Meta
Crook County, OR
Source: OpenStreetMap
Meta is a mapped data center in Crook County, OR, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 269,642 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 21, 2026
Overview
source: linkMeta Prineville Data Center, phase1
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMeta Platforms, Inc.
- Files asFacebook USA, Inc.
- This facilityMeta
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: GDELT- Meta Platforms Bets Big on AI Data Centers: Is More Growth Ahead? - TradingViewTradingView· Jul 28, 2026
- Meta Platforms Bets Big on AI Data Centers: Is More Growth Ahead? - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance· Jul 28, 2026
- BlackRock, Meta Platforms in $14 Billion Texas Data Center Venture -- Update - marketscreener.commarketscreener.com· Jul 28, 2026
- Meta Platforms, Inc. and Blackrock, Inc. Announce Venture to Develop Data Center Campus in El Paso, Texas - marketscreener.commarketscreener.com· Jul 28, 2026
- Meta Platforms, BlackRock Form Strategic Venture to Develop and Operate Data Center Campus in Texas - marketscreener.commarketscreener.com· Jul 28, 2026
- Meta Breaks Renewable Energy Promise To Power Data Centers - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) - BenzingaBenzinga· Jul 28, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Oregon reported $26.9M in Enterprise Zone (Long-Term Rural EZ, ORS 285C.400) property-tax abatement — Crook County (Meta Prineville campus) for FY2025 (Crook County, Oregon (audited financial statements / GASB 77 note)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 175 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.2 L/kWh cooling (cool 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 (Prineville), 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, Cascade Virtual Academy in Prineville, is 1.7 mi from this site (731 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.