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Meta Huntsville Data center

OperatingHyperscaleBuildingMadison County, Alabama

Part of Meta Huntsville

20% profile completeness
14 claims from 5 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
Not yet sourced
Building footprint
579,700 sq ft[1]
Likelyderived
Buildings (planned)
Not yet sourced
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Not yet sourced

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
Operating (community-mapped, unverified)
Low confidence
Project verification
Unverified
Evidence is limited to community map.
Current stage
Operational
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
City of Huntsville - (Al) · None (non-RTO region)
Substation: Gladstone Switching Station (161 kV) (nearest, unverified)

Power reality

Announced
No record
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.

Project verification

Development
  1. Announcedimplied by a later stage
  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 constructionimplied by a later stage
  3. Energizationimplied by a later stage
  4. OperationalSep 27, 2026
    Community map
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Reported status: operating[1]

● 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: Community map.

Grid path

  1. facility
    Meta Huntsville Data center
  2. substation
    Gladstone Switching Station (161 kV)[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Nearest mapped substation, 0.62 km away. Proximity does not establish that it serves the site.
  3. transmission
    161 kV line[1]
    Proximity onlyUnverified
    Highest-voltage line mapped within 2 km (1.07 km away). Not confirmed as the supply path.
  4. utility
    City of Huntsville - (Al)[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Retail service territory containing the site
  5. ISO / RTO
    None (non-RTO region)[3]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: TVA
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

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

Mapped outline
Coordinates
34.84732, -86.62679
County
Madison 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
    Not identified
  3. 3. Operator
    Meta[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified

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
Utility
City of Huntsville - (Al)(unreviewed)[2]Likely

Location falls inside this utility's retail service territory.

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
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)[3]Likelyderived

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

Balancing authority
TVA[2]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

Nearest mapped substation
Gladstone Switching Station (161 kV)[1]Likelyderived

Nearest substation mapped in OpenStreetMap; proximity does not establish which substation serves the site.

Distance to substation
0.6 km[1]Likelyderived
Highest-voltage line nearby
161 kV[1]Likelyderived

Highest-voltage transmission line mapped within 2 km.

State avg. industrial price
8.42¢/kWh[4]Confirmed

Alabama statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
14.83¢/kWh[4]Confirmed

Alabama statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
5.45 GW[5]Confirmedderived

8 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
161 kV lineTransmission line1.07 km161 kV[1]
Tai Huntsville Solar Hybrid · TAI Huntsville Solar, LLCPower plant (Solar)2 km32 MW[5]
Cumblerland Land Holdings, LLC · Cumberland Land Holdings, LLCPower plant (Solar)24.8 km15 MW[5]
Redstone Arsenal Hybrid · MN8 Energy LLCPower plant (Solar)26.3 km8 MW[5]
Elora Solar · Elora SolarPower plant (Solar)35.2 km150 MW[5]
Decatur Energy Center · Decatur Energy Center LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)43.5 km800 MW[5]
Morgan Energy Center · Morgan Energy Center LLCPower plant (Natural Gas)46.1 km782 MW[5]
Browns Ferry · Tennessee Valley AuthorityPower plant (Nuclear)47.7 km3.66 GW[5]
Decatur-Morgan CO Lfg Recovery Project · Energy Developments, Inc d/b/a EDLPower plant (Biomass)50 km2 MW[5]
Gladstone Switching Station · Tennessee Valley AuthoritySubstation0.62 km161 kV[1]
Flash Substation · MetaSubstation1.11 km161 kV[1]
Liberty Hill SubstationSubstation1.95 km161 kV[1]
Unnamed substationSubstation2.66 km—[1]

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
    —
  5. First operational
    —
  6. Expected completion
    —

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

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

Building footprint
579,700 sq ft[1]Likelyderived

Computed from the mapped OSM building outline.

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

No dated events sourced yet.

Other buildings on this campus

1

All claims (provenance audit)

14
FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
NameMeta Huntsville Data centerway/1160814413 name=Meta Huntsville Data center[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
StatusOperating[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
Facility typeHyperscale[1] derivedUnverified2026-09-27Shown
OperatorMetaoperator=Meta[1] Likely2026-09-27Shown
UtilityCity of Huntsville - (Al)territory 9094: CITY OF HUNTSVILLE - (AL) (MUNICIPAL, CITY OF HUNTSVILLE - (AL))[2] derivedLikely2022Shown
ISO / RTONone (non-RTO region)[3] derivedLikely—Shown
Balancing authorityTVA[2] derivedLikely—Shown
Nearest mapped substationGladstone Switching Station (161 kV)way/1221572498[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Distance to substation0.6 km[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
Highest-voltage line nearby161 kV[1] derivedLikely2026-09-28Shown
State avg. industrial price8.42¢/kWh[4] Confirmed2026-07Shown
State avg. commercial price14.83¢/kWh[4] Confirmed2026-07Shown
Generation within 50 km5.45 GW[5] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
Building footprint579,700 sq ft[1] derivedLikely2026-09-27Shown