Who owns Meta Stanton Springs Data Center?

Meta Stanton Springs Data Center is operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc..

Has Meta Stanton Springs Data Center had environmental violations?

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

Where is Meta Stanton Springs Data Center located?

Meta Stanton Springs Data Center is in Social Circle, Newton County, GA.

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Meta Stanton Springs Data Center

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.

100 Move Fast Way · Social Circle, Newton County, GA

Source: OpenStreetMap

Meta Stanton Springs Data Center is a mapped data center in Newton County, GA, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc..

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Utility

Snapping Shoals El Member Corp

Grid

SOCO

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

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

Overview

source: link

Meta Stanton Springs is a mapped data center in Social Circle, Newton County, Georgia, filed by Facebook USA, Inc. and owned through its ultimate parent, Meta Platforms, Inc. The site draws power from Snapping Shoals El Member Corp within the SOCO balancing authority. Available records do not list a reported capacity or footprint.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Files as
Facebook USA, Inc.
This facility
Meta Stanton Springs Data Center

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.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Athens-Clarke County), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$89.5K

People of color

20%

Below poverty

Tract population

5,840

Demographics 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 / NCES

The nearest public school, Social Circle Primary School in Social Circle, is 4.1 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.