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Meta

Rutherford County, NC

Source: OpenStreetMap

Meta is a mapped data center in Rutherford County, NC, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented a 241,126 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Operator
Facebook USA, Inc.
Est. capacity
~45-100 MW
Footprint
241,126 sq ft
Interconnection
~75 MW
Utility
Town of Forest City
Grid
DUK
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Meta data center

Operator chain

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

Water use

Modeled estimate~1.3M gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~684.7K gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~648K gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 75 MW (interconnection capacity): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate 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 ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, East Rutherford High School in Bostic, is 1.8 mi from this site (659 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.