Meta Fort Worth Data Center — TX · Ask the Grid

Overview

Status: Operating; Operating; the first phase was operational in 2017 and the full campus was completed in 2023.
Campus size: 2,500,000 sq ft; 5 reported buildings · Parent campus
Project cost: $1.5B; Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.
Opened: Jan 1, 2017; Initial phase
Compute profile: Hyperscale; Facebook · Instagram
Cooling design: Water-based cooling with recirculation and wastewater discharge; the precise cooling medium and equipment configuration are not disclosed.; Advanced cooling technology described by Meta as significantly more water efficient than the industry standard. · Water-reuse/recirculation system that reuses water numerous times before wastewater discharge. · Developer-reported advanced cooling design that reduced water use by approximately 75% compared with standard designs.

Project scope: Meta's Fort Worth campus was announced and groundbroken on July 7, 2015, initially planned as up to three 250,000-square-foot data centers. Meta later expanded the plan to five buildings after acquiring additional land.
Power and grid: Multi-building, multi-phase campus with a separate/supporting electrical substation and outdoor standby diesel generators; no formal N, N+1, or 2N design designation was identified.
Compute role: Operating Meta infrastructure: the Fort Worth Data Center became operational in 2017 and supports Meta’s global platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The campus comprises multiple data-center buildings delivered in phases, with critical capacity operated for Meta rather than as a public colocation facility.
Cooling and environment: Advanced cooling technology described by Meta as significantly more water efficient than the industry standard. Water-reuse/recirculation system that reuses water numerous times before wastewater discharge. Developer-reported advanced cooling design that reduced water use by approximately 75% compared with standard designs.

Initial phase

The July 7, 2015 announcement described up to three 250,000-square-foot data centers, with construction of the first phase expected to finish in June 2016. The first phase opened in spring 2017.

Five-building campus expansion

In 2016-2017, Meta expanded the original plan from three buildings to five after acquiring additional land. The expanded campus was planned at approximately 2.5 million square feet.

Final phase / cold-storage addition

The final phase was a $200 million cold-storage addition. DatacenterDynamics reported that it was expected to come online in 2022; DPR separately reports the full campus as completed in 2023.

Power and grid

Capacity	Basis	Status	Scope	As of
52 MW	Utility Service	Operating	Campus	2026-07-16
The operating Meta Fort Worth facility can draw up to just under 52 MW of electricity; reported as an approximate campus-level utility-service figure.
24 MW	Backup Generation	Operating	Campus	2026-07-16
Reported backup-generator capacity for the Meta Fort Worth facility.

Utility: Oncor Electric Delivery; AllianceTexas infrastructure is also identified as being served by Brazos Electric.
Balancing authority: Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
ISO / RTO: ERCOT
Substation: Separate/supporting electrical substation; the substation name was not identified.
Redundancy: Multi-building, multi-phase campus with a separate/supporting electrical substation and outdoor standby diesel generators; no formal N, N+1, or 2N design designation was identified.
Backup generation: Outdoor standby diesel generators are present; reported backup-generator capacity is 24 MW at the campus level.
Power sources: Grid electricity · 100% clean and renewable Texas wind energy / supported renewable-energy projects
Grid flexibility: No site-specific demand-response, curtailment, or flexible-load program was identified. Texas large-load requirements generally contemplate curtailment or transfer to backup generation during grid emergencies, but the evidence does not establish a Meta-specific implementation.

