Has Meta had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Meta.

Mapped (unverified)

Meta

Q: Who owns Meta?

Meta is operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc..

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Georgia?

Georgia reported $474.2M in High-Technology Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3(68.1)) for FY2025 (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA); economic analysis by UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Newton County, GA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Meta is a mapped data center in Newton County, GA, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 763,506 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 12, 2026

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Est. capacity

~150-310 MW

Footprint

763,506 sq ft

Utility

Snapping Shoals El Member Corp

Grid

SOCO

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Meta data center

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Files as
Facebook USA, Inc.
This facility
Meta

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These 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.

Dollar value not disclosed for this record.

Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source

Statewide cost of this incentive

Georgia reported $474.2M in High-Technology Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3(68.1)) for FY2025 (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA); economic analysis by UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Social Circle Primary School in Social Circle, is 4.2 mi from this site (502 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.