Data Center Atlas
Meta Beaver Dam data center
Under construction
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Meta data center campus of more than 700,000 square feet in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, announced in November 2025 as a USD 1 billion investment and described as optimized for Meta's AI workloads. Meta's fact sheet and location list now give the investment as USD 1 billion or more, and the list gives 2025 as the groundbreaking year. Meta says it planned its energy needs with Alliant Energy and pays the full cost of the power used, and it refers readers to Mortenson for construction information. Meta has not published a power capacity or an opening date.
Source record as of 2026-10-09 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
Meta Beaver Dam data center
Under construction last observed as of · Reported status
Location: Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, US. City point from OpenStreetMap Nominatim; Meta names the city but no site or road. Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms
Use: Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | 1,000,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2025-11-12 | Meta's undated fact sheet and location list give USD 1 billion or more. | Meta Platforms |
| Floor area | more than 700,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-12 | Meta Platforms | |
| Jobs construction | about 1,000 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-12 | The fact sheet and location list give more than 1,000 skilled trade workers on site at peak. | Meta Platforms |
| Jobs permanent | more than 100 count | Planned · Campus | 2025-11-12 | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms | |
| Mortenson | Builder | Meta refers readers to Mortenson for construction information and opportunities. | Meta Platforms |
| Alliant Energy | Utility | Meta says it planned its energy needs with Alliant Energy. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
| City of Beaver Dam | Government | Meta says it pays the city the full cost of water and wastewater service. | Meta Platforms |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-12 | Announced | Actual | Meta Platforms | |
| 2025 | Construction started | Actual | Meta's location list gives 2025 as the groundbreaking year. | Meta Platforms |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Meta says it planned its energy needs with Alliant Energy, pays the full cost of the energy used and matches the site's use with clean and renewable energy. | Meta Platforms; Meta Platforms |
The status rests on two undated Meta pages: the U.S. location list, which gives 2025 as the groundbreaking year, and the fact sheet, which describes the data center in the future tense. status_as_of is therefore the date both were read (2026-10-09). The fact sheet PDF shows no publication date; its embedded file creation date is 2026-09-01.
Sources for these details
- Hello, Beaver Dam! — Meta Platforms; 2025-11-12
- Meta Beaver Dam Data Center fact sheet — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated
- United States - Meta Data Centers — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated · Archived source
Under 'Data centers within Alliant Energy's service area' the utility lists 'Meta | Beaver Dam, Wisconsin': 'Meta announced its $1 billion data center investment in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, in November 2025. The project will be built in Alliant Energy's Beaver Dam Commerce Park.' It adds that 'Meta will also underwrite nearly $200 million in energy network improvements, substations and transmission lines to support the project', that Meta will donate $15 million to Alliant Energy's Hometown Care Energy Fund over the next decade, and that 'The site's electricity use will be matched with 100% clean and renewable energy.' The page also describes Alliant's data-centre rate safeguards and lists QTS and Google in Cedar Rapids and a potential QTS campus in Clinton, Iowa. No capacity, energisation date, substation name or construction stage is given. evidence
Alliant Energy Corporation · publication date not stated
The utility's release of the joint announcement says the AI-optimised campus of more than 700,000 square feet 'will be located in Alliant Energy's Beaver Dam Commerce Park', described as Wisconsin's largest certified site, shovel-ready since its WEDC designation in 2019, and that 'As part of its commitment to cover infrastructure costs to support the data center, Meta will underwrite nearly $200 million in energy infrastructure investments including network upgrades, utility substations, and transmission lines.' It gives Meta's expectation that the data center will come online in 2027 (a forecast) and names Alliant Energy as the utility serving Beaver Dam. evidence
Alliant Energy Corporation · published 2025-11-12
Lists about 1,100 Alliant Energy pages with last-modified dates, including our-energy/data-centers (2026-10-26) and the 12 November 2025 Meta Beaver Dam announcement (2025-11-12). evidence
Alliant Energy Corporation · publication date not stated
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- Meta Beaver Dam Data Center fact sheet evidence row
Meta Platforms · publication date not stated · Company disclosure - 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: 18 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 43.45780, -88.83730
- 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
- City point from OpenStreetMap Nominatim; Meta names the city but no site or road.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 38a97c43
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alliant Energy news release: 'Meta announces $1 billion Data Center Investment in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin' (12 November 2025) Archived copy | Alliant Energy Corporation Utility record | Grid connection context | all-rights-reserved | Alliant Energy Corporation | f200d518b4ce90dd061eceef73180b90c2b1546b837b7eb9d93afea07dbf1a68Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Alliant Energy website sitemap (sitemap.xml), captured 27 October 2026 Archived copy | Alliant Energy Corporation Utility record | Grid connection context | not stated | all-rights-reserved | Alliant Energy Corporation | 181e3046159e8606e84e785d0f7b7dcaee0ebd5d64011b60daff7e22e31147b2Retained source material; see source provenance | |
| Alliant Energy: 'Data centers' page (our-energy/data-centers), captured 27 October 2026 (sitemap lastmod 26 October 2026) Archived copy | Alliant Energy Corporation Utility record | Grid connection context | not stated | all-rights-reserved | Alliant Energy Corporation | 98ec88dd55f26fc52ba3d005a86a86ca5a70046b62747be74a65114fa46af49bRetained source material; see source provenance | |
| Hello, Beaver Dam! Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Announced, Power Source: Grid, Role: Builder, Role: Developer, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | f3b47bfcf5e71a2d22746a45cb47cc11a68df037ba58c28399124bfd184594ccFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta Beaver Dam Data Center fact sheet Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 894b4b75c55c4005db6feeccdbbc8048be8487ca0ca71e3e3699a3516265e3caFactual source record; not the publisher page | |
| United States - Meta Data Centers Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Milestone: Construction Started | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 399d8e7134b42db5037e326738eedb68b9ca15191b3837173172efec50da3ac6Factual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta Beaver Dam data center [site vcc-site-fcfc181b3d5d02fb0a65]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-fcfc181b3d5d02fb0a65/
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