Facility and development

Gross floor area (sq ft): 2,500,000
Site area (acres): 170
Buildings: 5
Construction: Meta's Fort Worth campus was announced and groundbroken on July 7, 2015, initially planned as up to three 250,000-square-foot data centers. Meta later expanded the plan to five buildings after acquiring additional land. The first phase became operational in spring 2017; construction of the final phase began in December 2020, with commercial operation expected in 2022. DPR reports that the overall multi-phase campus was completed in 2023.
Land transaction: Meta acquired additional land for the Fort Worth campus as the project expanded from the original three-building plan to five buildings; the sources do not identify the seller, purchase price, or transaction date.
Facility class: Hyperscale
Workloads: Facebook · Instagram · WhatsApp
Cooling systems: Advanced cooling technology described by Meta as significantly more water efficient than the industry standard. · Water-reuse/recirculation system that reuses water numerous times before wastewater discharge. · Developer-reported advanced cooling design that reduced water use by approximately 75% compared with standard designs.
Cooling medium: Water-based cooling with recirculation and wastewater discharge; the precise cooling medium and equipment configuration are not disclosed.
Water source: Local/third-party water utility supply; the exact facility-level source is not separately disclosed. Fort Worth’s raw-water provider is Tarrant Regional Water District.
Annual water use (gallons): 82,158,307
Fiber and connectivity: Located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex with strong connectivity to fiber networks; the broader AllianceTexas area has 19+ fiber providers, including Tier 1 carriers, and diverse routes to Dallas exchanges.
Operating context: Operating Meta infrastructure: the Fort Worth Data Center became operational in 2017 and supports Meta’s global platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The campus comprises multiple data-center buildings delivered in phases, with critical capacity operated for Meta rather than as a public colocation facility.
Efficiency: WUE L Per Kwh 0.19 · actual · Exact Asset · 2024 fiscal year
Emissions: No Fort Worth-specific greenhouse-gas total was disclosed in the retrieved sources. Meta reports that its global operations have reached net-zero emissions and that data-center electricity use is matched with 100% clean and renewable energy; the Fort Worth site used 1,109,004 MWh in 2024.
Environmental commitments: Achieve Meta’s goal of being water positive by 2030 by restoring more water than it consumes. · Use cooling technology that is significantly more water efficient than the industry standard. · Reuse water numerous times before discharging it as wastewater. · Capture and infiltrate rainwater on site, use native vegetation where possible, and deploy water-saving fixtures and technologies. · Match the data center’s electricity use with 100% clean and renewable energy; Meta reports that its global operations have reached net-zero emissions. · Achieve LEED Gold certification for operational data-center buildings.
Environmental impacts: The facility reported 311 megaliters of water withdrawal in 2024, equivalent to approximately 82.16 million U.S. gallons for the year. · Cooling-related water is reused before wastewater discharge; the facility also captures and infiltrates rainwater on site. · The site’s 2024 electricity consumption was reported as 1,109,004 MWh, creating a substantial energy-related environmental footprint even though Meta matches operations with renewable-energy instruments.
Project cost (USD): 1,500,000,000
Incentives (USD): 146,700,000
Tax abatements: A Fort Worth City Council incentive agreement approved in May 2015 provided Facebook with approximately $146.7 million in rebates on real and business personal property taxes over 20 years. · A related report describes a 10-year agreement providing up to 60% abatement on taxes for property value; Tarrant County's active-abatement record identifies Facebook Fort Worth with a 60% county abatement and a 40% hospital-district component, subject to the record's combined-abatement notation.
Utility agreements: The project was marketed with dual electric service to the site. The evidence does not identify the serving utility, executed service-agreement terms, or an ERCOT docket number. · The renewable-power arrangement described above supported the site's 100% renewable-energy objective, but its commercial terms beyond the reported counterparties and 202 MW wind project were not identified.
Power purchase agreements: Facebook/Meta entered a power-purchase arrangement associated with a 202 MW wind farm on approximately 17,000 acres northwest of Tarrant County; the reported counterparties were Citigroup Energy, Alterra Power Corporation, and Starwood Energy Group. The arrangement was intended to supply renewable power to the Texas grid for the Fort Worth data center. · The Fort Worth campus was reported as supported by 100% renewable energy from Texas; the evidence does not establish that the 202 MW arrangement covered every phase or building separately.
Permits and dockets: Expansion paperwork for the Fort Worth campus was reported as filed with state authorities in September 2020; the specific state filing or docket number was not identified. · A public permit index lists Fort Worth permits for foundation-only work, new data-center construction, renovations involving MEP systems and generators, and related plumbing work. The index attributes third-party plan review and inspections to Winston Services, Inc.; individual permit numbers and phase assignments were not provided in the retrieved evidence.
Transactions: Facebook/Meta acquired an additional 39 acres for the Fort Worth campus expansion, reportedly in 2015; the seller and purchase price were not identified. · The initial project was announced as a $750 million, three-building, 110-acre development in AllianceTexas, later expanded to five buildings and more than $1.5 billion of total campus investment. · Winner LLC was identified in contemporaneous reporting as the company fronting the original Fort Worth project, but the retrieved evidence does not establish its precise ownership, landholding, or financing role.
Public hearings: Fort Worth City Council authorized the 2015 property-tax-abatement and Chapter 380 agreements associated with Winner, LLC, identified by the city audit as the developer for the Facebook Project. · Fort Worth public meetings and scheduled hearings in 2026 addressed citywide data-center regulations and possible moratoria for new development; the retrieved evidence does not identify those proceedings as hearings against the operating Meta Fort Worth Data Center.
Community benefits: Meta reports more than $5.2 million in direct funding to Tarrant County-area schools and nonprofits, along with 175+ local grants and sponsorships since 2018. · Meta-supported Fort Worth projects include technology improvements at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, expansion of the Marty Leonard Lotus Marsh Boardwalk at the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge, and development of the National Juneteenth Museum. · The 2022 Community Action Grants supported CommUnity Frontline, The Atatiana Project, The Net Fort Worth, and the YMCA of Fort Worth with projects involving technology access, STEAM education, online safety, and support for families without home computers. · The 2015 Texas announcement projected more than $500 million in capital investment and at least 40 full-time operating jobs. Later sources reported approximately 120 employees when all buildings opened and more than 200 permanent operational jobs after completion; these are different source-year figures. · Fort Worth’s 2015 economic-development agreements with Winner, LLC, identified as developer of the Facebook Project, included property-tax abatements and Chapter 380 program grants.
Petitions: No petition specifically targeting Meta’s operating Fort Worth Data Center or its exact building was identified. The retrieved local reporting instead describes broader campaigns seeking a halt to new data-center projects and opposition to other proposed facilities.
Opposition or litigation: No site-specific lawsuit against Meta’s Fort Worth Data Center was identified. · A Fort Worth Report council member stated that the Meta facility had operated for more than a decade with no complaints. · The reported resident opposition, grassroots campaigns, and proposed moratoria concerned other projects, especially Edged and Black Mountain, rather than Meta’s operating facility. · The reported $100 million lawsuit concerned a Hill County moratorium and was not brought against Meta or the Fort Worth Data Center.

Identity and campus: Meta Fort Worth Data Center
Also reported as Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter, Facebook Fort Worth Data Center, Meta Fort Worth Data Center.
Regulatory record: The Meta Fort Worth Data Center is a multi-phase, five-building campus in AllianceTexas. It broke ground in 2015, with the first phase operational in 2017 and the campus completed in the early 2020s. Fort Worth and Tarrant County approved an incentive package in May 2015. The evidence also identifies dual electric service, a Texas renewable-power arrangement, expansion paperwork filed with state authorities in September 2020, and multiple construction and foundation permits. No site-specific ERCOT or Oncor docket number was identified.

Meta Fort Worth Data Center

Meta Fort Worth Data Center

Overview

Initial phase

Five-building campus expansion

Final phase / cold-storage addition

Power and grid

Facility and development

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