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Datacenter Capacity Expansion

Meta Platforms, Inc. · 2026-07-31 · Importance 31 · Surprise 24

Meta is rapidly expanding its global AI infrastructure footprint, with 32 data centers reportedly operating or under construction. Twenty-eight of those facilities are in the United States, highlighting a concentration of new capacity in the domestic market. The buildout is intended to support training and operating larger AI models as compute demand rises. Meta’s infrastructure strategy is also being evaluated for potential external capacity leasing.

Key facts

• Reports said Meta is using joint ventures with investment funds like BlackRock to finance a 1-gigawatt facility in El Paso and a 5-gigawatt Hyperion data center. source