Data center profile · Industrial Boulevard and Loop 363, Temple, Bell County, Texas

Meta Temple Data Center

Meta's 399-acre AI-optimized campus in Temple, Texas, serving traffic since July 22, 2026 on Oncor grid power, after a redesign pause in 2022 and 2023

Operating, expanding. Meta says the campus went live on July 22, 2026, its first AI-optimized data center to come online. The Epoch AI tracker estimates three buildings running as of Sept. 30, 2026, against a planned 231 MW.
231 MW
planned facility power (Epoch AI estimate)
tracker shows 178 MW current as of Sept. 30, 2026; Meta publishes no MW figure
3 buildings
operating (Epoch AI estimate)
Sept. 30, 2026
$1.2B+
investment Meta cites
up from $800M at the 2022 announcement
399.2 acres
campus site
county abatement record; Meta's 2022 release said 393
OperatorMeta Platforms (through Polmer LLC)
CustomerMeta (owner-occupied)
Planned IT capacity185 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 231 MW campus power figure)
First building in serviceIn service since July 2026 (about 178 MW of IT capacity live, estimated)
Next stepNo dated milestone published; the city agreement requires Phase 1 construction to finish within five years of its start (press)
Power

Power and the grid

Energized, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. March 2022
    Campus announced
    Meta announces an $800M, nearly 900,000 sq ft data center in Temple. Company · March 2022
  2. Dec. 13, 2024
    Air registration in effect
    The state environmental agency acknowledges Polmer LLC's operational-status notice for the site's air authorization. see Permits
  3. July 22, 2026
    Serving traffic
    Meta says it worked with Oncor to meet the campus's energy needs years in advance. Company · July 2026
  4. Not set
    Load and service terms not public
    No MW, interconnection or service contract for the campus appears in the records. Company · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

4 granted

Approvals this campus needed, and what the records show.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1.2B+
investment Meta cites for the campus
Meta, July 22, 2026 Company · July 2026
$800M
investment committed in the city agreement
with 40 new full-time jobs in Phase 1 (press) News report · Dec. 2021
$8M
infrastructure payment from Meta to the city
toward $29.76M of city water and wastewater work Local government · Dec. 2023
75%
property tax abatement on added value
10 years from the city and county, plus 50% from Temple College (press) News report · Jan. 2022
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 2021
    Money City of Temple approves economic development, abatement and water agreements with Polmer LLC (press). News report · Dec. 2021
  2. Dec. 20, 2021
    Permits Bell County authorizes tax abatement agreements for the 399-acre site. Local government · Dec. 2021
  3. March 2022
    Site Meta announces an investment of more than $800M for a hyperscale data center in Temple. Local government · March 2022
  4. Sept. 1, 2022
    Site A 50,450 sq ft support warehouse is registered with the state. State agency · Oct. 2026
  5. Dec. 2022
    Site Meta pauses construction to redesign the data center for AI workloads (press). News report · Oct. 2026
  6. Oct. 2023
    Site Contractor JE Dunn resumes construction under the redesign (press). News report · Oct. 2026
  7. Dec. 13, 2024
    Permits The state acknowledges the campus's air registration as active. State agency · Dec. 2024
  8. July 22, 2026
    Power Meta announces the Temple Data Center is serving traffic, with over $1.2B invested. Company · July 2026
  9. Sept. 21, 2026
    Permits The Texas governor orders a pause on new data center permits at the state environmental agency (press). News report · Oct. 2026
  10. Sept. 2026
    Power Epoch AI tracker estimate: three buildings operating, 178 MW current of 231 MW planned.
The buildings

Specs

Nearly 900,000 sq ft
announced for the data center in 2022 (company says)
Company · March 2022
5.2M gallons a year
water Meta says it returns to the local watershed; its 2022 release cited 64M gallons a year
Company · July 2026
About 100 jobs
operating roles Meta cites in July 2026
Company · July 2026
50,450 sq ft
support warehouse registered in Sept. 2022, about $9.8M
State agency · Oct. 2026
75% for 10 years
city and county tax abatement, then a 75% abatement with payments in lieu of taxes for years 11 to 20 (press)
News report · Jan. 2022
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • Meta Platforms: parent and operator
  • Polmer LLC: Delaware project entity that owns the site
  • JE Dunn: general contractor
Power
  • Oncor Electric Delivery: delivery utility
Decision-makers
  • City of Temple: abatement, development and water agreements
  • Bell County Commissioners Court: abatement authorization
  • Temple College: abatement counterparty
  • Texas Commission on Environmental Quality: air registration
Local partners
  • Temple Economic Development Corporation: recruitment partner
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

