Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter
4500 Like Way · Tarrant County, TX
Source: OpenStreetMap
Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter is a mapped data center in Tarrant County, TX, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 634,395 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
source: linkThe Facebook Fort Worth Datacenter is a 634,395 square foot facility in Tarrant County, Texas, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc. Currently mapped, the site draws power from Denton County Elec Coop, INC and sits within the ERCO grid. It is recorded as a Meta data center.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMeta Platforms, Inc.
- Files asFacebook USA, Inc.
- This facilityFacebook Fort Worth Datacenter
The grid behind this site, right now
source: ERCOT · gridstatus- Natural Gas45.3%
- Solar29.0%
- Coal13.7%
- Nuclear7.9%
- Wind4.0%
Real-time generation mix for the ERCOT grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 2:44 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
In the news
source: Google News- US Army Warns Lawmakers Draft Legislation Risks Data Center PushBloomberg· Jun 5, 2026
- AI Data Center Boom Risks Breakup of Biggest US Power Grid OperatorBloomberg· Jun 4, 2026
- Did Mark Zuckerberg's data center 'dry up' Rio Grande? Here's what records showSnopes· Jun 4, 2026
- China fueling anti-data center sentiment across US, Trump admin and ‘Shark Tank’ star Kevin O’Leary claimNew York Post· May 29, 2026
- AI data centre power surge threatens US grid stability and consumer costsGreen Building Africa· May 22, 2026
- Balancing Data Center Growth with American Agriculture | Market IntelAmerican Farm Bureau Federation· Apr 23, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Meta Platforms, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 300 MW (interconnection capacity): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Dallas-Fort Worth), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, John M Tidwell Middle in Roanoke, is 1.0 mi from this site (1,039 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.