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Meta El Paso Data Center

El Paso, Texas, United StatesUnder construction

Planned critical IT: 1,000 MW
Updated: Oct 28, 2026
Utility: El Paso Electric

Meta broke ground on its El Paso data center in 2025 and targets initial service in 2028. The company says the campus can scale to 1 GW of future compute capacity, while city records describe local agreements and an investment approaching $10 billion. The 1 GW figure is planned full-development compute capacity.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Design

1,000 MW

Capacity

Design

1,000 MW

Capacity basis

Planned / design or future potential

1,000 MW planned future compute capacity

Planned compute capacity

Planned / design or future potential

1,000 MW

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Initial power requirement

First phase grid requirement

475 MW

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Potential lease term

Planned / design or future potential

20 years

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Construction programUnder construction

Meta El Paso Data Center: Construction program.

Initial 475 MW service phaseUnder construction

Expansion to 1 GW computePlanned

BlackRock venture closingAnnounced pending close

Milestones (2)

Meta El Paso Data Center — Construction program

Oct 15, 2025 · Event timing type not established

In progress · Construction started

Source not linked

Meta broke ground on its El Paso data center in 2025 and targets initial service in 2028.

Date not disclosed · Event timing type not established

In progress · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

Developer

Sources by role

Developer (1)

Meta’s new AI-optimized data center in El Paso · Oct 15, 2025 · Primary

Other participants (7)

Construction manager property manager and sole occupant

Original project entity

80 percent venture sponsor

Global Infrastructure Partners

Blackrock platform participant

HPS Investment Partners

Blackrock platform participant

El Paso Electric

Electric utility

City of El Paso

Incentive and land use authority

Capital & incentives

Capital claims and financing records may overlap. Their amounts are not added together.

Capital claims

Development scale

Actual

Meta broke ground on its El Paso data center in 2025 and targets initial service in 2028. The company says the campus can scale to 1 GW of future compute capacity, while city records describe local agreements and an investment approaching $10 billion

Meta investment

Company reported

$10,000,000,000+

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Meta contributed assets

Planned at close

$2,300,000,000

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Blackrock cash contribution

Planned at close

$4,900,000,000

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Debt financing

Planned

$12,500,000,000

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Meta alignment distribution

Planned at close

$1,000,000,000

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Residual value guarantee threshold

Aggregate declining

$13,000,000,000

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Financing records

Investment commitment

$10bn

Jan 1, 2026

Planned El Paso investment.

Parties & sources

Meta (Sponsor)

Sources (2)

El Paso data centers project information · Jan 1, 2026
Meta’s new AI-optimized data center in El Paso · Oct 15, 2025

Meta investment

$10bn

Jul 28, 2026

Parties & sources

Legacy figure

Counterparties not specified. Scope not specified.

Sources (1)

Meta and BlackRock venture to develop El Paso data center · Jul 28, 2026

Evidence record

Debt financing

$12.5bn

Jul 28, 2026

Parties & sources

Legacy figure

Counterparties not specified. Scope not specified.

Sources (1)

Meta and BlackRock venture to develop El Paso data center · Jul 28, 2026

Evidence record

Incentives

Property tax abatement

Approved · City of El Paso

Municipal development and tax agreements supporting the project.

Site & development

Location context

Actual

Meta El Paso Data Center | El Paso | Texas | United States

Location

Actual

El Paso, El Paso County, TX, US

Peak construction jobs

Forecast

4,000+ jobs

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Construction

Capacity basis

Actual

Source stated future compute capacity at full scale

Project identity

Actual

Meta El Paso Data Center

Lifecycle status

Actual

Construction program

Participant roles

Actual

Meta

Infrastructure

Actual

The 1 GW figure is planned full development compute capacity.

Capacity online start

Forecast beginning in year

Dec 31, 2028

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Workers onsite

Actual company reported

2,300+ workers

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Operational jobs

Forecast

300 jobs

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Blackrock venture interest

Planned at close

80 percent

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Meta venture interest

Planned at close

20 percent

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Lease initial term

Planned

4 years

Meta–BlackRock El Paso · Project

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)

Electric grid

Planned or represented

1,000 MW

1,000 MW planned future compute capacity

Site facility

Planned or represented

The 1 GW figure is planned full-development compute capacity.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.