Temple, Texas

Meta Temple

Operating checked 1 Nov 2026

178 MWpower online now
178 MWpeak planned or projected
$6.7Bestimated capital cost, built so far
TXTexas

Facts

Owner
Meta
Main user
Meta
Chips
B300
Builders
JE Dunn

Timeline

2022-04-01

Land clearing begins.

2023-02-05

A traditional H-shaped Meta data center is partially built.

2023-04-01

The traditional Meta data center has been demolished mid-construction, in favor of Meta's new AI-optimized design.

2025-11-15

Building 1 and 2 look complete from outside, with all electrical and cooling equipment installed. Space is cleared for Building 3.

2025-12-09

Building 1 and 2 are operational. Activity related to the air quality permit (namely, emergency diesel generators) was reported to have started as of 2025-12-09. This is our best estimate, but note that the planned completion date in this [regulatory filing](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2022017728) is 2026-03-01.

198 MW
2026-02-24

Building 3 is under construction. An outline is visible for the building which has similar dimensions to those deployed at the Meta Prometheus site.

198 MW
2026-09-30

Building 3 is operational. Based on the stated completion date in this [regulatory filing](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/TABS/Search/Project/TABS2026008019)

231 MW

Past entries are observations; entries marked projected are estimates and can change.

Data: Epoch AI, AI data centers dataset, licensed CC BY 4.0. We selected fields, cleaned location names, and added the status label.