooling cut planned water use. Construction had not been reported as started.
Source record as of 2026-08-28 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Meta Talavera de la Reina data center campus
Announced last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Talavera de la Reina, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, ES. Town centroid from the Talavera de la Reina Wikipedia article. Sources place the campus in the second phase of the Torrehierro industrial area, about 12 km from the town centre, but give no coordinates, so the site is not pinpointed. iAgua; El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha); Wikipedia
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | about 1,000,000,000 EUR | Reported · Campus | 2022 | Figure from Meta's 2022 announcement as relayed by iAgua; a local opposition leader cited nearly EUR 1 billion in July 2026. | iAgua; elDiario.es |
| Investment | about 750,000,000 EUR | Reported · Campus | 2026-08-28 | Estimate in the environmental documentation, of which EUR 685 million is for construction; the mayor cited more than EUR 750 million in July 2026. | iAgua; El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
| Land area | about 190 hectares | Acquired · Campus | 2024-12-19 | Bought from Sepes for EUR 20.6 million. iAgua gives 191 hectares in total, of which about 102 hectares are buildable and 50 to 60 hectares are set aside for a river park. | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha); iAgua |
| Buildings | 5 count | Planned · Campus | 2024-12-19 | Two data center buildings plus administration, logistics and security buildings. | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
| Jobs permanent | about 250 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-08-28 | Direct jobs once operating. | iAgua; El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
| Jobs construction | more than 1,000 count | Planned · Campus | 2024-12-19 | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | iAgua; El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) | |
| Meta Platforms | Owner | Bought the land and is described as building its own data center. | iAgua; El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
| Sepes (Entidad Pública Empresarial de Suelo) | Government | State land agency that sold the Torrehierro land to Meta. | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
| Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha | Government | Regional government that approved the project as a plan of singular interest and authorised the reparcelling. | iAgua; elDiario.es |
| Talavera de la Reina City Council | Government | Will process the building licences. | iAgua; elDiario.es |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Announced | Actual | iAgua | |
| 2024-12-19 | Site acquired | Actual | Sale of about 190 hectares by Sepes for EUR 20.6 million signed on 19 December 2024. | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) |
| 2025-10 | Other | Actual | The regional government approved the Proyecto de Singular Interés for the data center in late October 2025. | elDiario.es |
| 2026-08 | Zoning approved | Actual | Approval of the land reparcelling. In late July 2026 Meta filed its definitive reparcelling proposal and the regional president said it would be authorised within days; by 28 August 2026 iAgua reported the reparcelling approved, allowing building permit applications. The exact approval date was not given. | iAgua; elDiario.es |
| 2027 | Construction started | Planned | In December 2024 works were expected to start in 2027 and last about ten years; starts planned for late 2023 and then 2025 slipped. Later coverage describes four phases through 2036. | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha); iAgua |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Other | Meta has committed to running the campus on 100% renewable energy; the supply arrangement is not described. | iAgua |
No MW capacity for the campus was found in the sources opened. Investment figures differ: about EUR 1 billion in Meta's 2022 announcement versus EUR 750 million in the environmental documentation. Water figures also differ: the regional government cites about 0.2 cubic hectometres a year, while the environmental approval gives about 504,500 cubic metres a year for the whole site, mostly landscaping, and about 40,600 cubic metres for the data center itself after the move to dry-air cooling.
Sources for these details
- Meta ultima en Talavera un centro de datos de 1.000 M€ que se abastecerá de agua del Tajo por la red municipal — iAgua; 2026-08-28
- Page anuncia la llegada “definitiva” del centro de datos de Meta a Talavera de la Reina — elDiario.es; 2026-07-30
- Meta compra por 20,6 millones el suelo industrial para construir su macrocentro de datos en Talavera de la Reina — El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha); 2024-12-19
- Talavera de la Reina — Wikipedia; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Companies
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Owner: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Sepes (Entidad Pública Empresarial de Suelo) (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Talavera de la Reina City Council (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Talavera de la Reina City Council (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Meta ultima en Talavera un centro de datos de 1.000 M€ que se abastecerá de agua del Tajo por la red municipal evidence row
iAgua · published 2026-08-28 · Trade publication - Locator
- Locality reference only · Compiled location reference · locality evidence
- Source checks
Not reviewed against imagery not_
reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 60 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 39.95833, -4.83278
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Locality reference only
- Scope class
- locality
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Town centroid from the Talavera de la Reina Wikipedia article. Sources place the campus in the second phase of the Torrehierro industrial area, about 12 km from the town centre, but give no coordinates, so the site is not pinpointed.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 043bbd43
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta compra por 20,6 millones el suelo industrial para construir su macrocentro de datos en Talavera de la Reina Archived copy | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Site Acquired, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | El Español (El Digital Castilla-La Mancha) | fd5a34d2f8c92e8c96d3e4d0f54ec195f01a9a670b61f4bb76fed5fd84a55551Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta ultima en Talavera un centro de datos de 1.000 M€ que se abastecerá de agua del Tajo por la red municipal Archived copy | iAgua Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Power Source: Other, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Owner claim | source-terms-not-recorded | iAgua | 887cc1f2d98dc6fcc90a57b2b78ba11131653e6111c84cf43ce1d067add27687Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Page anuncia la llegada “definitiva” del centro de datos de Meta a Talavera de la Reina Archived copy | elDiario.es News | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Milestone: Other, Milestone: Zoning Approved, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | elDiario.es | 8284a82a5e78773e6cf53e14921734631170bcaffb69ab19f7b5822f537084b1Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Talavera de la Reina Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | f050c8a5f63f566bad8fe66c668f8dd5e30217ab4d798e197f0053f577e63f64Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta Talavera de la Reina data center campus [site vcc-site-2972c6d36048ca1770e2]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-2972c6d36048ca1770e2/
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