# Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus

AI data center campus tracked on DEPLOY: announced-vs-energized capacity, each figure dated and sourced.

- **Canonical ID:** cca163a4-35f9-4342-b4fa-2e44ddfbd03a
- **Type:** AI data center campus
- **Location:** El Paso, Texas, United States
- **Lifecycle state:** under_construction
- **Announced capacity (GW):** 1
- **Energized capacity (GW):** 0
- **Announced-to-energized gap (GW):** 1

## Capacity ledger (append-only, dated, sourced)

- announced: 1 GW · verified · as of 2026-07-28 · https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/meta-announces-new-venture-with-blackrock-to-develop-data-center-in-el-paso/
- contracted: 1 GW · reported · as of 2026-07-28 · https://cryptobriefing.com/meta-el-paso-data-center-1gw/
- energized: 0 GW · verified · as of 2026-07-28 · https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/meta-announces-new-venture-with-blackrock-to-develop-data-center-in-el-paso/

## Parties

- Meta Platforms (developer): https://registry.deploy.report/companies/meta-platforms

## Common questions


**What is Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus?**

Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in El Paso. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.

**How much power will Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus use?**

Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus has 1 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry, of which 0 GW is recorded as energized, an announced-to-energized gap of 1 GW. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.

**Is Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus operating yet?**

As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus is under construction. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.

**How verified is the data on Meta / BlackRock El Paso AI Data Center Campus?**

A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

## Sources

- Meta Announces New Strategic Venture with BlackRock to Develop Data Center in El Paso: https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/meta-announces-new-venture-with-blackrock-to-develop-data-center-in-el-paso/
- Meta, BlackRock partner on $14 billion El Paso data center venture: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/meta-blackrock-partner-on-14-billion-el-paso-data-center.html
- Meta to spend $10 billion on AI data center in El Paso, 1GW by 2028: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/meta-to-spend-10-billion-on-ai-data-center-in-el-paso-1gw-by-2028.html
- Meta hands BlackRock majority stake in 1 GW El Paso data center: https://w.media/meta-hands-blackrock-majority-stake-in-1-gw-el-paso-data-center/

Canonical: https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/meta-blackrock-el-paso-texas
JSON: https://registry.deploy.report/v1/datacenters/meta-blackrock-el-paso-texas