Meta Eagle Mountain
Eagle Mountain, Utah County, UT
Meta Eagle Mountain is a mapped data center in Utah County, UT, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 460 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify
Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
Meta Eagle Mountain is a hyperscale data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah County, Utah, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc. Operational since 2018, the site carries a reported power capacity of 460 MW, drawing electricity from Pacificorp within the PACW and PACE balancing authorities.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentMeta Platforms, Inc.
- Files asFacebook USA, Inc.
- This facilityMeta Eagle Mountain
In the news
source: Google News- China fueling anti-data center sentiment across US, Trump admin and 'Shark Tank' star Kevin O'Leary claimMSN· May 29, 2026
- In Utah, Silicon Valley company lays off 50 contractors from Meta’s Eagle Mountain data centerThe Salt Lake Tribune· May 17, 2026
- US Big Tech Ratchets Up AI Spending Past $700 Billion This YearBloomberg· Apr 30, 2026
- Eagle Mountain 193-acre data center campus is set to be done this year with big water promisesUtah News Dispatch· Apr 17, 2026
- Meta plans 20% layoffs to fund an industry-wide AI spending spreenews.cgtn.com· Mar 16, 2026
- To power Utah’s data center boom, companies are turning to fossil fuelsgrist.org· Feb 24, 2026
Data-center discussions in Utah County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
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
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 460 MW (disclosed IT power): 2.5 L/kWh cooling (arid 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 (Timpanogos Cave National Monument), 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, Eagle Valley School in Eagle Mountain, is 937 ft from this site (970 students). 3 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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.