Nearly four years after ground was broken and more than two years after Meta redesigned the projects to support next-generation AI workloads, the company’s hyperscale data center campuses in Temple, Texas, and Kuna, Idaho, are in critical phases of development.
In Idaho, the nearly 1 million-square-foot Kuna facility has reached peak construction, with exterior works substantially complete, more than 1,400 workers on site, and commissioning activities expected to continue ahead of a planned late-2026 opening.
Meanwhile, Meta’s Temple campus has emerged as part of the company’s growing Texas infrastructure footprint, with the facility now partially operational and supporting Meta’s expanding AI and cloud infrastructure strategy. The California-based tech company is also expanding its footprint overseas with a new 168MW data center in India.
Together, the two data center projects by Meta in the U.S. represent more than US$1.6 billion in investment.
Project Status
Meta Kuna Data Center in Idaho
- Construction remains active and has reached peak levels.
- Exterior structures are complete.
- Interior fit-out, data halls, paving, landscaping and commissioning activities are underway.
- More than 1,400 construction workers are currently engaged on site.
- Commercial operation is expected by the end of 2026.
Meta Temple Data Center in Texas
- Temple data center campus in Texas is partially operational with approximately 198MW of capacity in service.
Project Fact Sheets
Meta Temple Data Center in Texas
Location: Temple, Bell County
Status: Partially operational
Developer/Owner: Meta Platforms
Estimated Investment: More than US$800 million
Campus Size: 386 acres
Built Area: Approximately 750,000–900,000 sq ft
Data Center Capacity: Approximately 152MW
Buildings: Three data center buildings plus administration facilities
Peak Construction Workforce: More than 1,200 workers
Permanent Jobs: Approximately 100
Design Focus: AI-optimized hyperscale data center
Power Strategy: 100% renewable energy support
Sustainability Features: Dry-cooling technology, LEED Gold target certification
Meta Kuna Data Center in Idaho
Location: Kuna, Idaho
Status: Under construction
Developer/Owner: Meta
Estimated Investment: More than US$800 million
Campus Size: Approximately 960,000 sq ft
Buildings: Multiple data halls with central administration building
Peak Construction Workforce: More than 1,000 workers
Permanent Jobs: Approximately 100
Design Focus: AI-optimized hyperscale data center
Supporting Infrastructure: Water and wastewater treatment facilities, power infrastructure upgrades
Expected Completion: Targeted for 2026 delivery
Construction resumes at Meta data centres across the U.S.
Reported October 20, 2023 – Meta’s data centres in Temple, Texas, and Kuna, Idaho, have resumed construction. The Facebook corporation halted work at Temple in December 2022, as part of a global halt in data centre projects, as first reported by DCD. Meta redesigned its main data centre design over the following year to allow denser GPU installations for artificial intelligence applications. These are going to be the first facilities built using the new design.
Meta is also accelerating work on the Temple data centre in Texas. This will be one of the first data centres created utilising our new architecture, a design that will support the next generation of AI systems. It will be part of the infrastructure that will bring our innovations to life, according to the business.
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The construction of the “data centre will represent an investment of more than $800 million. Further, they will support approximately 100 operational jobs,” according to the report.
It will continue to collaborate on the project with JE Dunn Construction. Local contractors Rosendin, Brandt Companies, and Peabody General Contractors. Additionally, Alamo Structural Steel, Perry and Perry Builders, CentiMark Corporation, and BakerTriangle, with over 1,200 construction workers on-site at the peak of construction.
More on the Meta data centres in the U.S.
Similarly, it anticipates a $800 million investment in Kuna, as well as 100 operational employment. It will continue to collaborate with HENSEL PHELPS, Engineered Structures, Inc. (ESI), and other local partners, with a peak of 1,000 construction employment anticipated. Meta claims that the new design will be 31% less expensive. It will also take half the time to develop than the prior method.
“We’ve now gone to market with our design, and the sort of response we’ve gotten back has given us confidence that our projections are coming to fruition,” Alan Duong, Meta’s worldwide director of data centre engineering, told DCD for a profile on Meta’s new data centre design.
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