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Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion

Meta Platforms · Los Lunas. Every figure below is individually sourced and dated.

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Part of the tracked campus Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus.

The story of Meta Los Lunas AI Expansioninherited from campus Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus
Announced capex
$800M
Jobs
300 permanent reported
Cooling
Eight completed buildings totaling ~3.8 million sq ft on ~750-acre parcel
Derived
Cost per job
$3M per permanent job

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In clusterValencia County(4)·New Mexico(28)

The deal

Inherited from campus Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus.

operator
Meta · Owner and operator
developer
Meta
utility
Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) · Interconnecting utility; procures solar/wind/BESS to serve the campus
grid operator
WECC

Financial structure

Inherited from campus Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus.

Meta AI-dedicated expansion (two buildings)
$800M. About three-year construction timeline journalist report
2025 AI-dedicated expansion (2 buildings)
$800M journalist report
Cumulative investment in eight campus buildings
$2B. ~$2B invested to date across eight buildings tracker

Investment, workforce and specs

Inherited from campus Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus.

Cooling
Eight completed buildings totaling ~3.8 million sq ft on ~750-acre parcel source
Permanent jobs
~300 full-time Meta employees (plus ~30 new from expansion) source

Power

Inherited from campus Meta Los Lunas Data Center Campus. Live grid demand and drought overlay only render on the campus page.

Power source
mixed
Grid operator
WECC
Interconnection
Water
New AI-dedicated buildings designed to use substantially less water than earlier buildings

Meta New Mexico renewable procurement, 0.89 GW solar, Energized. More than 885 MW of renewable capacity procured in New Mexico to offset campus use

Contracted solar + wind portfolio (~885MW) for Meta Los Lunas, 0.89 GW solar, Financed. ~885MW contracted solar/wind capacity powering the campus

PNM hybrid battery energy storage (BESS) offtake, 0.10 GW storage, Announced. ~100MW battery storage; PNM sought PRC approval of hybrid BESS offtake to serve Meta

Facility record

under construction

Status

hyperscale

Type

Meta Platforms

Operator

Los Lunas

Location

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Evidence

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  • record: Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion (reported) · source
  • status: under construction/planned (IRB resolution Dec 2024; ~$800M AI expansion, 2 buildings) (reported) · source

Timeline

  1. Aug 2026
    First recorded
    Added to the DEPLOY registry as a sourced facility record
  2. Sep 2026
    Current: under construction

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Common questions

What is Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion?
Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion is a data center facility record on the DEPLOY registry, in Los Lunas. Every fact on the record is individually sourced and dated.
Who operates Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion?
Meta Platforms operates Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion, per the sourced record on the DEPLOY registry.
Is Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion operating?
Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion is recorded as under construction on the DEPLOY registry. Each figure traces to a source.
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DEPLOY. (2026). Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion: data center facility record. Retrieved September 27, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/facilities/meta-los-lunas-ai-expansion-valencia-nm

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