119 records from 18 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, state agency records, company statements and public and commercial datasets, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 8Local government 4State agency 3Company 2Dataset 2
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 (9)
  • Guard: Oppidan (Connect Data Centers) is building a separate 5 MW data center at 2313 Eberhardt Road, directly across Eberhardt Road from the Meta campus (TDLR TABS2025015318; start July 14, 2025, completion Oct. 16, 2026). It
    “Project Name: 5MW Temple Data Center Project Number: TABS2025015318 Location Address: 2313 Eberhardt Road Temple, TX 76504”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “Registration Number: 168139 Polmer LLC Temple Data Center Temple, TX 76504, Bell”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “We worked closely with Oncor Electric to plan for and meet our energy needs years in advance of our data center coming online”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: not stated
    “We worked closely with Oncor Electric to plan for and meet our energy needs years in advance of our data center coming online”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Portfolio context only (never a campus MW figure): Meta states more than 40 Meta-supported projects are adding 9,000 MW of new clean and renewable energy in Texas. Data Center Dynamics separately reports Meta signed a 24
    “More than 40 Meta-supported projects are adding 9,000 MW of new clean and renewable energy in Texas”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Oncor Electric
    “We worked closely with Oncor Electric to plan for and meet our energy needs years in advance of our data center coming online.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Oncor Electric Delivery
    “We worked closely with Oncor Electric to plan for and meet our energy needs years in advance of our data center coming online”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Meta's Temple electricity use is matched with 100% clean and renewable energy, and Meta signed a 240MW solar PPA in Texas after commencing construction
    “Like at all of our data centers, the Temple Data Center’s electricity use is matched with 100% clean and renewable energy.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Grid operator: ERCOT
    “the order thus affects all data centers, even those that plan to rely entirely on behind-the-meter generation without interconnecting with the ERCOT grid”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (28)
  • Water and Wastewater Agreement: infrastructure payment 8000000 USD
    “Water and Wastewater Agreement with Polmer (4) 8,000,000 ... Revenue appropriated for the Infrastructure Payment received as part of the Water and Wastewater Agreement with Polmer”
    Local government · Dec. 2023 · grade A
  • Tenants: Meta Platforms, Inc. (owner-occupied; no third-party tenant)
    “TENANT Not Assigned”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Tax Abatement Agreement (Tex. Tax Code Ch. 312): scope
    “Tax Abatement Agreements between Polmer LLC, the City of Temple and Temple College which will abate a percentage of the increases in the taxable value of certain real and personal property”
    Local government · Dec. 2021 · grade A
  • Guard: Rowan Digital Infrastructure's Temple campuses (Project Temple, Project Stampede, Project Ranger) and the City's 2025-2026 data-center framework concern separate projects in the same city; the City's Data Center I
    “For Project Temple, the first Rowan hyperscale project being developed in Temple, domestic water use is contractually capped at 4,000 gallons per day”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 48027
    “providing more than $1.7 million in direct funding to Bell County-area schools and nonprofits, including through our annual Data Center Community Action Grants”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Investment current: 1.2 USD billion
    “This facility represents an investment of more than $1.2 billion in Temple.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: operating - owner-occupied
    “the Meta Temple Data Center is now serving traffic”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Investment current: 1200000000 USD
    “This facility represents an investment of more than $1.2 billion in Temple”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • General contractor: JE Dunn
    “the Temple College District, JE Dunn, Oncor Electric, and all of our local partners”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Operator: Meta (Meta Platforms, Inc.; formerly the Facebook company)
    “Meta, formerly the Facebook company, announced today that it will invest $800 million in the creation of a Hyperscale Data Center in Temple, Texas.”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Site location: 393 acres off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd., Temple, TX (Enterprise / North Industrial Park)
    “The new facility, which will total approximately 900,000 square feet when completed, will be located on 393 acres off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd.”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Planned sq ft: 900000 sq ft
    “The new facility, which will total approximately 900,000 square feet when completed, will be located on 393 acres off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd.”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Investment announced: 800 USD million
    “Meta, formerly the Facebook company, announced today that it will invest $800 million in the creation of a Hyperscale Data Center in Temple, Texas.”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • City: Temple
    “announced today that it will invest $800 million in the creation of a Hyperscale Data Center in Temple, Texas”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Investment announced: 800000000 USD
    “the data center will represent an investment of more than $800 million”
    Company · March 2022 · grade B
  • Economic Development Agreement / Tax Abatement Agreements: termination / cancellation / clawback - FINDING: not public
    “Consider a resolution authorizing the County Judge to approve Tax Abatement Agreements between Polmer LLC, the City of Temple and Temple College”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Contractor JE Dunn resumed construction in October 2023 under the AI-optimized redesign.
