The site
The site from above
Power
Power and the grid
The plan on record is a grid connection. A building on the campus is in service.
We checked utility filings, regulator dockets and air-permit records for this campus.
Permits
Permits checklist
1 pending · 1 granted · 4 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.
- ◷Building permit PendingCity of Fort Worth · 2017: Building permit application filed with City of Fort Worth. News report · Oct. 2026
- ✓FAA airspace clearance Grantedthe FAA · May 26, 2026: FAA airspace clearance granted by the FAA. FAA · May 2026
- –Checked, nothing on file: Zoning approval, Site plan, Water and wetlands permits, Utility and grid approval
Timeline
What happened, and what is due
SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
- 2026Construction First building in service
- May 26, 2026Permits FAA airspace clearance granted by the FAA. FAA · May 2026
Construction activity
Building activity by quarter
Since May 2026: 1 FAA filing (May 2026): a 178 ft building; 1 satellite capture.
FAA filings
Satellite
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 1. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
Who is involved
Owners, partners and builders
Owners and developers
- Meta Platforms, operator
Still unknown
Open questions
- IT capacity actually running today.
- Remaining build-out and its timing.
Where this comes from
25 records from 8 documents
Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, satellite captures and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
News report 4Dataset 2Satellite 1State agency 1
Evidence
Every quote behind this page
Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.
Power (3)
- Utility: Oncor Electric Delivery“Oncor Electric Delivery - Major areas served: Dallas-Fort Worth, Tyler, Waco, Midland, Odessa, Wichita Falls”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Role of the on-site plant: backup“That renewable energy, totaling around 200 megawatts of wind power in a project part-financed by Facebook, is backed-up by on-site diesel generators, according to the construction company involved in the campus development”News report · 2021 · grade C
- On-site power technology: diesel generators (standby backup)“backed-up by on-site diesel generators, according to the construction company involved in the campus development”News report · 2021 · grade C
Money and contracts (4)
- Project status: OPERATING (IN SERVICE) since 2017: five buildings, 2.6 million sq ft in the AllianceTexas development in far north Fort Worth; construction began 2015, the campus came online in 2017, and the final phase“The company started work on the 2.6 million sq ft (241,545 sqm) facility in Fort Worth in 2015 and brought it online in 2017”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Site acreage: 150 acres“It has since grown into a $1.5 billion investment totaling more than 2.6 million square feet covering over 150 acres”News report · April 2022 · grade C
- Announced investment: 1500000000 USD“Once completed, the more than 2.6 million square feet campus will represent an investment of more than $1.5 billion”News report · 2021 · grade C
- Announced: July 7, 2015“Work starts today on a $1bn data center campus in Fort Worth, now confirmed as belonging to Facebook.”News report · July 2015 · grade C
Permits and government (3)
- FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard“FTW1 DC1 Expansion”FAA · May 2026 · grade B
- An FAA OE/AAA filing (May 2026) for a 178 ft data center building filed as 'FTW1 DC1 Expansion' (ASN 2026-ASW-7178-OE, Determined - No Hazard), 0.67 km from the campus anchor, evidences an expansion building project at t“FTW1 DC1 Expansion”FAA · May 2026 · grade B
- building permit: filed (reported)“The required paperwork for the expansion was filed with state authorities in September”News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (5)
- Street address: 4500 Like Way, Fort Worth, TXMeasured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- County code: 48439Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
- Campus name: Meta Fort Worth Data Center“The company started work on the 2.6 million sq ft (241,545 sqm) facility in Fort Worth in 2015 and brought it online in 2017”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- In service date: 2017“The company started work on the 2.6 million sq ft (241,545 sqm) facility in Fort Worth in 2015 and brought it online in 2017”News report · July 2026 · grade C
- Building count: 5 buildings“The company had originally planned to build three data center buildings on the campus, but acquired further land in the area and upped its building plans to five in 2017”News report · 2021 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).