Tech giant Meta is building a data center in Montgomery, Alabama.
The social media firm, formerly known as Facebook, this week announced plans to build a $800 million data center in Montgomery County.
Built off Interstate 65, the facility is said to be AI-optimized and will span 715,000 sq ft (66,400 sqm). Other details have not yet been shared.
The facility is expected to be live at the end of 2026, with work at the site already underway ahead of construction.
Brad Davis, director of community and economic development at Meta, said: “The city - and our specific location - offers great access to infrastructure and renewable energy, a strong pull of talent, and most importantly, an amazing set of community partners.”
Montgomery Mayor Steven L. Reed added: “Meta’s decision to expand into Montgomery with a state-of-the-art data center showcases how our region is diversifying into a knowledge-based economy and highlights the competitiveness of Montgomery and our economic development team.”
The data center, the company’s 20th in the US, is expected to bring 100 jobs to the city.
The facility is located across from Hyundai’s automotive assembly plant and will join Meta’s other Alabama data center campus 190 miles north in Huntsville, a previous investment worth $1.5 billion that launched in 2018.
Last month, Meta filed to build a new data center at its campus in Gallatin, Tennessee.
The social media giant currently has 19 data centers operational and under construction, in Virginia, Utah, Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, Oregon, New Mexico, North Carolina, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Idaho, Georgia, Arizona, and Alabama in the US.
Outside the US, Meta has data centers in Dublin, Ireland; Lulea, Sweden; Singapore; and Odense, Denmark.
The company also announced plans last month to spend billions of dollars more on servers and data centers to support artificial intelligence.
According to DataCenterMap, Alabama is home to 11 data centers, with operators including Lumen, Google, and DC Blox.