    “Kansas City-based contractor JE Dunn resumed construction on the project in October 2023”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres: 393 acres
    “Located on 393 acres of land off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd., the data center was planned to span approximately 900,000 square feet”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Tax Abatement Agreement (Tex. Tax Code Ch. 312): abatement percentage and term - City of Temple and Bell County 75% for years 1-10
    “Year 1 through 10: 75% ad valorem tax abatement on the increase in the taxable value of real and personal property from the City of Temple and Bell County”
    News report · Jan. 2022 · grade C
  • Tax Abatement Agreement (Tex. Tax Code Ch. 312): abatement percentage and term - Temple College 50% for 10 years
    “Additionally, there is a 10-year, 50% tax abatement from Temple College”
    News report · Jan. 2022 · grade C
  • Tax Abatement Agreement (Tex. Tax Code Ch. 312): term - years 11-20 structure (payment in lieu of taxes) 75% abatement years 11-20 with PILOT structure
    “Year 11 through 20: 75% ad valorem tax abatement on the increase in the taxable value of real and personal property. However, this agreement has a slightly different structure, with a payment in lieu of taxes”
    News report · Jan. 2022 · grade C
  • Water and Wastewater Agreement: scope
    “a water & wastewater agreement with Polmer LLC to provide potable water supply and water-carried waste services and infrastructure at the development site”
    News report · Jan. 2022 · grade C
  • Tax Abatement Agreement - City of Temple: abatement percentage and term 75% for 10 years
    “The tax abatement agreement with Polmer would grant the company a 10-year, 75% ad valorem tax abatement on the increase in real and personal property improvements”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
  • Economic Development Agreement: scope / investment commitment 800000000 USD
    “Polmer would invest $800 million in real and personal property improvements, along with creating 40 new full time jobs in Phase I”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
  • Economic Development Agreement: jobs commitment 40 new full-time jobs (Phase I)
    “Polmer would invest $800 million in real and personal property improvements, along with creating 40 new full time jobs in Phase I”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
  • Economic Development Agreement: schedule - commencement and completion deadlines
    “Polmer is expected to begin construction on the data center no later than two years from the approved agreement with complete construction of Phase 1 improvements no later than five years from the commencement of construction”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
  • Economic Development Agreement: phasing - subsequent-phase program grants
    “they would be eligible for separate program grants for each subsequent phase that meets additional investment as further provided in the agreement”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
  • Water and Wastewater Agreement: infrastructure cost sharing 29760000 USD
    “The company will give the city $8 million for completion of the infrastructure improvements relating to the wastewater agreement that will cost the city a total of $29,760,000”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
Permits and government (12)
  • Building registration (TABS: Project registered and closed - Project Pasca Warehouse (campus support warehouse)
    “Project Name: Project Pasca Warehouse Project Number: TABS2022020327 Facility Name: Project Pasca Location Address: 3101 Industrial Boulevard Temple, TX 76501”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Air quality authorization (registration): Operational status notification acknowledged - authorization active
    “The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has received your notification dated December 13, 2024, in accordance with Texas Water Code § 5.587 for the above-referenced authorization”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • Tax abatement reinvestment zone designation: Zone designated for the campus site (referenced in county authorization)
    “designated as City of Temple Tax Abatement Reinvestment Zone Number 43”
    Local government · Dec. 2021 · grade A
  • Bell County Commissioners Court: Item 5 - Resolution authorizing the County Judge to approve Tax Abatement Agreements between Polmer LLC, the City of Temple and Temple College (Reinvestment Zone No. 43, ~399.2 acres, SE
    “Tax Abatement Agreements between Polmer LLC, the City of Temple and Temple College which will abate a percentage of the increases in the taxable value of certain real and personal property”
    Local government · Dec. 2021 · grade A
  • data center operations: operations commenced (serving traffic)
    “We are excited to announce the Meta Temple Data Center is now serving traffic.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • hyperscale data center announcement: announced; construction to begin spring 2022
    “The project is expected to employ 1,250 construction workers onsite during peak construction, which will begin in Spring 2022.”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Governor Abbott directed TCEQ to pause issuance of all permits related to data center projects until ERCOT completes its audit. This campus's TCEQ Air Registration 168139 was already in effect (acknowledged December 13,
    “Gov. Greg Abbott on Sept. 21 ordered the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to halt all permits sought by data centers”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Meta publicly backed Governor Abbott's data center standards in August 2026, stating it pays the full costs of its data centers' energy and water use; coverage notes the Temple campus opened in July 2026 and received Bel
    “It opened its newest data center in Temple, Texas in July. It received tax breaks from Bell County for that facility.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • data center construction (AI-optimized design): construction resumed
    “However, by December 2022, construction had been paused at the site as the company began redesigning its data centers for artificial intelligence workloads. Works resumed in October 2023.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • data center construction (AI redesign): construction paused
