Meta has begun construction on a data centre in El Paso, Texas.
This marks its 29th facility and third in the state. The site can scale to 1GW capacity and will focus on AI model delivery and superintelligence development.
The company is working with The Borderplex Alliance, the economic development agency for El Paso, on the project.
The facility has been designed to support AI workloads, with systems that can accommodate servers currently in use and hardware for future generations, the company said in a statement.
Meta investment to create jobs in El Paso
The design incorporates flexibility to address evolving AI inference and training requirements, which demand varying approaches to hardware and network systems, the statement said.
The data centre will support Meta’s products, including smart glasses, AI assistants, live translations, and video editing tools, the statement added.
The initial phase will see an investment of over $1.5 billion, according to figures updated on October 15, 2025. The first facilities will support approximately 100 operational jobs. Construction is expected to employ over 1,800 workers onsite at peak for this phase.
Meta is supporting businesses in the El Paso area through its Community Accelerator programme, which builds skills in digital technology and demonstrates how to use AI tools, including Meta AI. The company will bring its Community Action Grants to El Paso next year.
The three Texas data centres have supported thousands of jobs for workers in the state. Meta has invested over $10 billion in Texas and employs over 2,500 people across its data centres, offices, and research lab in the state.
The data centre buildings will achieve LEED Gold certification once operational, meeting standards for energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy, water conservation, supply chain responsibility, and recycling.
Meta pledges to restore 200% water consumption in El Paso
The facility will use a closed-loop, liquid-cooled system that will use zero water for a majority of the year. Meta aims to be water positive in 2030, meaning it will restore more water than it consumes. In El Paso, the company will restore 200 per cent of the water consumed by the data centre to watersheds in the area.
Meta has partnered with DigDeep to provide running water to communities in El Paso that need it. The company will also work with Texas Water Action Collaborative on water restoration projects in the community.
The data centre’s electricity use will be matched with 100 per cent clean and renewable energy. Meta has paid for infrastructure required to connect the data centre to the grid, including transmission lines and substations, through an agreement with El Paso Electric.
