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Meta Prineville Data Center

Prineville, Oregon, United StatesOperating
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Utility
Pacific Power / PacifiCorp

Meta's first purpose-built data center campus now comprises 11 buildings and nearly 4.6 million square feet. Meta Prineville Data Center is located in Prineville, OR, US and is a data center campus in operating status.

Capacity

Meta supported grid renewables

Reported rounded

977 MW generation

Generation capacity; not IT capacity

Source

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

Initial purpose-built campusOperational

1 building

Original Prineville facility; later expansions remain within the same campus.

Third-building expansionOperational

1 building

Historical third-building scope; exact commissioning date remains open.

2018 two-building expansionOperational

2 buildings

USD750 million announcement bringing planned campus area above 3.2 million square feet.

2021 two-building expansionOperational

2 buildings

900,000-square-foot expansion that produced the 11-building / 4.6 million-square-foot campus.

Milestones (5)
Prineville operating facility anchors the Open Compute launch

Apr 7, 2011 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked
Meta announces a third Prineville data center building

Sep 1, 2015 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Meta reports the USD750 million expansion

Oct 23, 2018 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Meta announces the 900,000-square-foot expansion

Mar 18, 2021 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Local reporting corroborates the 11-building campus

Jun 30, 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Event type not stated

Source not linked

Participants

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Operator · Owner

Sources by role
Operator / Owner (1)
Owner (1)
Other participants (1)
Pacific Power / PacifiCorp

Utility provider

Sources by role
Utility provider (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Cumulative investment

Reported rounded

$2 billion plus

Source

Local community funding

Reported rounded

$5.30 million

Source

Third building additional investment

Reported rounded

$200 million plus

Source

2018 expansion investment

Reported rounded

$750 million

Source

Site & development

Building count

Reported rounded

11 buildings

Source

Campus floor area

Reported rounded

4.6 million square feet

Source

Peak construction workers

Reported rounded

1,000 workers

Source

2018 expansion buildings

Reported rounded

2 buildings

Source

2018 planned floor area

Reported rounded

3.2 million square feet plus

Source

2021 expansion buildings

Reported rounded

2 buildings

Source

2021 expansion floor area

Reported rounded

900,000 square feet

Source

Technical specifications

Water efficiency program

Actual

True

Source

Additional project facts

Current status

Actual

Operating

Source

Operational jobs

Reported rounded

350 jobs plus

Source

Renewable matching

Actual

True

Source

Campus IT capacity disclosed

Actual

False

Source

Initial operation year

Reported rounded

2011

Source

Initial open compute site

Actual

True

Source

2018 additional jobs

Reported rounded

100 jobs

Source

Owner operator

Actual

Meta Platforms

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Renewable energy supply

Operational

977 MW generation

Meta-supported renewable projects on PacifiCorp's grid; this is external generation, not campus capacity.

Cooling system

Operational

First-party fact sheet describes water-efficiency practices but publishes no utility volume.

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

Related projects (1)
Apple Prineville Data Center

Operating · Prineville, Oregon, United States

Same locality: Prineville

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