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Meta El Paso Data Center

Under constructionUnclassifiedCampusEl Paso, El Paso County, Texas
40% profile completeness
15 claims from 7 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
1 GW[2][3]
Likely
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
Not yet sourced
Capital cost / investment
$10B[1]
Likely
First operational
Not yet sourced

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
H1 2027 – H1 2028
Medium confidencewindow, not a prediction
Project verification
Under construction
Construction documented by news report.
Current stage
Under construction
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
El Paso Electric · None (non-RTO region)
Substation: Not identified

Power reality

Announced
1 GW[2]
Reported by Edison Electric Institute
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record

Plus on-site / dedicated generation: 366 MW[2] — shown separately from grid capacity.

  • ⚠ Construction is documented, but no grid record or phase capacity yet backs the 1 GW announced.
  • ⚠ No public interconnection record for this load — None (non-RTO region) does not publish large-load requests.
  • ⚠ No permit record linked to this site yet.
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.
How the time-to-power window was estimated
Evidence used
  • Current stage: Under construction (furthest stage with documented evidence)[1]
  • Construction elapsed: Construction documented since 2025-10-13 (1.0 years).
  • Required: 1 GW
Assumptions
  • From “Under construction”, large loads have typically taken 0.5–2 more years to first power (editorial range; see Methodology).
  • Construction to first power typically takes 1.25–2.5 years.
  • The window is a range of plausible outcomes under these assumptions, not a forecast. It moves as new filings, queue updates or imagery arrive.
Window: H1 2027 – H1 2028

Project verification

Development
  1. AnnouncedMar 26, 2026
    Company announcement · Utility filing / announcement
    • Mar 26, 2026 · Planned capacity reported: 1000 MW[3]
    • Sep 11, 2026 · Planned capacity reported: 1000 MW[2]
  2. Land acquiredimplied by a later stage
  3. Planning / zoningimplied by a later stage
  4. Permittingimplied by a later stage
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under constructionOct 13, 2025
    News report
    • Reported status: under construction[1]
    • Oct 13, 2025 · Construction start[1]
  3. Energization
  4. Operational

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: Company announcement, Utility filing / announcement, News report.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Meta El Paso Data Center
  2. substation
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No substation mapped within 3 km and none named in filings.
  3. transmission
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No transmission line mapped within 2 km.
  4. utility
    El Paso Electric[2][1]
    DocumentedConfirmed
    Named in a source
  5. ISO / RTO
    None (non-RTO region)[4]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: EPE
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

  • 366 MW "bridging" generation planned by El Paso Electric, paid for by Meta (dedicated)[2]
    “El Paso Electric is planning 366 MW "bridging" power generation to accelerate expansion, with Meta responsible for all costs.”
    Unknown typeDedicated plant366 MWLikely

Location & imagery

County-level (approximate)

Location is approximate (county-level (approximate)); the marker does not identify the exact site.

Coordinates
31.77282, -106.23591
County
El Paso County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Meta[1]Likely
  3. 3. Operator
    Meta[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified
Power supply
Utility:
El Paso Electric[2][1]

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Operator
Meta[1]Likely

“Meta plans to hire 300 full-time employees to operate the facility.”

Developer
Meta[1]Likely

“Meta Platform begins construction on its new multi-billion dollar El Paso data center”

Utility
El Paso Electric[2][1]Confirmed

“El Paso Electric Meta / Data Center Northeast El Paso, TX” Listed by EEI under this member utility.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Planned capacity
1 GW[2][3]Likely

“$10 billion, 1,000 MW data center project.”

“Today, Meta is thrilled to confirm the El Paso Data Center will grow to 1 gigawatt.”

On-site / dedicated generation
366 MW "bridging" generation planned by El Paso Electric, paid for by Meta (dedicated)[2]Likely

“El Paso Electric is planning 366 MW "bridging" power generation to accelerate expansion, with Meta responsible for all costs.”

Current facility power
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
None (non-RTO region)[4]Likelyderived

Outside all ISO/RTO footprints; balancing authority shown separately.

Balancing authority
EPE[5]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

State avg. industrial price
7.07¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Texas statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
8.47¢/kWh[6]Confirmed

Texas statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
1.9 GW[7]Confirmedderived

15 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Montana Power Station · El Paso Electric CoPower plant (Natural Gas)6.1 km352 MW[7]
Copper · El Paso Electric CoPower plant (Natural Gas)13.3 km63 MW[7]
Phelps Dodge Refining · Phelps Dodge Refining CorpPower plant (Natural Gas)14.7 km15 MW[7]
Newman Solar · Newman Solar LLCPower plant (Solar)29.1 km10 MW[7]
Rio Grande · El Paso Electric CoPower plant (Natural Gas)29.6 km313 MW[7]
Newman · El Paso Electric CoPower plant (Natural Gas)29.9 km931 MW[7]
Buena Vista Energy Center · Buena Vista Energy Center, LLCPower plant (Solar)33 km170 MW[7]
Roadrunner Solar · NRG Solar RoadrunnerPower plant (Solar)41.4 km20 MW[7]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    Oct 13, 2025[1]
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —
Planned capacity
1 GW[2][3]Likely

“$10 billion, 1,000 MW data center project.”

“Today, Meta is thrilled to confirm the El Paso Data Center will grow to 1 gigawatt.”

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Capital cost / investment
$10B[1]LikelyAI-extracted

“Meta executives on Thursday unveiled a massive expansion of its planned data center in Northeast – boosting its investment from $1.5 billion to $10 billion.”

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)

No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

Construction start: Oct 13, 2025[1]

    All claims (provenance audit)

    15
    FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
    StatusUnder construction[1] AI-extractedLikelyShown
    OperatorMeta[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-03-29Shown
    DeveloperMeta[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-03-29Shown
    UtilityEl Paso Electric[2] Confirmed2026-09-11Shown
    UtilityEl Paso Electric[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-03-29Shown
    Planned capacity1 GW[2] Likely2026-09-11Shown
    Planned capacity1 GW[3] AI-extractedLikely2026-03-26Shown
    On-site / dedicated generation366 MW "bridging" generation planned by El Paso Electric, paid for by Meta (dedicated)[2] Likely2026-09-11Shown
    ISO / RTONone (non-RTO region)[4] derivedLikely—Shown
    Balancing authorityEPE[5] derivedLikely—Shown
    State avg. industrial price7.07¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
    State avg. commercial price8.47¢/kWh[6] Confirmed2026-07Shown
    Generation within 50 km1.9 GW[7] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
    Capital cost / investment$10B[1] AI-extractedLikelyShown
    Construction startOct 13, 2025[1] AI-extractedLikelyShown