Data Center Atlas
Meta Temple Data Center
Operational
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Meta data center on a 393-acre site off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Boulevard in Temple, Texas. Announced in March 2022 as a USD 800 million, roughly 900,000 sq ft hyperscale campus expected to be finished in 2024, it broke ground in 2022, was redesigned with construction restarting in 2023, and opened in July 2026 as an AI data center of two buildings and more than 760,000 sq ft. Meta now gives its investment as USD 1.2 billion. Meta describes it as its second data center in Texas.
Source record as of 2026-07-22 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Meta Temple Data Center
Operational last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Temple, Bell County, Texas, US. Coordinates are the Temple city coordinates from its Wikipedia page. Sources place the site off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Boulevard but give no parcel coordinates, so the campus itself is not pinpointed. KWTX; KWTX; Wikipedia
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 800,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2022-03-31 | KWTX; Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect) | |
| Investment | 1,200,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2026-07-22 | Meta's fact sheet gives USD 1.2 billion; KWTX describes the investment as more than USD 1.2 billion once completed. | Meta Platforms; KWTX |
| Land area | 393 acres | Reported · Campus | 2022-03-31 | KWTX | |
| Floor area | about 900,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2022-03-31 | Original 2022 plan. | KWTX; Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect) |
| Floor area | more than 760,000 sq_ft | Operational · Campus | 2026-07-22 | Size of the facility as opened in July 2026. | KWTX |
| Buildings | 2 count | Operational · Campus | 2026-07-22 | KWTX describes the opened facility as two buildings; it does not say whether both are already in service. | KWTX |
| Jobs construction | more than 1,200 count | Reported · Campus | 2026-07-22 | Skilled trade workers on site at peak construction; Meta's fact sheet gives 1,200, KWTX more than 1,200, and a 2022 trade report about 1,250 over two years. | Meta Platforms; KWTX; Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect); KWTX |
| Jobs permanent | about 100 count | Planned · Campus | 2026-07-22 | Meta Platforms; KWTX; KWTX |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | Meta Platforms; KWTX | |
| Meta Platforms | Operator | KWTX | |
| Temple Economic Development Corporation | Government | Issued the announcement and, with the City of Temple, granted a partial 10-year property tax abatement. | KWTX; Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect) |
| City of Temple | Government | Granted a partial property tax abatement; Meta says it pays the full cost of the city's water and wastewater service to the site. | Meta Platforms; Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect) |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-31 | Announced | Actual | KWTX | |
| 2022 | Construction started | Actual | Work was expected to begin in spring 2022. | Meta Platforms; KWTX; KWTX |
| 2023 | Other | Actual | Construction restarted after the project was redesigned. | KWTX |
| 2026-07 | First operational | Actual | KWTX reported the facility open and operational in July 2026; a 2022 trade report had expected completion in 2024. | Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect); KWTX |
KWTX reported the opening in July 2026 without saying whether both buildings are in service. Meta's fact sheet (s1) shows no publication date; its embedded file creation date is 2026-09-02. The investment figure rose from USD 800 million at announcement to USD 1.2 billion; sources do not explain the increase beyond the redesign.
Sources for these details
- Meta Temple Data Center fact sheet — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated
- Facebook parent company to invest $800 million in Central Texas — KWTX; 2022-03-31 · Archived source
- Meta's data centre in Temple is part of Texas' growth trend — Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect); 2022-04-07
- Meta goes live in Temple with $1.2 billion AI data center — KWTX; 2026-07-22
- Temple, Texas — Wikipedia; publication date not stated · Archived source
- Companies
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Operator: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Temple Economic Development Corporation (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: Temple Economic Development Corporation (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Temple (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of Temple (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- Meta goes live in Temple with $1.2 billion AI data center evidence row
KWTX · published 2026-07-22 · News - 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: 97 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 31.10560, -97.42080
- 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
- Coordinates are the Temple city coordinates from its Wikipedia page. Sources place the site off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Boulevard but give no parcel coordinates, so the campus itself is not pinpointed.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 24883aba
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Facebook parent company to invest $800 million in Central Texas Archived copy | KWTX News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Metric: Land Area, Milestone: Announced, Milestone: Construction Started, Role: Developer, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | KWTX | 5c5e9e263727239e2efb8e18cd27874eaa4c3c35b3f3414f6679fdf294a5dc21Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta goes live in Temple with $1.2 billion AI data center Archived copy | KWTX News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: First Operational, Milestone: Other, Operator claim | source-terms-not-recorded | KWTX | e895651fa6d5cb6c3be87ecf4fa86d5a5c7e149a701e3f1ffa4075fa3698f6faFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta Temple Data Center fact sheet Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Construction Started, Role: Developer, Role: Government | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | c167b2399b799d1717b56fe1bdb09b1cd3e2327ff491d516d251a23c37c5beadFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Meta's data centre in Temple is part of Texas' growth trend Archived copy | Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect) Trade publication | Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Milestone: First Operational, Role: Government | source-terms-not-recorded | Daily Commercial News (ConstructConnect) | f7109d203775b2a88711511e44473a51bd97bcffb27c5496cd4bdddc3ead67deFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Temple, Texas Archived copy | Wikipedia Other | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Wikipedia | e88b2936907a3f6e1388a3455de8579c2ba2b27eb095d2fd349144f07faa8789Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta Temple Data Center [site vcc-site-6afd5a936ac72410543b]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-6afd5a936ac72410543b/
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