    “In order to best serve our needs for the future, we have decided to change the design of our data center in Temple which will result in a temporary construction pause while we update our plans”
    News report · Dec. 2022 · grade C
  • Temple College Board of Trustees: Consider authorization of a tax abatement agreement with Polmer LLC (scheduled meeting)
    “Polmer LLC is also seeking the Temple College Board of Trustees' authorization for a tax abatement agreement at an upcoming meeting scheduled for January 24, 2022”
    News report · Jan. 2022 · grade C
  • City of Temple City Council: Approval of economic development agreement, tax abatement agreement, and water & wastewater agreement with Polmer LLC
    “In addition to the economic agreement, Polmer entered into a tax abatement, and water and wastewater agreement with the city”
    News report · Dec. 2021 · grade C
Site and other (26)
  • County code: Bell County, TX (48027)
    “located on an approximately 399.2-acre site at the southeast corner of Industrial Boulevard and Loop 363”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Owner: Polmer LLC
    “Registration Number: 168139 Polmer LLC Temple Data Center Temple, TX 76504, Bell”
    State agency · Dec. 2024 · grade A
  • Developer: Meta Platforms, Inc., developing and owning through Polmer LLC
    “Owner Name: Polmer LLC Owner Address: 1 Meta Way Menlo Park, California 94025”
    State agency · Sept. 2022 · grade A
  • Announced: March 31, 2022
    “Meta is happy to announce that we are joining the Temple community! The City of Temple will be home to our newest data center”
    Company · March 2022 · grade A
  • County: Bell County
    “located on an approximately 399.2-acre site at the southeast corner of Industrial Boulevard and Loop 363”
    Local government · Dec. 2021 · grade A
  • Site acres: 399.2 acres
    “located on an approximately 399.2-acre site at the southeast corner of Industrial Boulevard and Loop 363”
    Local government · Dec. 2021 · grade A
  • Construction stage: Operating - serving traffic since July 22, 2026
    “this is our first AI-optimized data center to come online”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stage: operating
    “We are excited to announce the Meta Temple Data Center is now serving traffic”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project status: operating - serving traffic since July 22, 2026 (Meta's first AI-optimized data center to come online)
    “We are excited to announce the Meta Temple Data Center is now serving traffic.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Operational jobs: 100 jobs
    “Construction of the Temple Data Center supported 1,200 skilled trade workers on site at peak, and the data center currently supports almost 100 operational roles.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Name: Meta Temple Data Center
    “We are excited to announce the Meta Temple Data Center is now serving traffic”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Jobs operational: 100
    “the data center currently supports almost 100 operational roles”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: July 22, 2026
    “We are excited to announce the Meta Temple Data Center is now serving traffic”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Cooling system: Closed-loop, liquid-cooled; zero water use for a majority of the year
    “the Temple Data Center uses a water efficient closed-loop, liquid-cooled system that will use zero water for a majority of the year”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Water restoration commitment: 5200000 gallons/year
    “we are supporting a regional water conservation and restoration project that puts 5.2 million gallons of water back into the local watershed annually”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Renewable energy matching: 100% of electricity use matched with clean and renewable energy (company claim)
    “the Temple Data Center's electricity use is matched with 100% clean and renewable energy”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Temple uses a water-efficient closed-loop, liquid-cooled system designed to use zero water for a majority of the year, and Meta supports a regional conservation/restoration project returning 5.2 million gallons of water
    “Here in Temple, we are supporting a regional water conservation and restoration project that puts 5.2 million gallons of water back into the local watershed annually.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Address: Off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd, Temple, TX
    “will be located on 393 acres off NW H K Dodgen Loop and Industrial Blvd.”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Building sq ft announced: 900000 sq ft
    “This nearly 900,000 square foot facility will be an important part of the global infrastructure”
    Company · March 2022 · grade B
  • Construction start: 2022
    “The project is expected to employ 1,250 construction workers onsite during peak construction, which will begin in Spring 2022”
    Local government · March 2022 · grade B
  • Original target date: not stated
    “Meta is happy to announce that we are joining the Temple community!”
    Company · March 2022 · grade B
  • Water restoration commitment: 64000000 gallons/year
    “This water restoration project will restore over 64 million gallons of water per year to Texas watersheds”
    Company · March 2022 · grade B
  • First announced: March 31, 2022
    “Meta is happy to announce that we are joining the Temple community!”
    Company · March 2022 · grade B
  • Meta paused construction at Temple in December 2022 to redesign the data center for AI workloads (company statement via Data Center Dynamics).
    “we have decided to change the design of our data center in Temple which will result in a temporary construction pause”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings: 3
    “Building 3 is operational”
    grade C
  • The campus was redesigned mid-construction for AI workloads: paused December 2022, resumed October 2023, and ultimately became the first of Meta's AI-optimized data center designs to go live - the schedule history behind
    “In a LinkedIn post, Meta's VP of data center development and strategy, Gary Demasi, noted that the facility is the first to go live with Meta's new AI-optimized data center design.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C