Meta Forest City Data Center

Facility record

Lifecycle

OperationalSource-reported lifecycle

Location precision

approximate

Address as listed

Not published

Coordinates

35.317, -81.826

Serving utility, source-reported

Duke Energy

Operational capacity, source-reported

Not published

Planned capacity, source-reported

Not published

Source record updated

2026-10-15

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

1. 2012Operational

   Broke ground 2010, operational ~2012; multi-parcel campus owned by Andale LLC (Meta subsidiary, SEC-confirmed); $750M+ NC investment.

   Underlying source

Source notes

Meta (Facebook) data center on Social Circle, Forest City, Rutherford County — broke ground 2010, operational ~2012, a multi-parcel campus (parcels owned by 'Andale LLC', a Meta subsidiary confirmed via Meta's SEC 10-K Exhibit 21.1 and the Menlo Park HQ mailing address), with a third facility announced 2015. Meta reports $750M+ invested in North Carolina; the 408 Social Circle parcel alone carries $176.9M assessed building value (built, not land-bank). No site-specific IT-load MW is disclosed. Coordinates are a Rutherford County GIS parcel centroid, held approximate pending a raw-geometry re-pull; a follow-up GIS pass could upgrade precision to exact.

Multiple independent outlets describe the Forest City data center as running on 100% renewable solar energy backed by five separate NC solar PPAs arranged through Duke Energy, consistent with Meta's site-specific procurement pattern at its other campuses.

Sources and provenance

• Meta Forest City Data Center info sheet — broke ground 2010, $750M+ invested in North Carolina · source retrieved 2026-09-14
• Rutherford County GIS parcel record (PIN 1558722267, 408 Social Circle — ANDALE LLC, Menlo Park mailing address, $176.9M assessed building value = built) · source retrieved 2026-07-19
• Data Center Knowledge - Study: Facebook Data Center in NC Has Massive Economic Impact (search-summary, not directly fetched) · source retrieved 2026-07-24
• Data Center Knowledge — Facebook Plans North Carolina Data Center (2010) · source retrieved 2026-07-25
• Rutherford County Economic Development Commission — Data Centers Growing in North Carolina · source retrieved 2026-07-25
• North Carolina data center developers are moving hyperscale projects forward at hyperspeed · source retrieved 2026-08-15
• Developers are moving NC data center projects forward at hyperspeed · source retrieved 2026-10-15

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.