Meta Expands Data Center Investment
Technology giant Meta Platforms is expanding its investment in El Paso, Texas, committing $1.5 billion for a new artificial intelligence–optimized data center. The project will employ about 100 full-time workers and occupy a 1,000-acre site near the Texas–New Mexico border.
The expanded plan marks a major leap from Meta’s original $800 million investment announced in late 2023. The new facility will handle massive AI workloads and help power global connectivity for billions of users.
AI Growth Fuels the Decision
Meta officials said the decision to expand followed rapid advances in AI and rising demand for large-scale data capacity.
“What you’re seeing here is us having to grow with the needs of our business,” Brad Davis, Meta’s director of data center community and economic development, told El Paso Matters…