Data Centre Magazine January 2026 | Page 105

Meta’ s investment in its Beaver Dam, Wisconsin facility
the scaling potential of Meta’ s Richland Parish facility in Louisiana
DESIGN & BUILD
All of the company’ s owned facilities have LEED Gold certification or higher, and the company matches 100 % of its data centre electricity use with clean and renewable energy.
Meta’ s‘ Design for Sustainability’ philosophy directs its approach to IT hardware, technical design principles and optimisation – with the ultimate goal of reducing emissions and cost.
Moreover, the company’ s sustainability ambitions are being realised by tangible design strategies which include reuse, retrofitting, modularity, extended hardware lifecycles and greener materials.

US $ 1bn

Meta’ s investment in its Beaver Dam, Wisconsin facility

5GW

the scaling potential of Meta’ s Richland Parish facility in Louisiana